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| Hosta | Purple Rain |
| Status | registered |
| Originator(s) | Chick Wasitis/Bridgewood Gardens 2008 |
| Origin | 'Uncle Albert' x 'Halcyon' |
| Size category | medium |
| Plant height x width | 30x90 cm (12x35 in.) |
| Leaf length x width | 23x13 cm (9x5 in.) |
| Vein pairs | 8-10 |
| Leaf color | blue-green |
| Variegation | |
| Leaf | cupped, wavy |
| Petiole | purple |
| Scape | |
| Scape height | |
| Flower | pale lavender |
| Flower length | |
| Fragrant | |
| Flowering period | August - September |
| Fertile | yes |
| Pod | |
| Ploidy | |
| Patents | |
| Info | This is the first of the 'Uncle Albert' hybrids to be released, from a cross with 'Halcyon' made in 1998. It's a medium size plant with blue leaves, ovate with sharply pointed tips, slightly cupped, with rippled edges. Leaf petioles are purple spotted. Flowers are pale lavender. At the 2002 First Look, a competition for new hosta introductions, American Hosta Society judges named 'Purple Rain' the best blue seedling and runner-up for best seedling in the show. Slow grower. |
| Sports | 'Simply Irresistible' sport/yg |
| Progeny | |