Registered in 2019 by Bob Solberg
of Green Hill Farm in North Carolina this
cultivar is a hybrid of H. 'Tongue
Twister' × (H. 'Iwa' ×
H. 'Blue Blush').
It is a very upright, small size hosta about 10 inches
in height by 18 inches in width with medium blue-green
foliage. The lanceolate shaped leaves are slightly
folded, slightly wavy and intensely twisted overall. Its
petioles have some purple color near the base. Pale
lavender flowers bloom from September into October on
scapes about 11 inches tall followed by viable seeds.
The registration
materials state: "...Small open clump of blue-green
very upright twisted leaves. Good substance and blooms
very late." 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.
The
registration form says that this plant is "10in (25.4cm)
diameter; 18in (45.7 cm) high;" but the flower scapes
are listed at only "10 to 11in (25.4 to 27.9cm) high;"
so we are going on the assumption that the height and
width numbers have been crossed.
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