Peter Ruh of Ohio registered this cultivar on behalf of the originator,
David Stone of Connecticut in 1987. The mound is
a medium size about a
foot tall with a spread of 2 feet. The slightly wavy leaves are
almost triangular in shape. It bears dense clusters of
purple flowers in July.
According to
The Hostapedia by
Mark Zilis (2009), "...either is the same as
H. nakaiana or a seedling of it."
This
cultivar was named for Peter Ruh's daughter-in-law.
In
The
Hosta Journal (1992 Vol. 23 No. 1) there is an article by
Peter Ruh about the so-called David Stone Medium or Miniature hostas which went by a numbering system that started with
DSM. This cultivar
was called DSM #9 and was described as "Small, a H.
nakaiana hybrid, rapid increaser, leaves green with sheen of
blue, flowers off-white, cluster at top 2" of scape.
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