An
Eric Smith introduction,
this cultivar, which is hybrid of
H. 'Sieboldiana'
x H. 'Tokudama' was registered
on his behalf by the
British Hosta and Hemerocallis Society in 1986. It has
blue-green, cordate leaves that are heavily corrugated and funnel-shaped
near-white flowers from mid-June into July. The plant
is medium size growing to about 14 inches in height by a width of
around 35 inches. It has a thick substance and is considered
resistant to
slugs.
"AHS
multiple award winner: Midwest Blue Award, 1980, exhibited by Mervin Eisel; AHS
Nancy Minks Award, 1976, exhibited by Alex Summers; Award of Merit, Wisley
Trials, U.K. Raised by Eric Smith at Hilliers Nursery of Winchester and named
for Buckshaw Gardens, Sherborne, Dorset, UK."
An article about H. 'Buckshaw Blue' by Warren I. Pollock in
The
Hosta Journal (1996 Vol. 27 No. 1) states that, "This is
a superb hosta that has won several
AHS awards: 1980 Midwest Blue Award and 1987
Nancy Minks Award. It is a seedling found by Eric
Smith at the
Hilliers
Nurseries, Winchester,
England, and taken by him to Buckshaw Gardens from which
it received its name...is considered to be a member of the
Tokudama Group. H. 'Buckshaw
Blue' is one of the best blue hostas, but be warned: It is very slow growing."
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