Registered
by
Gerhard and Renate Ragus
of Germany
in
2020,
this cultivar is an open-pollinated seedling of H. 'Sum
and Substance'. This small to medium size hosta stands
about 13 inches tall by 24 inches wide. Its foliage is
greenish-yellow, slightly rippled, broadly ovate,
relatively flat overall and dull on the top and bottom.
The petioles have red speckles at the base. Deep purple
flowers with white at the tepal base bloom from mid-July
into August on scapes about 25 inches tall. It bears
viable seeds. The
registration materials state: "....Large
greenish-yellow leaves with partly serrated margins.
Dual colored flowers, very short seedpods, very sun
tolerant, green when grown in more shade and
occasionally produces multi-branched scapes...small
variegated bracts close to each bulbous bud." In
English, Apostle. In German, Apostel.
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