Registered by
Bev and Dave Stegeman
of Indiana
in
2019,
this cultivar is a seedling of H. 'Best of Twenty'
× {H. 'Riptide' × [(H. 'Riptide' ×
H. pycnophylla) ×
H. 'Theo's Blue']}. This medium size hosta grows
to about 17 inches in height by 32 inches in width.
The
ovate foliage is medium blue-green with a slightly
rippled margin, glaucous bloom on top, slightly cupped
and slightly corrugated. Its petioles are waxy front and
back with dark red dashes on both sides with the red on
the back appearing solid. Pale lavender flowers with a
wide lavender stripe and a lavender "blush" on the top
third of the tepals bloom in September on deep reddish
purple scapes 17 to 21 inches tall. The
registration materials state: "...Blue-colored
leaves with dark red petioles. Wax on both petioles and
scapes make them appear almost black...wax melts from
leaves when hit by direct sunlight."
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