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						 This cultivar is a hybrid of H. 'Urajiro 
						Hachijo' ×  H. 'Blue Clown' which was registered by 
						Don Dean of Minnesota in 1999. It is a medium size plant about 11 
						inches high with a spread of around 32 inches with 
						foliage that is intensely blue-green. The leaves are  slightly  twisted, slightly  cupped, moderately wavy and 
						moderately corrugated with thick substance. Lavender, 
						bell-shaped flowers with translucent margins bloom in 
						Minnesota from August into September. It sets viable 
						seeds. Mikiko Lockwood in an article on The Hosta Library titled, 
			
			A Little About Japanese Hosta Terms  defines the term urajiro as white-backed or white underside. This is a sibling 
						to H. 'Titanium'. 
						
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