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						  A sport of H. 'Undulata' from  
				Japan, this large size plant has lightly rippled, smooth 
				textured foliage of average substance. The fast growing mound is 21 inches 
				high and 47 inches wide with elliptic to broadly elliptic 
				leaves. Pale lavender, funnel shaped flowers bloom in July. 'Undulata Erromena' 
was registered by the The 
						American Hosta Society in 1987 as "parentage unknown". 
According to
				The Hostapedia by Mark Zilis (2009), "...surprised at how much 
				larger it becomes than all the other Undulatas...the most 
				durable plant of this group..." 
This cultivar has been awarded 
				the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit in the 
				UK. It may 
have been sold at one time under the name Mackwoods No. 3.  
 
				 In Latin, the word "erromena" means vigorous growth.  
			  
						 An article about H. 'Undulata'  and its origins by 
Bob Solberg in 
			The 
				Hosta Journal (1996 Vol. 27 No. 1) states that, "H. 'Undulata 
Erromena' is a garden sport, first originated in Holland and introduced in 1867 
by 
von Siebold. It is not found in the wild of Japan.  H. 'Undulata'  is not a 
sport of it...While the data presented here strongly support these conclusions, 
they do not provide absolute proof. DNA testing of these cultivars would prove 
very interesting." 
 
			  
			
			  
			  
			  
			
			 
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