Registered by Dr. Doug and Mardy Beilstein of Ohio in 2009, this
upright growing cultivar is a seedling of H. nigrescens. It is of a large size (22 inches high by 40 inches wide)
with medium green foliage. The leaves are ovate, cupped
and very shiny on top. Tubular flowers bloom from
mid-July into August on scapes up to 28 inches tall. According to the registration materials: "...cupping effect with an elongated leaf, appearing like a
boat..." The
originator made the following comment on the
Fraternal Order
of Seedy Fellows website: "From the day that this
plant was 1 year old it had a beautiful cupped
appearance to it. Definitely a boat and obviously an
answer to a dream!!! The elongated leaf definitely make
you look its direction. A hosta that comes from a not
very fertile specie. Currently in TC."
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