This medium size (13
inches high by 28 inches wide) cultivar of unidentified parentage was originated
by
Toyozo Nakayama and
Tsuneo Kurasawa of Japan
but registered on their behalf by
Peter Ruh of Ohio in 2000. It has
medium green foliage and bears near white flowers with
reddish purple highlights in October.
According to
The Hostapedia by Mark Zilis (2009), "This is another seedling from
Japan with reddish
flowers."
An article by
Rick Goodenough in
The
Hosta Journal (2012 Vol. 43 No. 1) states that, “Another
“borrowed” plant that I have been particularly pleased with is named ‘Red Legged
Plover’. I got the seed, which is out of ‘Katsuragawa Beni’ and a first
generation seedling of ‘Kokuryu’, through an exchange with
Jeff Moore…H. ‘Red
Legged Plover’ was the only yellow
viridescent seedling of the lot. It exhibits
some nicer-than-average burgundy-toned flowers which was one of Jeff’s
objectives for this cross.”
The
Hosta Journal, (2016 Vol. 47 No 1) states, "A
number of unique seedlings from Japan have been passed
around for some time, primarily among hybridizers. Both
have solid green foliage but with flowers that have a
reddish shade. H.
'Akane' has burgundy flowers while 'Kokuryu' has reddish purple
flowers. Both are rare and may in fact no longer exist
in the U.S..."
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