This
cultivar is a hybrid of (H. montana 'Aureomarginata' × H. venusta) x H. 'Maruba Iwa' that
was originated by
Roy Herold
of Massachusetts and registered on his behalf by
Kevin Walek (Hosta Registrar) in 2009. The
medium size (13 inches high by 34 inches wide), mound has
heart shaped leaves that have a white sheen on the bottom and
slightly reddish petioles. In early August, it bears lavender
flowers.
Mikiko Lockwood in an article on The Hosta Library titled,
A Little About Japanese Hosta Terms defines the term iwa as rock, Iwa Gibōshi or
H. longipes and the term maruba as round leaf or round-leafed.
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