MyHostas.net Database Info

This is a shared hosta from Herb Benedict and Handy Hatfield. The ancestry is 'Dorothy Benedict' x montana. The leaf is wide with a tapered point and the color blue-green with a cream-white edge. The texture and substance give this plant its character. It has lots of pebbling and seersuckering. The bloom scape is typical of a montana. It is fertile. The hosta will grow well in the sun but looks better in partial shade. It is medium sized.

Alligator Shoes (Benedict/Hatfield NR)

Photo by Clyde Crockett

Alligator Shoes (Benedict/Hatfield NR)

Photo by Tim Saville

Alligator Shoes (Benedict/Hatfield NR)

Photo by Charles Tuttle

Alligator Shoes (Benedict/Hatfield NR)

Photo by Claudia Rocklin

Alligator Shoes (Benedict/Hatfield NR)

Photo by Bevie Schmidt

Alligator Shoes (Benedict/Hatfield NR)

Photo by Viktoria Serafin

Alligator Shoes (Benedict/Hatfield NR)

Photo by Mary Vertz

Alligator Shoes (Benedict/Hatfield NR)

Photo by Mary Vertz

Alligator Shoes (Benedict/Hatfield NR)

Photo by Bevie Schmidt

Alligator Shoes (Benedict/Hatfield NR)

Photo by Bevie Schmidt

Alligator Shoes (Benedict/Hatfield NR)

Photo by Gayle Hartley Alley