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HostaGitchigumi

Statusregistered

Originator(s)Olga Petryszyn 2009

Origin(('Sagae' x 'Tokudama Aureonebulosa') x ('Sun Power' x 'Gold Regal')) x ('Sagae' x 'Tokudama Aureonebulosa')

Size category 

Plant height x width70x120 cm (28x47 in.)

Leaf length x width36x30 cm (14x12 in.)

Vein pairs12-13

Leaf colorblue-green

Variegation 

Leafvery shiny, corrugated

Petiole 

Scapeblue

Scape height100 cm (39 in.)

Flowerwhite,bell

Flower length 

Fragrant 

Flowering periodJuly

Fertileyes

Podgreen

Ploidy 

Patents 

InfoAdding to the Americana series, this time the hybridizer honors Minnesota. Matching the cool fluid surface of this leaf brings a large blue lake to mind. The native Ojibwe language refers to Lake Superior as Gitchigumi, meaning big water. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote about the lake in The Song of Hiawatha. The large shiny round blue leaves hold quite horizontally and are slightly seer suckered. The blue value seems unique. If you imagine white caps in the wind, you can see the white glaucous underside. The white bell shaped flowers are huge and heavily budded. Gloriously peaceful and soft on the eyes.

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