FIRST BLUSH(PPAF)

Hosta `First Blush', MEDIUM. Bobs' mound 12"high by 24"wide. The 1st hosta with as close to a RED leaf as we have achieved so far! Not we, but, Bob Solberg, Green Hill Farm. We we're lucky enough to get one from Teich & McColgan Daylilies and Hosta in Chalfont, PA. There are different looks throughout the growing season. At its prime is what is pictured from Bob. Several in betweens can be found on google images. In spring is when the red is pronounced and slowly seasoning to a shiny-like bright green later, still keeping its red petioles. Here's the way Bob describes his "invention"! `First Blush' not only has green leaves with red petioles that extend into the leaf blade but also a thin red margin around the leaf, similar but much more dramatic than its parent `Beet Salad'. However, the most exciting thing about `First Blush' is that in spring the leaf between the veins will start to "blush" red from the tip of the leaf down toward the base. The leaves remain red here until temperatures surpass 92 degrees, usually into June. The color should persist longer in Northern gardens. Our first red leaf hosta. We do plan to patent this hosta.(Solberg 2015, 48/49seedling x `Beet Salad).
**WE DO NOT HAVE ANY FOR SALE, YET! GOTTA GET THE ORIGINAL STOCK(tc)FROM GREEN HILL FARM** Or sneak over to Teich & McColgan in Chalfont, PA. They signed the lease!