| Hosta | Abiqua Drinking Gourd |
| Status | registered |
| Originator(s) | Walden West 1989 |
| Origin | 'Tokudama' x sieboldiana |
| Size category | medium - large |
| Plant height x width | 60x115 cm (24x45 in.) |
| Leaf length x width | 25x25 cm (10x10 in.) |
| Vein pairs | 15-16 |
| Leaf color | blue |
| Variegation | |
| Leaf | thick, round, very cupped, very corrugated |
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| Scape height | 75 cm (30 in.) |
| Flower | near white |
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| Flowering period | June - July |
| Fertile | yes |
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| Info | Hosta of the Year for 2014.(HOTY). 16" tall. Light Shade A very large cupped leaf, blue green. Depth of cups measured at 4 inches. One of our best. From the hosta wild man, Chuck Purtymun, comes this still hard to find gem. Hosta 'Abiqua Drinking Gourd' (Hosta 'Tokudama' x Hosta sieboldiana), has round cardboard-like, deeply cupped powder blue leaves on a 16" wide clump. In early summer, the clumps are topped with white flowers. In a garden, no plant will evoke more favorable comments! A very large blue with extremely cupped leaves and good color. A 'Tokudama' x sieboldiana hybrid, with thick, heavily puckered blue foliage. The leaves are deeply cupped and are held upright, forming an open clump about 20" tall. Near-white flowers. |
| Sports | 'Abiqua Drinking Gourd streaked' sport/os 'Blue Bubbles' sport/os 'Blueberry a la Mode' sport/bw 'Great Balls of Fire' sport/os 'Kiwi Green Gourd' sport/gg 'Kiwi Silver Cup' sport/ |
| Progeny | 'Blue Genes' = 'High Kicker' x PP 'Blue Moonlight Cup' = PP x 'Empress Wu' 'Blue Talon' seedling 'Blueberry Waffles' = 'Spilt Milk' x PP 'Bluebigwa' = PP x 'Blue Umbrellas' 'Cup of Joy' seedling 'Dixie Cups' = 'Korean Snow' x PP 'Giantland Sunny Mouse Ears' = 'Blue Mouse Ears' x PP 'Giantland Symmetry' = 'Silver Mine' x PP 'Golden Spirit' = "unnamed sdlg" x PP 'Happy Harry' = 'Blue Umbrellas' x PP 'Kwick's Salad Bowl' seedling 'Old Smoky' = 'Maekawa' x PP 'Rimmed Cauldron' = ('William Lachman' x 'Love Pat') x PP 'Steely Dan' = 'Korean Snow' x PP 'Super Scoop' = PP x "unnamed sdlg from Ed Schulz" 'Wu Gourd' = 'Empress Wu' x PP |