This cultivar is a hybrid of H. 'Urajiro
Hachijo' × H. 'Blue Clown' which was registered by
Don Dean of Minnesota in 1999. It is a medium size plant about 11
inches high with a spread of around 32 inches with
foliage that is intensely blue-green. The leaves are slightly twisted, slightly cupped, moderately wavy and
moderately corrugated with thick substance. Lavender,
bell-shaped flowers with translucent margins bloom in
Minnesota from August into September. It sets viable
seeds. Mikiko Lockwood in an article on The Hosta Library titled,
A Little About Japanese Hosta Terms defines the term urajiro as white-backed or white underside. This is a sibling
to H. 'Titanium'.
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