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Hosta 'Pebble Creek Sea Billows'
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 Originated by
Joanna
Kovalcsik of Michigan and registered by her in
2021,
this cultivar is a seedling of H. 'Glen
Triumph' ×
H. 'Fleet
Week'. It is a medium size hosta about 11
inches high by 26 inches wide with a moderate growth
rate. The lanceolate leaves are light blue-green with
deeply ruffled and heavily serrated margins. They have a
glaucous bloom on top and have a white bottom. The
sharply tipped foliage is slightly folded, slightly
twisted and deeply wavy with deeply impressed veins.
Leaf petioles are lightly speckled with purple and widen
at the midrib. White flowers with splashes of lavender
and purple anthers bloom in August. This cultivar sets
viable seeds in sea-green pods.
The registration materials state: "Long deeply ruffled
and serrated white-backed light blue-green leaves have a
ground hugging habit that echoes the connection between
sea and sand...darkens to medium blue-green later in the
season."
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 According
to Joanna, "The
name for this hosta hybrid is inspired by a
phrase from a well-known hymn -- “It is Well
with My Soul.” Long, glaucous blue-green
leaves with white backs tapering to sharp
tips have deeply ruffled and serrated edges.
The tumultuous mound of ground-hugging
foliage looks like ocean waves rolling onto
the shore led by serrated edges of sea foam.
White flowers with translucent-edged,
orchid-lavender painted tepals are fertile
both ways. In 2020, Pebble Creek Sea Billows
bloomed for the first time on August 9th.
My mother passed away on August 9th
of 2021, so I registered PC Sea Billows as a
tribute. |
“When peace like a river
attendeth my way,
when sorrows like sea billows roll,
whatever my lot Thou hast taught me to say,
“It is well, it is well with my soul.” |
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