Paul Aden
registered this hybrid of Hosta
venusta and an unnamed seedling in 1982. It forms a
small (7 inches high) mound of teardrop
shaped leaves which are dull on top and shiny below. They have pale
violet flowers in late June into July.
The Hosta Handbook by
Mark Zilis (2000) lists the name of this cultivar as consisting of two
words i.e. Hosta 'Thumb
Nail'.
According to
The Hosta Handbook by
Mark Zilis (2000), "At maturity it is very difficult to distinguish
'Tiny Tears' from Hosta venusta
and others such as 'Abiqua Miniature', 'Suzuki Thumbnail', 'Thumb
Nail', and 'Tot Tot'."
