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HostaPure Intentions

Statusregistered

Originator(s)Don Dean 2011

Origin'Breeder's Choice' x 'Blue Jay'

Size category 

Plant height x width23x80 cm (9x31 in.)

Leaf length x width20x14 cm (8x6 in.)

Vein pairs8-9

Leaf color(yellow>cream),blue-green,green edge

Variegationmedio

Leafa bit folded, a bit wavy

Petiole 

Scapeglaucous green

Scape height45 cm (18 in.)

Flowerlavender

Flower length4 cm (1.6 in.)

Fragrant 

Flowering periodJune - July

Fertileno

Pod 

Ploidy 

Patents 

InfoEunice Fischer Distinguished Merit Hosta of 2016.
The plant needs to have crisp, clean color. Preferably, it has a classic beauty that sustains its importance. It must be distinctively important to ME. And it needs a name that captures the importance of this person and/or a characteristic that is important in my life. The plant I have selected is named for a person that has offered patient support, is beautiful and, more importantly, a beautiful person that is continuously and selflessly giving to everyone around her, and asking little in return. For obvious reasons, I discarded possible names for this plant when it was registered because the name would need to fit upon a plant tag. Names like 'Beauty Like the Day We Met' and 'Always and Forever My Bride' were simply too long. I selected H. 'Pure Intentions' for the name. H. 'Pure Intentions' is the Eunice Fischer Distinguished Merit Hosta of 2016, named for my wife ...

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