This cultivar is a hybrid
of (H. 'Liberty Bell ’ × (H. 'Urajiro
Hachijo' ×
H. pycnophylla)) × (H. 'Urajiro
Hachijo' × H. pycnophylla) which was registered by
Don Dean of Minnesota in 2005. It is a large size (20 inches high by
45 inches wide) hosta with dark green foliage that is
heavily rippled, moderately twisted, slightly corrugated
and deeply wavy. Pale purple, tubular flowers bloom from mid-August into October.
Mikiko Lockwood in an article on The Hosta Library titled,
A Little About Japanese Hosta Terms defines the term urajiro as white-backed or white underside.
An article by Warren I. Pollock in
The
Hosta Journal (2014 Vol. 45 No. 2) states that, "H. 'Liberty Bell' crossed with ('Urajiro Hachijo' ×
H. pycnophylla) is a favorite
pod parent of Don's (Don Dean). He used it to produce H. 'Celtic Bouquet' and H.
'Peek-a-boo Purple', both registered in 2011, and H. 'Ebony Towers' and H.
'Garnet Spires', in 2005. (Special Note: Parentages of 'Garnet Spires' and
'Peek-a-boo Purple' were corrected in the 2013 Registrations issue..."
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