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							  This hybrid of H. 'Urajiro Hachijo' ×  unknown plant was 
				originated by 
				Alex Summers of Delaware  
				and registered by
				
				Arthur Wrede of Maryland in 2003.   The foliage on this medium size (12 inches high by 24 inches 
							wide) hosta is heavily rippled, slightly wavy, very shiny on top 
				and has a cordate base. Its petioles has purple spots. The plant 
							has funnel shape, pale lavender 
				flowers from mid-August into October.
						
							 
							Mikiko Lockwood in an article on The Hosta Library titled, 
			
			A Little About Japanese Hosta Terms  defines the term urajiro as white-backed or white underside. 
							
							The New Encyclopedia of Hostas by
				Diana 
				Grenfell (2009) states: "A superb new 
							introduction which will delight collectors of 
							green-leaved hostas...Precisely rippled foliage 
							edges on platter-like leaves." 
							Hosta Helper will call this plant  
									'Candy Dish' (Summers) 
							 
							 
  
			
  
			
			  
			  
						
						  
						An article by Kevin Walek in 
			The 
				Hosta Journal (2008 Vol. 39 No. 2) states that, "H. 
'Candy Dish' and its pod parent, 'Urajiro Hachijo', probably a form of 
H. longipes,  both show potential for breeding outstanding piecrusted 
cultivars...Think about how many people coveted 'Donahue Piecrust' for its wavy 
edge and coloration. Now think about the same look on a much smaller leaf, with 
a much smaller and tighter clump. You can imagine the possibilities." 
			  
			  
			  
			
			  
						
			  
						
			
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