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						  This is one of the 
						Iron 
				Gate Series of hostas developed by 
				Van Sellers 
of North Carolina  who registered this 
				cultivar in 1981. 
						It is a hybrid of 
						H. plantaginea. A large size (19 inches high) plant, 
				it has slightly corrugated and wavy leaves of average substance. The cultivar has fragrant, pale lavender flowers in August and is reported to 
				be the most 
				stable variegation in the series. 
			  
In an article in
						
						The 
				Hosta Journal (2016 Vol. 47 No 2), the author 
described this plant's flowers as having a "Weak" fragrance compared to other 
hostas. 
 
				
			  
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