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| Hosta | longipes f. hypoglauca |
| Status | species |
| Originator(s) | Fumio Maekawa 1940 |
| Origin | Japan:Nikko area,Tochigi pr.,central Honshu |
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| Size category | small |
| Plant height x width | 20x30 cm (8x12 in.) |
| Leaf length x width | 12x7 cm (5x3 in.) |
| Vein pairs | 5-7 |
| Leaf color | blue-green |
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| Leaf | |
| Petiole | purple |
| Scape | seagreen,purple-dotted |
| Scape height | 30 cm (12 in.) |
| Flower | dark purple |
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| Fragrant | |
| Flowering period | August - September |
| Fertile | yes |
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| Info | ='Kofuki Iwa'. JN:Kofuki Iwa Giboushi="pruinose rock hosta". An upright clump of glaucous leaves with wonderful purple petioles, the color running to the bottom of leaf blade; the flower color is also a dark purple. 12" tall A very unusual specie with powdery blue leaves that display a beautiful powdery white back. Rare! Differs from longipes 'Urajiro' by being glaucous all over. |
| Sports | |
| Progeny | 'Best of Twenty' seedling 'Blushing Blue' = PP x 'Salute' 'Brandywine' = (montana 'Aureomarginata' x venusta) x PP 'Chopsticks' = pycnophylla x PP 'Cinnamon Sticks' = PP x 'Maruba Iwa' 'Crows Feet' hybrid 'Fire Island' = PP x 'Crested Surf' 'Frensham Apple and Bramble Tart' = PP x "x Tardiana" 'Frensham Cinnamon Turnover' = 'Cinnamon Sticks' x PP 'Frensham Redcurrant Jelly' = yingeri x PP 'Granddaddy Red Legs' seedling 'Harry van de Laar' = PP x 'Maruba Iwa' 'Judy Rocco' = ('Spritzer' x pycnophylla) x PP 'One Man's Treasure' seedling 'Red October' = PP x 'Harvest Delight' 'Red Sox' = PP x 'Maruba Iwa' 'Red Veins' = PP x longipes 'Ogon' 'Reddy Eddy' seedling 'Simply Red' seedling 'Valley's Red Raider' = PP x pycnophylla 'Valley's Roadrunner' = PP x (x kikutii) 'Valley's Sand Dance' = venusta x PP 'Valley's White Suit' = 'Captain Teach' x PP |