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						  Briggs Nursery of Washington registered this 
				sport of H. 'Francee' in 1999. The 
medium size mound grows to 16 inches in 
				height and 36 inches wide with leaves of thick substance. Its 
				lavender flowers bloom from late July into August. 
According to
				The Hostapedia by Mark Zilis (2009), "Several white-centered sports 
				have been introduced out of 'Francee', 
				Patriot' and 
				'Minuteman'. Though 'Fire and Ice' (out of 'Patriot') is the most well-known of this group, 'Pathfinder' stands out 
as the best grower..." 
			  
  
			  
						
						 An article by Warren I. Pollock in 
			The 
				Hosta Journal (2015 Vol. 46 No.2) states that, "During 
the 50 or so years that 'Francee', a diploid...has been cultivated, some 75 
sport descendents have been reported. About 20 are diploid and for the most part 
of lesser interest...the tetraploid sports...have been of principal attention. 
Examples are first generation H. 'Patriot'  that sported...H. 'Loyalist' that 
sported...H. 'Revolution that sported...H. 
'Independence'...H. 'Minuteman' and H. 
'Pathfinder'...sported several tetraploid second generations of commercial 
interest." 
			  
			
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