MyHostas database

HostaAqua Velva

Statusregistered

Originator(s)Kevin Vaughn 1983

Origin('Polly Bishop' x 'Blue Lace') x 'Summer Fragrance'

Size categorymedium - large

Plant height x width50x150 cm (20x59 in.)

Leaf length x width28x20 cm (11x8 in.)

Vein pairs8-10

Leaf colorblue-green

Variegation 

Leaf 

Petiole 

Scape 

Scape height 

Flowerlavender

Flower length 

Fragrantslightly

Flowering period 

Fertileyes

Pod 

Ploidy 

Patents 

InfoA large upright deep blue. Great specimen plant.
Deep blue-green leaves that have heavy veins but still have a smooth look and display a white chalk-like overlay (bloom); fragrant lavender flowers.
Thick, heavily corrugated, deep blue-green foliage, turning dark, shiny green in late summer. Excellent form and color, and resistant to slugs. Lavender flowers.
Ovate blue/green, heavy foliage. Lightly fragrant lavender flowers. Nice!
Unique deep blue-green, deeply impressed veins giving a well-behaved crinkled effect. Lavender flowers are fragrant.
Large mound of slug resistant blue-green leaves, intense corrugation, large lavendar flowers in July.

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Progeny'Espresso' = PP x rupifraga
'Expresso' = PP x (x rupifraga)
'Gypsy Louise Strub' = PP x rupifraga