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						 A sport of H. 'August Moon', this 
				medium size (18 inches high by 30 inches wide) cultivar was registered by 
							Dr. Alan Tower of Washington in 
						2002.   The 
						broadly ovate foliage is slightly rippled, convex and heart shaped. It bears fragrant, 
						pure white flowers in August. Seed viability was unknown 
						at the time of registration. 
						The 
						registration materials state: "...3 inch diameter, 
						fragrant flowers." 
						
						 According to
				
							The Hostapedia by Mark Zilis (2009), "Unfortunately, I cannot distinguish it from 'Fragrant 
				Bouquet', which it matches in both foliage and flowering 
				characteristics."  
						The New Encyclopedia of Hostas by
				Diana 
				Grenfell (2009) states in its Hosta Hybrids for Connoisseurs chapter: "Vigorous, 
							a moderate to rapid increaser. A superb recent 
							introduction, still rare but deserves a higher 
							profile...The flower, which has also mutated, is 
							white and deliciously fragrant..."  
			   
				In an article in
						
						The 
				Hosta Journal (2016 Vol. 47 No 2), the author 
				described this plant's flowers as having a "Strong" fragrance 
				compared to other hostas.  
						
						 In recent years, there was some slight controversy concerning 
				the parentage of this plant. It appeared unlikely that a 
				fragrant flowered plant would come from H. 'August Moon'. 
				An article by 
				Dr Bob Olson in 
				The 
				Hosta Journal (2018 Vol. 49 No. 2) helped to put this 
				discussion to rest. Bob wrote, "...Jim 
				Wilkins (the 
				Registrar of hostas at the time) was visiting Alan in 
				Spokane..they came across a specimen of 'August Moon' with a 
				sported division. Jim Wilkins himself used a knife to separate 
				it from the mother clump. This was not a seedling found 
				near or next to the 'August Moon' clump. Both of them recognized 
				it as different and worthy of registration--at the time they did 
				not know about its fragrance." 
	
		
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						An article by
			
			Warren I. Pollack in 
			The 
				Hosta Journal  (2020 Vol. 51 No. 1) titled 
			Doppelgänger Hostas: Fancy Name for 
			Look-alike Hostas, included a long list of hostas  
			which various hostaphiles, published articles or other sources have 
			indicated "look" the same. Some of these are, in fact, the same 
			plant with two or more different names. Others are hostas that vary 
			in some minor trait which is not immediately discernable to the 
			casual observer such as seasonal color variations, bloom traits, ploidy, etc. So, as Warren mentions, hostaphiles may differ as to the 
			plants listed but then, their opinions are based on visual observations  and interpretations.  | 
		 
		
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								'Crystal 
			Moon', H. '' and
								H. 'Fragrant 
			Bouquet'. | 
		 
		 
 
							 
			  
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