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| Hosta | Blue Moon |
| Status | registered |
| Originator(s) | Eric Smith/Paul Aden 1976 |
| Origin | tardiflora x sieboldiana 'Elegans' |
| Size category | small |
| Plant height x width | 25x60 cm (10x24 in.) |
| Leaf length x width | 13x11 cm (5x4 in.) |
| Vein pairs | 10-12 |
| Leaf color | blue |
| Variegation | |
| Leaf | thick, very cupped, very corrugated |
| Petiole | |
| Scape | |
| Scape height | 30 cm (12 in.) |
| Flower | near white |
| Flower length | |
| Fragrant | |
| Flowering period | July - August |
| Fertile | yes |
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| Patents | |
| Info | TF2x2. 6" tall. Light shade. 25-75% shade. Small type with round, somewhat cupped blue leaves. This is the baby of Eric Smith's crosses of H. 'Tardiflora' x sieboldiana 'Elegans'. The 10" wide clump has intense blue heart shaped leaves with good substance. Each clump is topped with near white flowers in mid summer...dazzling when used to border a woodland bed. TF2x2 - Small, heart-shaped leaves, bright blue and deeply cupped; near white flwrs. Excellent as a ground cover or for the shady rock garden. Forms low clumps of deep blue leaves with good substance. Pest resistant. TF2X2. White flowers. A neat little blue plant. Leaves tend to lay flat. TF2x2 Blue scale 1. Small mound of heart-shaped, cupped foliage with an intense blue color and attractive corrugation, near white flowers in late July. Somewhat flattened clump of rich blue heart-shaped leaves. This is the real one. |
| Sports | |
| Progeny | 'Blue Circle ' seedling 'Blue Ice' = 'Dorset Blue' x PP 'Cherub' = 'Crepe Suzette' x PP 'Con Te Partiro' = ('Little Wonder' selfed) x PP 'Con Te Partiro' = ('Little Wonder' selfed) x PP 'Deep Blue Sea' hybrid 'Ellie Marie' seedling 'Full Moon' selfed 'Jump Start' = 'Crazy Quilt' x PP 'King of Spades' = 'Neat Splash' x PP 'Lonesome Dove' = ((x 'Splish Splash') x 'Sagae') x PP 'May Moon' hybrid 'Metallica' = (x 'Beatrice') x PP 'Minimoon' selfed 'Mister Gee' = 'Crepe Suzette' x PP 'Moon River' = 'Crepe Suzette' x PP 'Mr Z' = "blue ruffled seedling" x PP 'Nordic Racer' = 'Crepe Suzette' x PP 'Pete's Slon-he' = PP x ('Heavy Duty' selfed) 'Pete's Slon-he' = PP x ('Heavy Duty' selfed) 'Pewterware' = 'Urajiro Hachijo' x PP 'Silver Bay' = 'Silver Frost' x PP 'Silver Moon' = 'Maekawa' x PP 'Warwick Delight' = 'William Lachman' x PP |