Data specific to Hostas (Edit)
Name of Hybridizer: Florence Shaw/Paul Aden
Year of Registration: 1978

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 18-28 inches tall -- Large (leaf 81-144 sq.inches)
Plant Spread: 36-48 inches (90-120 cm)
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Other: Broadly ovate, cupped, corrugated, Huge frosty blue leaves. Slug resistant.
Flower Color: White
Other: Near-white tubular-shaped flowers.
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Groundcover
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Other info: Seed is viable.
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Bumblebees
Bees
Parentage: Hosta sieboldiana var. montana x Tokudama
Child plants: one child plant

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Location: Apple Valley MN
Date: 2019-07-14
Beautiful up right white flowers
Photo by viccles2004
Location: Barnes Arboretum, Merion, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-06-09
Location: Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna
Date: May
credit: Anna reg
Location: Ed Burton, NE Wisconsin
Date: 2005-07-28

Date: 2015-06-22

Date: 2015-06-22
Location: Apple Valley MN
Date: 2017-06-22
Location: Ed Burton, NE Wisconsin
Date: 2005-07-28

Photo courtesy of Longfield Gardens
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Credit florum

Credit florum

Date: 2007-06-11
Image Courtesy of Bloomin Designs Nursery Used with Permission
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Photo courtesy of Singing Tree Gardens Nursery
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Photo by pinkiris
Location: Montréal Botanical Garden
Date: 2012-05-27
'Big Daddy'

Date: 2012-06-01
1 year old plant

Photo Courtesy of Daylilies by the Pond. Used with Permission.
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Credit florum

Photo Courtesy of Crossview Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Comments:
  • Posted by valleylynn (Oregon City, OR - Zone 8b) on Jan 21, 2012 5:31 PM concerning plant:
    A sport of H. sieboldiana 'Elegans'. Discovered in Great Britain by two lab technicians named Barbara and Ann
    White to pale lavender blooms.
    Needs consistent water.
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