'American Sweetheart'
(Hansen/Shady Oaks Nursery 2002)
Color – Medio-variegated
Size – Med (18"ht x 36"w)
Habit – Upright
Bloom – Lavender
Parent – sport of 'Sea Thunder'
This tetraploid version of H. ‘Sea Thunder’ has a much wider green margin with a creamy white center. The larger and much thicker leaves are also held more upright than ‘Sea Thunder’. Lavender flowers top the clump in August.