This
H. 'Tardiana' type hosta has
dark blue-green foliage of heavy substance. It was registered by
British Hosta and
Hemerocallis Society (BHHS) for English hybridizer
Eric Smith
in 1988.
This cultivar forms a medium
sized (18 inches high) mound of slug resistant, thick textured foliage. Very pale
lavender flowers appear in July to
early August.
According to
The Hosta Handbook by
Mark Zilis (2000), it was formerly known as 'TF 2 X 8". Also, he
states that this cultivar was commonly mistaken for H. 'Blue Wedgwood' and vice versa. "Labels were switched and both were
widely propagated under their new designations".
