|  A hybrid of H. 'Sea Prize' ×  H. 'Chirifu Oba', this cultivar was 
				registered by  
				Dr. Ed Elslager of Michigan in 2002.   The giant size mound grows to 27 
				inches in height with a spread of 66 inches. Its medium green 
				leaves are heavily streaked with a creamy white medial (center) 
				variegation. The leaves are deeply lobed at the base, slightly 
				corrugated and wavy with good substance. It bears pale lavender 
				flowers from mid-July into August.
 Mikiko Lockwood in an article on The Hosta Library titled, 
			
			A Little About Japanese Hosta Terms  defines the term chirifu 
							as speckled, mottled or overall variegated and the term oba or ooba as large leaf, 'Oba Gibōshi' or 
			H. montana. 
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