'Electrocution' - Hosta of the Day - add your photos

[ViolaAnn]

H. 'Electrocution'

This is one of the more unique hosta introductions, a complex cross of (('Swoosh' x longissima) x 'Red Neck Heaven') x 'Elvis Lives'. 'Electrocution' makes a 14" tall x 28" wide clump of long, narrow, severely twisted leaves which are medium green with a nice yellow border that ages to white. The clump truly looks like it was letting out a final scream while strapped to an electric chair when the switch was pulled. The peculiar clumps are topped in late June with 18" spikes of light lavender flowers.

Hosta Registry: http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... ctrocution
My Hostas Database: http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Electrocution
Hosta Library: http://www.hostalibrary.org/e/electrocution.html

Mine was new spring 2014 and is still pretty small. It was also enjoyed by the slugs but I'm been assured that once it grows it's not overly affected. Photo July 16.

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I got Electrocution in 2010 and planted it in a raised bed.

Here it is in 2011

Electrocution - July 27, 2011

Electrocution - July 27, 2011

Here it is last year

Electrocution - April 29, 2013

and cropped out of another photo a little later

Electrocution - July 22, 2013

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And here is Electrocution this season

Early May - cropped from a group photo

Electrocution - May 8, 2014

And late May - cropped from a group photo

Electrocution - May 27, 2014

Here is the group early May - Electrocution top-left, Fortunei Albopicta top-center, Waving WInds bottom-right and a yellow seedling bottom left

Group setting with Electrocution top-right - May 8, 2014

And same group late May - the "gold" highlights in all the plants have dulled

Group setting with Electrocution top-right - May 27, 2014

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2015 - July 25. Mine is still in a pot, but showed good growth this year.

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2016 update - Aug. 5

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2017 update. I finally got this one into the ground and it's looking good. So far in 2018 I can really see how it got its name.
This picture from 2017 before it found garden space though.