Hosta | Pure Intentions |
Status | registered |
Originator(s) | Don Dean 2011 |
Origin | 'Breeder's Choice' x 'Blue Jay' |
Size category | |
Plant height x width | 23x80 cm (9x31 in.) |
Leaf length x width | 20x14 cm (8x6 in.) |
Vein pairs | 8-9 |
Leaf color | (yellow>cream),blue-green,green edge |
Variegation | medio |
Leaf | a bit folded, a bit wavy |
Petiole | |
Scape | glaucous green |
Scape height | 45 cm (18 in.) |
Flower | lavender |
Flower length | 4 cm (1.6 in.) |
Fragrant | |
Flowering period | June - July |
Fertile | no |
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Info | Eunice 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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