This
slow growing
hybrid of H. 'Blue Moon' was registered in 1994 by
Charles Seaver of Delaware. It forms a large size hosta about 21 inches tall and 60
inches wide with
heavily corrugated, moderately cupped, shiny foliage. Dense
clusters of very pale lavender flowers bloom in late July
followed by viable seeds.
According to
The Hostapedia by Mark Zilis (2009), "Maturity brought out the intense
corrugation, cupping, good blue color, and plastic like
substance that were not evident at an earlier age...Every hosta
collector should own 'Deep Blue Sea."
The New Encyclopedia of Hostas by
Diana
Grenfell (2009) states: "Leaves unfurl light gteen soon becoming a superb
blue and keeping their color for most of the
summer...Exaggeratedly rugose to seersuckered toward
central midrib, almost distorting the symmetry of
the leaf. Lobes are sometimes twisted behind the
petioles."
A Photo Essay article by Steve Chamberlain in
The
Hostta Journal (2010 Vol. 41 No. 1) makes comments about
H. 'Deep Blue Sea', "Charles Seaver registered this 'Blue Moon' seedling in
1994. My plant was a gift from Charlie at the Hostas in Focus Festival in 1997.
Early in the season this plant is an intense blue with extreme corrugation. By
the time it blooms later in the season, the wax has washed off and the leaves
are dark green and very shiny."
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