This is a seedling of H. 'Riptide' which was registered jointly by
Bob Solberg of Green Hill Farm in North Carolina and
Dr. Jim and Jill Wilkins of Michigan in
1995. It is a heavily rippled, large
size (22 inches high) plant with light purple petioles. Pale
purple flowers bloom
from late July into August but do not set viable seeds.
The New Encyclopedia of Hostas by
Diana
Grenfell (2009) states: "Ghostly, grey-coated leaves, intensely red-dotted
and backed petioles, and thickly glaucous scapes make this an extremely
garden-worthy hosta." Similar plants include
H. pycnophylla.
Hosta Helper will call this plant
'Phantom' (Solberg)
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