This non-registered
cultivar is a form of
H. gracillima
found in
Japan by
Kenji Watanabe. It is a small size plant with green foliage that is
ovate-shaped, dull on top and has a thin tip. They bear
purple, funnel shaped flowers with purple anthers in
September. This cultivar sets viable seeds.
Mikiko Lockwood in an article on The Hosta Library titled,
A Little About Japanese Hosta Terms defines the term hime as small, mini, dwarf or princess
and the term iwa as rock, Iwa Gibōshi or
H. longipes.
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