Hosta Friar Tuck: Difference between revisions

Plant name
Folk name	Hosta 'Friar Tuck'
Binomial name	Hosta ?
Variety	Friar Tuck
First recorded	2000
Used where	USA, Europe and perhaps Far East

Latest revision as of 20:53, 23 May 2022

Hosta 'Friar Tuck' / Hosta Search, 25 Jun. 2010.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-09-13. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-05-23.

First marketed in 2000, the hosta cultivar 'Friar Tuck' was hybridized by Jim Schwartz. It is one of a series of cultivars with names inspired by the address of his business: 11676 Robin Hood Drive (Dubuque), Iowa.^[1] For 'Robin Hood' et al., see 'Also see' section below. 'Friar Tuck' has lavender flowers and round green leaves with a margin that is light green changing to yellow^[2] There is some disagreement over its maximum height: 60–70 cm,^[2], c. 1 m,^[3] and 1.2 to 1.8 m^[4] have been suggested. Jim's Hostas is now owned by Uniquely Hostas.

I have not been able to establish from which of the 24 accepted species the 'Friar Tuck' variety was bred, but perhaps this is a moot point since the species are easily interbred.^[5] See the entry on Hosta Robin Hood for information on hostas in general.

Sources

Photos

Hosta Library: Friar Tuck. A single photo.

Background

Also see

Notes

Plant names

[1] Dave's Garden: The Scoop on Jim's Hostas and Manta: Schwartz Greenhouse.

[paradise-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Hosta Paradise: Hosta 'Friar Tuck'

[3] The Hosta Helper: Hosta 'Friar Tuck'

[4] Dave's Garden: Hosta 'Friar Tuck'.

[5] See Wikipedia: Hosta.

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