| Hosta | Blue Mouse Ears |
| Status | registered |
| Originator(s) | Emile & Jane Deckert 2000 |
| Origin | 'Blue Cadet' sport |
| Size category | small |
| Plant height x width | 20x50 cm (8x20 in.) |
| Leaf length x width | 7x6 cm (3x2 in.) |
| Vein pairs | 9-11 |
| Leaf color | blue-green |
| Variegation | |
| Leaf | thick, deeply cupped, round |
| Petiole | |
| Scape | |
| Scape height | 25 cm (10 in.) |
| Flower | pale lavender,striped,bell |
| Flower length | 1.5 cm (0.6 in.) |
| Fragrant | |
| Flowering period | July |
| Fertile | limited/difficult |
| Pod | |
| Ploidy | 2-2-2 |
| Patents | |
| Info | Hosta of the Year for 2008 (HOTY). Small round, sort of heart shaped blue leaves of very heavy texture. Also slugresistant. Height with little bouquet of flowers is only 4-6". A sport of 'Blue Cadet'. Introduced in 2002. |
| Sports | 'American Super Mouse' sport/ 'Baby Boo' sport/gb 'Blue Mouse Ears Supreme' sport/os 'Buffalo Ice Mouse' sport/bw 'Buffalo Misty Mouse' sport/ 'Cat and Mouse' sport/yb 'Church Mouse' sport/bb 'Crazy Mouse Ears' sport/os 'Dancing Mouse' sport/bb 'Flamenco Mouse' sport/bg 'Fuzzy Mouse Ears' sport/cc 'Green Mouse Ears' sport/gg 'Hanjas Crazy Mouse' sport/op 'Jumbo Mouse Ears' sport/bb 'Kafka's Mouse' sport/ 'Knockout Mouse' sport/by 'Magical Mouse Ears' sport/yy 'Mighty Mouse' sport/yc 'Mimosa Mouse Ears' sport/os 'Mouse Party' sport/ 'Mouse Tracks' sport/os 'Mouse Trap' sport/wb 'Mrs. Mouse Ears' sport/bb 'My Friend Bertha' sport/bb 'Mystic Mouse' sport/gb 'Niki Mouse' sport/yb 'One Iota' sport/gc 'Pure Heart' sport/yg 'Royal Mouse Ears' sport/os 'Ruffled Mouse Ears' sport/bb 'Snow Mouse' sport/wb 'Teltow Giant Mouse' sport/bb 'Valley's Mouse Tail' sport/os |
| Progeny | 'Blue Elf' = PP x 'Osiris Obscur' 'Dream in Blue' seedling 'Giantland Mouse Cheese' seedling 'Giantland Sunny Mouse Ears' = PP x 'Abiqua Drinking Gourd' 'Green Thumb' = sp. HC 970697 aff. sieboldii x PP |