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Round Foliage?

19 years ago

Sorry if this has been asked a dozen times before. What are some Hostas that have a more roundish-shaped foliage? Would like one that will take some sun if possible. I really love the picture of Mississippi Delta but it doesn't seem very popular from my searches. Also saw the one called Lily Pad but the foliage looks more heart-shaped in the picture. Any ideas or maybe a list somewhere? TIA.

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  • 19 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    What about Fat Cheeks?

  • 19 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Hi Rosethyme! I was intrigued by your question so did some research and came up with a list, of some with *rounded-type*
    leaves not exhaustive I can assure you, and didn't note the sun exposure on most but here is what I've found so far:

    A many Splendored Thing (L)Very large leaves with a dark green center; a very wide greenish yellow margin circles
    the nearly round corrugated leaves.
    Abiqua Ambrosia (M) Dark green; cupped, glossy, corrugated

    Borwick Beauty(L)Vigorous specimen! Forms a cascading mound of round puckered leaves; yellow center with irregular margins
    of blue and green tones, pest resistant, sun tolerant. Shade to 33% sun. Burns easily.
    A Sieboldiana type, the plant starts the season with a modest chartreuse center and blue edges. As the season progresses, the center
    color intensifies to include shades of bright yellow and cream.

    Bressingham Blue (L) Rounded, (to heart-shaped) puckered blue-green foliage. White flowers.
    A seedling selection from sieboldiana.

    Cherish (mini)Similar to 'Pandora's Box', this is another sport of 'Baby Bunting'. Leaves are bluish-green, with a yellow center
    , turning near-white in summer. The blue-green from the margin streaks into the center, adding additional interest. Purple, bell-shaped
    flowers.
    Christmas Pageant dark green leaves with a very wide yellow to creamy-white margin. Thick leaves have good corrugation
    and this plant is a very vigorous grower.

    Country Mouse (mini)

    Deep Blue Sea (S-M) unique with very round corrugated blue leaves.
    Dream Queen (M)'Great Expectations' sport

    Edge of Night (L)Blue green round to heart shaped leaves. Rugose
    El Capitan (L)Round dark green leaves with irregular cream to yellow chartreuse margins. Heavily corrugated.
    Light lavender flowers from late June to mid August on 35" scapes. Slug resistant.

    Elephant Burgers (L)Flattish mound of deep green nearly round leaves, resembling a flattened hamburger.
    . Corrugated. Heavy bloomer.

    Elegans (L)Large blue. grey quilted leaves. A classic. One of the earlier blooming hostas (June), with pale lavender flowers.
    1991 Lucille Simpers Award.
    One of the sieboldianas. Blue green, bluest early in the season. Broadly cordate leaves with a blunt point. Deeply impressed veins.
    White flowers early in season. Prefers high filtered shade.

    Faith Nearly round, dinner-plate size leaves are so heavily puckered that they develop a brassy golden-yellow
    on the raised portions and maintain a chartreuse tone in the shaded creases and craters. H. 'Faith' forms a 16" tall by 40"
    mound of cupped and domed leaves which, simply put, glows!

    Golden Friendship (M-L)Slightly cupped golden leaves are held semi-upright. A strong plant with excellent substance
    Golden Meadows (M)Large rounded leaves, yellow-green with a blue edge.
    Golden Sunburst (L) An all-gold sport of 'Frances Williams'. Round gold leaves, glaucous below. Puckered with raised veins.
    Great Expectations (M)Yellow center in spring turns white later. Dark green irregular margin, streaking to the center.
    Cordate, rugose leaves 6" x 4". Extremely wide margins of blue-green, yellow-cream centers. Possibly a natural sport of H. sieboldiana 'Elegans'
    Greensleeves (S-M)Leaves are creamy yellow to white-centered with a dark green margin.

    Lakeside Cupcake (s) The creamy white centers of the cupped leaves are encircled with a wide band of blue-green.
    A leaf from this plant was voted best variegated plant in 1999. It was registered in 1998. It has a moderate growth rate and
    nearly round leaves with cordate bases

    Midas Touch (M)Upright in form, gold and yellow heavily crinkled leaves; white flowers.
    An excellent gold, rounded leaves, up to 9" across, are cupped and puckered, held upright. intensely gold,
    heavily textured plant with cupped leaves.

    Olive Bailey Langdon (L)The improved H. 'Frances Williams'. This one has beautiful round blue-green leaves
    w/gold margin and does not burn; it is a better grower & larger.

    Pandora's Box (mini)This sport of H. 'Baby Bunting' is the tiniest variegated hosta in existence. The quarter size rounded
    blue green leaves sport a large dollop of pure white in the center of each leaf. In mid summer, the clumps are topped with equally
    small stalks of tiny light lavender flowers. This is not a plant for beginners, and should only be grown by serious collectors who will
    lavish attention on this tiny gem for the rock or trough garden.
    Paradigm (L) A sport of 'Abiqua Recluse' this plant was formerly known as 'Abiqua Paradigm'. The leaves are rounded,
    chartreuse in the spring, turning gold with warmer weather, with a blue-green margin.

    Praire Sky (M)This newly introduced hosta forms a compact clump of gently cupped shaped leaves of a soft powdery-blue color.

    Sargent Pepper (M) A hard to find, unique Hosta having rounded leaves that have very wide yellow margins with a light green center.

    Sum and Substance (VL)Huge chartreuse-green rounded leaves with very thick substance.

    Tattoo (s) This revolutionary sport of H. 'Little Aurora' boasts small rounded bright gold leaves with a wide light green border.
    Each leaf is "tattooed" with the outline of a dark green maple leaf in the center... a dramatic departure from the typical two-toned hosta foliage.
    Titanic (L)This is a very large plant, four to five feet across once it matures. It has rounded leaves with a solid green center with a real wide
    gold band around it.

    Tokadama Aureonebulosa (M)Blue/green flushed with yellow streaks. Leaves are round and puckered.

    Winter Snow (VL) It has the normal 'Sum and Substance' color with a large white border

    If you also like the *cupped* rounded leaves there are a good bit more options to be listed with these!

    I hope this helps you some! I'll look for more, perhaps another time--got to get to work for the "Fourth"!!!

    BTW-- {{gwi:1052642}}Happy *4th of July* to all, who name the USA as their home{{gwi:1052643}}
    janice

  • 19 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    If you have a chance to buy Mississippi Delta, don't pass it up. I am not sure why it isn't more popular, but I have both it and Lakeside Lily Pad. They are both beautiful, but at it's adult size, Mississippi Delta will take your breath away. The leaves are held horizontally and parallel with the ground. They are over 24 inches across, the corruguation and the color are deep, but those perfectly round leaves are just incredible. It doesn't look like much the first couple of years, but by years 3,4,and 5 LOOK OUT! There are two for sale on e-bay right now and the link is below.

    You'll thank me, I promise.

    Lainey

    Here is a link that might be useful: Mississippi Delta on e-bay

  • 19 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Don't forget Teaspoon!

  • 19 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    WOW, you all are great to be so helpful! I will be spending all night looking these up... and enjoying every minute. :) Lavendargrryl, I have Fat Cheeks on my list..love it. Don,haven't seen them allbut the first one is gorgeous...Sea Lotus leaf. And Lynnem, that Teaspoon looks so pretty and well-formed.

    Botanybabe, I will just have to try Mississippi Delta if it's that inexpensive on ebay. Also the Olive Langdon that Janice recommends. Mary from my home state of Texas recommended it so it must do well here.

    Happy 4th to you, too Janice(sorry you have to work today).

  • 19 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    Limey Lisa is the first that comes to mind.
    It's the most like a circle leaf that I have in my garden.
    Also Tatoo and Silver Threads and Gold Needles.
    Large green one would be Black Hills and Pizazz

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