| This non-registered cultivar is an H. 'Tokudama' type  of plant from 
						Heinz Klose of 
									Staudengärtnerei Klose in Germany.  It develops 
						into a medium size hosta with blue-green foliage that is 
						heart shaped. Pale lavender flowers bloom in July. 
						 
						 Nomenclature changes recommended in the 
1991 book The 
Genus Hosta  by 
	W. George Schmid and accepted by The American Hosta Society  would update names as follows: H. x
tardiana is now Tardiana  Group. 
			 "blue cloud". 
			 
						
						 An article by W. George Schmid  in 
			The 
				Hosta Journal (1985 Vol. 16) states that, "In
England, 
Heinz Klose   obtained a number of 
H. x tardiana plants after 
Eric 
Smith left Hadspen House nursery. He is also actively selecting and propagating 
H. 'Semperaurea' seedlings...Named by him are several hybrid 
seedlings: H. 'Goldpfeil' ('Gold Arrow'), H. 'Weisse Glocke' ('White Bell'), and 
H. 'Zitronenfalter' ('Lemon Butterfly')...special cultivars with 
						
						H. 'Sieboldiana'   
lines are: H. 'Blauglut' ('Blue Glow') and H. 'Blaue Wolke' ('Blue Cloud') which 
reminds one of H. 'Blue Heaven'...with his H. x tardiana...has named one H. 'Irische 
See' ('Irish Sea')...H. 'Nordatlantic' ('North Atlantic')..." 
			 
  
  
						
			 
  
  
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