This cultivar is a
seedling of a Tardiana-type
hosta and was registered in 2003 by
Peter and Jean
Ruh of Ohio on behalf of the originator,
Heinz Klose of
Staudengärtnerei Klose in Germany. It develops into a medium size plant with powdery,
blue-green foliage which becomes dark green by late
summer. Pale
lavender flowers in clusters bloom during in August.
Nomenclature changes recommended in the
1991 book The
Genus Hosta by
W. George Schmid and accepted by The American Hosta Society would update names as follows: H. x
tardiana is now Tardiana Group.
Blue Glow
An article by W. George Schmid in
The
Hosta Journal (1985 Vol. 16) states that, "In
England,
Heinz Klose obtained a number of
H. x tardiana plants after
Eric
Smith left Hadspen House nursery. He is also actively selecting and propagating
H. 'Semperaurea' seedlings...Named by him are several hybrid
seedlings: H. 'Goldpfeil' ('Gold Arrow'), H. 'Weisse Glocke' ('White Bell'), and
H. 'Zitronenfalter' ('Lemon Butterfly')...special cultivars with
H. 'Sieboldiana'
lines are: H. 'Blauglut' ('Blue Glow') and H. 'Blaue Wolke' ('Blue Cloud') which
reminds one of H. 'Blue Heaven'...with his H. x tardiana...has named one H. 'Irische
See' ('Irish Sea')...H. 'Nordatlantic' ('North Atlantic')..."
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