This upright growing,
medium size (17 inches tall by 23 inches wide) hybrid of H. pycnophylla × H. 'Riptide' was registered by Jeroen Linneman of the
Netherlands in 2009.
It is a medium blue-green hosta with foliage that is
broadly ovate, moderately wavy, heavily rippled and
slightly shiny on top. Tubular flowers bloom from
mid-July into August on scapes about 16 to 20 inches
tall. According to the registration materials: "...Elegant pycnophylla
like hosta with white backs, nice purple petioles and
wavy margins...pale yellow at the end of the season..."
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