Hosta | Ice Palace |
Status | registered |
Originator(s) | Dick & Jane Ward 2003 |
Origin | 'Buckeye Blue' hybrid |
Size category | large |
Plant height x width | 60x130 cm (24x51 in.) |
Leaf length x width | 33x25 cm (13x10 in.) |
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Leaf color | blue-green |
Variegation | |
Leaf | heavy, very corrugated, unruly, cupped |
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Scape | |
Scape height | 65 cm (26 in.) |
Flower | near white |
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Flowering period | June - July |
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Info | One of Dick & Jane's most stunning hybridizing achievements! A dark blue, very puckered Hosta with lovely pale lavender flowers on scapes only 22-24" tall. Foliage mound gets 40" wide x 12" tall. Leaves are heavy substanced, intense blue, pebbly, are 8" long x 6" wide, dull on top and below. Dick & Jane's best cobbled blue yet! A hybrid of H. 'Buckeye Blue'. |
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Progeny | 'Delta Blues' seedling 'Lush Life' seedling 'Palace Guard' seedling 'Upper Echelon' seedling |