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| Hosta | Sugar Babe |
| Status | registered |
| Originator(s) | Bob Solberg 1996 |
| Origin | 'Iron Gate Supreme' x 'Saishu Jima' |
| Size category | small |
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| Leaf color | dark green,white edge |
| Variegation | edge |
| Leaf | shiny |
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| Flower | purple striped |
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| Fragrant | fragrant |
| Flowering period | September |
| Fertile | |
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| Info | Small feathery clump of shiny darg green leaves with a white border. Large purple striped flowers with a unique "sugary" fragrance in August. Rapid grower. Small feathery clump of shiny dark green leaves with a white border. Large purple striped flowers with a unique "sugary" fragrance in August. This rapid grower is from a cross between H. 'Iron Gate Supreme'and H. 'Saishu Jima'and is in limited supply. |
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