VERY THICK-LEAVED HOSTAS
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Hostas with particularly thick-substanced foliage. Dimensions in thousand of an inch, measured between the leaf veins. Hostas arranged beginning with thickest-substanced plants first.
- 'Rhino Hide' .017" or 0.43 mm
- 'June' .015" or .38mm
- 'Touch of Class' .015"or 0.38 mm
- 'Blue Mouse Ears' .014" or .36mm
- 'Liberty' .013" or 0.33 mm
- 'Remember Me' .013"or 0.33 mm
- 'Thunderbolt' .013"or 0.33 mm
- 'Americana' .012" or 0.30 mm
- 'Lakeside Beach Captain' .012"or 0.30 mm
- 'Revolution' .012"or 0.30 mm
- 'St. Paul' .012"or 0.30 mm
- 'Sum of All' .012"or 0.30 mm
- 'Titanic' .012"or 0.30 mm
- 'Whirling Dervish' .012"or 0.30 mm
(All others I've measured so far are .006"-.011" or 0.15 mm- 0.28 mm thick.)
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