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HostaBlue Steel

Statusregistered

Originator(s)Herb Benedict/AHS/Walek 2009

Origin'Frances Williams' selfed

Size categorylarge

Plant height x width 

Leaf length x width30x26 cm (12x10 in.)

Vein pairs 

Leaf colorblue-green

Variegation 

Leafcupped

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Info=sieboldiana 'Blue Steel'.
Steel-blue leaves are puckered, cupped and stand up strongly.
From the same seed pod as H. 'Dorothy Benedict'.

Sports

Progeny'Algonquin' = PP x 'Blue Seer'
'Iroquois' = PP x (x 'Dorothy Benedict')