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| Hosta | Black Beauty |
| Status | registered |
| Originator(s) | Kate Carpenter 1984 |
| Origin | 'Green Piecrust' hybrid |
| Size category | large |
| Plant height x width | 60x110 cm (24x43 in.) |
| Leaf length x width | 25x23 cm (10x9 in.) |
| Vein pairs | 10 |
| Leaf color | dark green |
| Variegation | |
| Leaf | crinkled, cordate, unruly |
| Petiole | |
| Scape | 3 leafy bracts |
| Scape height | 80 cm (31 in.) |
| Flower | deep lavender |
| Flower length | |
| Fragrant | |
| Flowering period | July - August |
| Fertile | |
| Pod | |
| Ploidy | |
| Patents | |
| Info | Very thick, large gray to blue-green leaves with ruffled edges. Lavender flowers. Large rounded crinkled dark green. Very dark green leaves. One of the prettier greens. Lavender flowers in early August. Dark green, blackish toward center. |
| Sports | |
| Progeny | 'Lakeside Cup Up' = "seedling" x PP 'Nippers' = 'Fascination' x PP |