Registered by Olga Petryszyn of Indiana in 2010, this cultivar is a seedling of H. 'Golden Gate' × ((H. 'Bengee' ×
H.
montana macrophylla) x (H. 'Zounds' × (H. 'Niagara Falls' × H. 'Jean Harlow'))).
The "black"-blue foliage is slightly rippled, ovate,
wavy and has a glaucous bloom on top. Tubular flowers
bloom from June into July on scapes up to 36 inches tall
followed by blue-green seed pods. According to the registration materials: "...blackish blue color, tall, long upright growth,
intensely glaucous top and bottom, deep veining,
blossoms that practically glow. Fast growing and slug
resistant...blue earlier turning darker later..."
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