Registered by the
originator
Joanna
Kovalcsik of Michigan
in
2020,
this cultivar is an open-pollinated seedling of an
unnamed hosta from the cross of (H. 'Green
Piecrust' ×
H. 'Big
John'). It is a large size hosta about 23 inches
high by 51 inches wide with blue-green foliage.
The
leaves are broadly ovate, slightly rippled at the
margins, slightly cupped, wavy and corrugated. They have
white backs and deeply impressed veins. Near white
flowers with pale lavender stripes bloom from late June
into July on scapes around 27 inches tall followed by
viable seeds. The
registration materials state: "When scapes emerge,
the plush grey-blue leaves are complemented by large bud
clusters reminiscent of roses. Classic, elegant and very
fertile...Emerges intense silvery grey-blue changing to
grey-green by August."
According to Joanna, "This
large hybrid is such a beauty. The ample leaves are
heavily coated with silver. If weather conditions are
right, the celery-colored bracts may blush mauve giving
the spiky bud clusters a rose-like appearance. Extremely
fertile both ways.
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