Data specific to Hostas (Edit)
Name of Hybridizer: Walden West
Year of Registration: 1989

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 24 to 27 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Other: Very cupped and puckered leaves, a beautiful and impressive plant.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Other: Nearly white
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Wildlife Attractant: Hummingbirds
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Awards and Recognitions: A.H.G.A. Hosta of the Year
Parentage: Tokudama x Hosta sieboldiana
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Location: z6a MA, my garden
Date: 2015-06-23
A fast grower, with 'Great Expectations'.
Location: Clement Gray Bowers Rhododendron Collection, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Date: 07/09/2003
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Location: Vermont
Date: 2015-06-10
Location: Vermont
Date: 2022-05-25

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Location: Indiana
Date: May 2012
Hosta 'Abiqua Drinking Gourd'
Location: western Oregon
Date: spring 2013
Location: Barnes Arboretum, Merion, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-06-09

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Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-05-04
Location: Vermont
Date: 2014-06-02
Location: Oregon
Date: spring 2011

Date: 2013-06-26

Date: 2012-05-19
Location: SunZone 6a
Date: 2013-06-07

Date: 2011-06-01

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Location: Oregon
Date: summer 2011

Date: 2015-06-22
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-06-12
Location: Huron County, MI
Date: 2019-07-18
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Comments:
  • Posted by valleylynn (Oregon City, OR - Zone 8b) on Jan 21, 2012 4:08 PM concerning plant:
    Introduced by Walden West in 1989, this cultivar is the brainchild of plantsman Chuck Purtymun. A cross of H. 'Tokudama' x H. sieboldiana, it is the recipient of numerous awards,
    Growth habit: Medium
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