A band of color around the leaf perimeter that is different in color. Margins may be:
Regular - even in width
Irregular - uneven in width
Jetting - Streaked toward the center of the leaf
Regular - even in width
Irregular - uneven in width
Jetting - Streaked toward the center of the leaf
Foliage Color Terms
Hosta - Foliage Terms
Yellow coloring becoming whiter as the season progresses.
Albescent
Having a waxy coating (also called "bloom") that produces a white to blue coloring on the plant’s leaves.
Glaucous
Color becoming lighter or more yellow as the season progresses.
Lutescent
Margin
Blotched leaf color spotting not caused by pests or disease.
Mottled
Small spotted, irregular coloring.
Speckled
Having small short segments of darker pigmentation on a lighter leaf background, or the reverse with short light segments around a darker leaf background.
Misted
Maintaining the plant’s pattern of color variegation when it divides.
Stable
Having more that one color as a result of pigment differences.
Variegated
Beginning the season lighter colored and becoming greener as the season progresses.
Viridescent
Having non-connected light and dark color variegations, usually in streaks running parallel to the leaf midrib. Usually unstable.
Streaked/Splashed
Leaf edges of sides that curl in toward the midrib
Furled
Foliage Shape and Texture Terms
Leaf shaped like a round or oval valentine heart.
Cordate
Leaf margins curve upward above the leaf center; concave
Cupped
Bent upward parallel to the midrib of the leaf; keel-shaped.
Folded
Juvenile
Deeply impressed main veins on a generally smooth leaf.
Furrowed
Leaf distortion that pulls the leaf perimeter together into a closing cup shape.
Drawstring Effect
Bent upward parallel to the midrib of the leaf; keel-shaped.
Folded
Pre-adult stage of plant development usually characterized by narrower, more pointed leaves, thinner marginal variegation, faster growth, and smaller leaves.
A consistent rippled appearance to the outer edge of a leaf.
Piecrust
A narrow, pointed leaf with width less than ½ its length.
Lance-Shaped
Egg-shaped leaves
Ovate
The leaf stalk
Petiole
The flower stem of the plant
Scape
Seersuckered
Substance
Puckered surface between the veins of the plant.
The amount of thickness perceived by touching the fully expanded leaf blade.
Twisted
Undulated
Leaves rotated around themselves producing an askew position.
A coarsely waving leaf blade.
Flower Description Terms
Hanging downward like a bell.
Flower Description Terms
More narrow, widely spaced petals that open upward.
Spider
Flower petals that do not separate and open.
Closed
Flower stems with small, modified leaves on them.
Foliated Bloom
Shaped like an extended bell facing outward and/or upward.
Tubular
Hosta La Vista
40 Victoria Street, Box 342, Norwood, ON, K0L 2V0, Canada
hostalavista@persona.ca
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