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						 This cultivar is a hybrid 
						of (H. 'Liberty Bell ’ × (H. 'Urajiro 
						Hachijo' ×  
						H. pycnophylla)) × (H. 'Urajiro 
						Hachijo' ×  H. pycnophylla) which was registered by 
						Don Dean of Minnesota in 2005.   It is a large size (20 inches high by 
						45 inches wide) hosta with dark green foliage that is 
						heavily rippled, moderately twisted, slightly  corrugated 
						and deeply wavy. Pale purple, tubular flowers bloom from mid-August into October. Mikiko Lockwood in an article on The Hosta Library titled, 
			
			A Little About Japanese Hosta Terms  defines the term urajiro as white-backed or white underside. 
						
						 
  
						 An article by Warren I. Pollock in 
			The 
				Hosta Journal (2014 Vol. 45 No. 2) states that, "H. 'Liberty Bell' crossed with ('Urajiro Hachijo' × 
H. pycnophylla) is a favorite 
pod parent of Don's (Don Dean). He used it to produce H. 'Celtic Bouquet' and H. 
'Peek-a-boo Purple', both registered in 2011, and H. 'Ebony Towers' and H. 
'Garnet Spires', in 2005. (Special Note: Parentages of 'Garnet Spires' and 
'Peek-a-boo Purple' were corrected in the 2013 Registrations issue..." 
			
  
  
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