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HostaBlue Max

Statusregistered

Originator(s)Mark Zilis/Walters Gardens/Pete Ruh 1998

Origin'Helen Doriot' seedling

Size categorymedium - large

Plant height x width33x70 cm (13x28 in.)

Leaf length x width28x19 cm (11x7 in.)

Vein pairs14

Leaf colorblue-green

Variegation 

Leafovate

Petiole 

Scape 

Scape height45 cm (18 in.)

Flowernear white,tubular

Flower length4.5 cm (1.8 in.)

Fragrant 

Flowering periodJune - July

Fertileyes

Podgreen

Ploidy 

Patents 

InfoWe find this to be a very nice medium-sized blue with good color and great substance. This H.'Helen Doriot' hybrid is topped with near white flowers in early summer.
Slow grower, Blue-green with slight rippling of the margin. Dull on top and underneath. Petiole blue-green at the top. See H.'Helen Doriot'.

Sports'Blue Mist' sport/o

Progeny