Data specific to Hostas (Edit)
Name of Hybridizer: M. Zilis
Year of Registration: 2003

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 20 inches
Plant Spread: 48 inches
Leaves: Glaucous
Unusual foliage color
Flower Color: Lavender
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division

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Location: Barnes Arboretum, Merion, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-06-09

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