| Hosta | Blue Moon |
| Status | registered |
| Originator(s) | Eric Smith/Paul Aden 1976 |
| Origin | tardiflora x sieboldiana 'Elegans' |
| Size category | small |
| Plant height x width | 25x60 cm (10x24 in.) |
| Leaf length x width | 13x11 cm (5x4 in.) |
| Vein pairs | 10-12 |
| Leaf color | blue |
| Variegation | |
| Leaf | thick, very cupped, very corrugated |
| Petiole | |
| Scape | |
| Scape height | 30 cm (12 in.) |
| Flower | near white |
| Flower length | |
| Fragrant | |
| Flowering period | July - August |
| Fertile | yes |
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| Ploidy | |
| Patents | |
| Info | TF2x2. 6" tall. Light shade. 25-75% shade. Small type with round, somewhat cupped blue leaves. This is the baby of Eric Smith's crosses of Hosta 'Tardiflora' x sieboldiana 'Elegans'. The 10" wide clump has intense blue heart shaped leaves with good substance. Each clump is topped with near white flowers in mid summer, dazzling when used to border a woodland bed. TF2x2 - Small, heart-shaped leaves, bright blue and deeply cupped; near white flwrs. Excellent as a ground cover or for the shady rock garden. Forms low clumps of deep blue leaves with good substance. Pest resistant. TF2X2. White flowers. A neat little blue plant. Leaves tend to lay flat. TF2x2 Blue scale 1. Small mound of heart-shaped, cupped foliage with an intense blue color and attractive corrugation, near white flowers in late July. Somewhat flattened clump of rich blue heart-shaped leaves. This is the real one. |
| Sports | |
| Progeny | 'Blue Circle ' seedling 'Blue Ice' = 'Dorset Blue' x PP 'Cherub' = 'Crepe Suzette' x PP 'Con Te Partiro' = ('Little Wonder' selfed) x PP 'Con Te Partiro' = ('Little Wonder' selfed) x PP 'Deep Blue Sea' hybrid 'Ellie Marie' seedling 'Full Moon' selfed 'Jump Start' = 'Crazy Quilt' x PP 'King of Spades' = 'Neat Splash' x PP 'Lonesome Dove' = ((x 'Splish Splash') x 'Sagae') x PP 'May Moon' hybrid 'Metallica' = (x 'Beatrice') x PP 'Minimoon' selfed 'Mister Gee' = 'Crepe Suzette' x PP 'Moon River' = 'Crepe Suzette' x PP 'Mr Z' = "blue ruffled seedling" x PP 'Nordic Racer' = 'Crepe Suzette' x PP 'Pete's Slon-he' = PP x ('Heavy Duty' selfed) 'Pete's Slon-he' = PP x ('Heavy Duty' selfed) 'Pewterware' = 'Urajiro Hachijo' x PP 'Silver Bay' = 'Silver Frost' x PP 'Silver Moon' = 'Maekawa' x PP 'Warwick Delight' = 'William Lachman' x PP |