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HostaAoki

Statusregistered

Originator(s)Siebold ex Bailey 1915/AHS 1987

Origin 

Size categorymedium - large

Plant height x width65x120 cm (26x47 in.)

Leaf length x width25x18 cm (10x7 in.)

Vein pairs8-10,12

Leaf colordark green

Variegation 

Leaf 

Petiole 

Scape 

Scape height100 cm (39 in.)

Flowerlavender pink

Flower length 

Fragrant 

Flowering period 

Fertileyes

Pod 

Ploidy 

Patents 

Info='Fortunei Aoki'.
Registered as H. 'Fortunei Aoki'.
Dark green leaves with a slight grey bloom on the underside, 10" x 8".
Leaf margins are darker in Spring.
Lavender pink flowers on 25-42" scapes. Fertile.
Dark green; smooth. Leaf margins are darker in the spring, flowers are pale blue. The leaf surface is wrinkled at maturity. It also was registered by AHS in 1987 but has been around since 1915. Named by von Siebold for Aoki Kon'yo, who produced the first Japanese-Dutch dictionary. Considered a clone of the H. 'Fortunei Hyacinthina' group. The leaves are cordate.

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