Data specific to Hostas (Edit)
Name of Hybridizer: Herb Benedict/AHS/Walek
Year of Registration: 2009

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Parentage: unknown

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Common names
  • Hosta
Also sold as:
  • Black Satin

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Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
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Comments:
  • Posted by robertduval14 (Milford, New Hampshire - Zone 5b) on Jul 30, 2016 10:16 AM concerning plant:
    Originally called 'Black Satin,' but then when Mary Chastain named one of her new intros 'Lakeside Black Satin', he re-named it 'Satin Bloomers'.

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