Registered by
Crickett Bailey of Vermont in
2017, this
large size (24 inches high by 46 inches wide) cultivar is an
upright growing
sport of H. 'Nancy Gill'. The moderately
blue-green leaves have creamy white streaked
variegation. Its leaves are nearly round, slightly
cupped, wavy and dull on top. The petioles are spotted
with red pigment. Pale lavender flowers bloom from
mid-July into August on purple scapes about 24 inches
tall. The
registration materials state: "...Nearly round
blue-green leaves are misted & streaked with cream and
white. Purple flower scapes, red spotted petioles and
leaf edges that roll up."
According to the
2019 AHS Online Auction webpage, "H.
'Nancy Gill' is a seedling from H. 'Sum and
Substance' x
H. pycnophylla'. Hybridizing with S&S is
difficult because S &S is a triploid (3-3-3) and H. pycnopylla is diploid. Successfully crossing a triploid
with a diploid is usually very iffy.
H. 'Nancy Gill' was
flow cytometric measured and found to be "almost
triploid." It's an "aneuploid"; ploidy is 2.7-2.7-2.7 or
2.8-2.8-2.8. Nevertheless, 'Nancy Gill' acts like
triploid S&S. Most likely 'Crickett's Mouintain Mist'
has the same ploidy and acts similarly." |