Registered by
Jeroen Linneman of the
Netherlands in
2008,
this cultivar is a seedling of H. 'Kifukurin Ubatake'. It
is an extremely fast grower with intensely blue-green
foliage. A small size hosta, it grows to about 8 inches
in height with a spread of around 11 inches. The upright
growing leaves are moderately flat, dull on top and have
purple dots on the petioles. Pale lavender flowers bloom
from mid-July into August followed by viable seeds. The
registration materials state: "...good grower,
strong garden plant, blue leaves with purple dotted petioles flower
bud resembles a Japanese Crane bird...blue becomes green with the
season " Mikiko Lockwood in an article on The Hosta Library titled,
A Little About Japanese Hosta Terms defines the term kifukurin or ki fukurin as yellow edge(d) or
yellow margin(ed).
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