Hosta 'Blue Mouse Ears' in the Hostas Database

Data specific to Hostas (Edit)
Name of Hybridizer:	E & J Deckert
Year of Registration:	2000

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 9b
Plant Height:	4-6 inches
Plant Spread:	9-12 inches
Leaves:	Unusual foliage color Deciduous Other: Nearly Round, Cupped, Flat, Dull, Medium Blue-Green.
Flowers:	Showy
Flower Color:	Lavender Other: Medium Lavender bell shaped flowers.
Flower Time:	Summer
Underground structures:	Rhizome
Uses:	Groundcover Suitable for miniature gardens
Wildlife Attractant:	Bees Hummingbirds
Resistances:	Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Seeds:	Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods:	Division
Containers:	Suitable in 3 gallon or larger Needs excellent drainage in pots
Awards and Recognitions:	A.H.G.A. Hosta of the Year Other: 2013 Great Plant Picks award winner; 2008 Hosta of the Year
Parentage:	Sport of: Blue Cadet
Child plants:	7 child plants

Common names

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Location: z6a MA, my garden
Date: 2015-06-24
Starting to send up scapes. These 2 clumps are 5 years old, moved

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Date: 2020-06-01

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Date: 2020-05-08

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Location: z6a MA, my garden
Date: 2015-07-11

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Date: 2014-07-05

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Date: 2014-06-07

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Date: 2021-05-03

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Location: Apple Valley MN
Date: 2018-05-12

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Location: New Brunswick, Canada
Date: July 22, 2017
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Location: Charleston, SC
Date: 2020-06-02

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Location: Wisconsin
Date: 2011-07-15
Zone 4 Wisconsin

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Location: Wood County TX
Date: 2022-06-08

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Location: Apple Valley MN
Date: 2017-06-03
H. Blue Mouse Ears spring

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Location: Maryland
Date: 2015-06-21
Early morning sun

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Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: Jun 23, 2011 7:24 PM
About to bloom...great bloom

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Location: In my garden in Oklahoma City
Date: 05-31-2016
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Location: Apple Valley MN
Date: 2017-05-18
H. Blue Mouse Ears spring

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Location: Northwest NJ
Date: 2018-08-10
TC starter

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Location: Millinocket, Maine
Date: 2023-07-19

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Location: Fairfax, VA | May, 2023
Date: 2023-05-15

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Location: Dog's pen (outside) on gate side.
Date: 2012-0620

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Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2014-07-05

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Location: Fairfax, Virginia
Date: 2022-04-10

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Location: In my garden in Oklahoma City
Date: 03-23-2017
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Location: In my garden in Oklahoma City
Date: 05-14-2018
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Location: In my garden in Oklahoma City
Date: 05-29-2017
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Location: In my garden in Oklahoma City
Date: 06-06-2018
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Location: In my garden in Oklahoma City
Date: 06-06-2018
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Location: Fairfax, VA | July, 2023
Date: 2023-07-01

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Location: Canton, OH
Date: 2018-11-02
Fall Color on Blue Mouse Ears

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Location: Hosta kitchen garden, morning sun only.
Date: 2014-08-28

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Location: Dog's pen (outside) on gate side.
Date: 2012-0629

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Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: Jun 15, 2011 6:40 PM
Nice blue color

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Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-10-11

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Location: My zone 5 garden
Date: 2017-06-19
so cute and it is about to bloom - I love that the leaves are so

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Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-07-22
In my garden

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Location: National Botanical Garden (DC) | November 2022
Date: 2022-11-26

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Location: Huron County, MI
Date: 2019-07-06
FFO

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Location: Fairfax, VA | April, 2023
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Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: May 23, 2011 12:26 PM
Cute

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Location: In my garden in Oklahoma City
Date: 05-16-2019
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Location: In my garden in Oklahoma City
Date: 05-31-2016
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Location: Peterborough, ON, Canada
Date: 2015-08-20

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Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-07-18

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Date: 2015-9-12

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Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-10-11
A young plant

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Comments:

Posted by twixanddud (SE Michigan - Zone 5b) on Jul 23, 2015 3:57 AM concerning plant:

Love this hosta! Very vigorous here in my yard, great grower.

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Posted by bluegrassmom (South central KY - Zone 6b) on Mar 26, 2021 9:23 PM concerning plant:

This is a lovely little hosta, I would not call it a mini. Good one to spread. I like the blue shade too.

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Posted by valleylynn (Oregon City, OR - Zone 8b) on Jan 21, 2012 5:38 PM concerning plant:

Mutation of Hosta 'Blue Cadet' that makes a tight 1' wide mound of small, round, blue-green leaves on a perfectly symmetrical clump.

Hosta of the Year 2008

Emile & Jane Deckert registered the hosta in 2002. The name came to Emile when he noticed the shape of the unfurling new leaves in the spring! Sold at auction at the AHS Convention; 2001, Raleigh, N.Carolina for $250.00.

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SunriseSide	On March 16, 2021	Plant emerged Broke ground observed 2/13/21
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