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						 There is an image of this 
						cultivar on the Hosta Library. From the photo on the HL website, it appears to be a small 
						size (12 inches high by 28 inches wide) hosta with 
						frosty green leaves and yellow and white 
						streaked variegation. This cultivar is a seedling of H. 'Fascination' × 
						H. 'Elegans'. 
						Very pale lavender flowers bloom from July into August. It is a non-registered hosta originated by Rick Goodenough of Massachusetts and is used in his breeding program. 
			 
An article by Rick Goodenough  in 
			The 
				Hosta Journal (2012 Vol. 43 No. 1) states that, “A 
relatively recent release, ‘Leaping Lipizzan’ is a strong breeder that turns out 
a high percentage of quality, streaked seedlings…Seven of those terrific 
seedlings include ‘Breeder’s Cup’, ‘Scalloped Potatoes’, ‘Dover Downs’, ‘Suffolk 
Downs’, ‘Gran Premio’, ‘The Stone Horse’ and ‘Belmont Stakes’. 
						
						 ...While ‘Leaping Lipizzan’ has some blue tones early in the season, ‘Dover Downs’, 
‘Breeder’s Cup’ and ‘Suffolk 
Downs’ all have stronger early season blue. H. ‘Dover Downs’ features leaves with a 
more elongated form and a nice point on the tip, as well as wonderful wavy 
edges. 
...At the 
time I planted my ‘Leaping Lipizzan’ test seeds in 2008. I shared the same 
seeds with numerous folks who wanted to try them…Trudy Van Wyke…has named one of 
these fine blue streakers ‘Hosana’. 
Jeff Moore has an interesting and fairly 
rare yellow streaker from this lot that he calls ‘Stewball’ from the Peter, Paul 
and Mary song about a racehorse.” 
						 
			 
  
  
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