Hosta 'Carl'

Peter Ruh registered this cultivar on behalf of Carl Calderara in 1991. It has an "Hosta nakaiana background" according to The Hostapedia by Mark Zilis (2009). It forms a small (10 inches high) mound with slightly cupped leaves and pale lavender flowers in late June to July.

According to The Hosta Handbook by Mark Zilis (2000), this cultivar is one of many that have the "...'Blue Cadet' look (dense, rounded mound of heart shaped, bluish green foliage topped by dense clusters of lavender flowers in July)."

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