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						 Another of the huge number of 
				seedlings of H. venusta,  this cultivar was registered in 
				1987 by Peter Ruh of Ohio on behalf of the originator, 
Kichigoro Suzuki of Japan. It forms a 
miniature size (3 inches high by 6 inches wide) hosta with medium green, heart 
shape foliage. Purple, bell shape flowers bloom in July followed by fertile 
seeds. According 
						to 
						
						The Genus HOSTA by
						W. George Schmid (1991), 
"Plant bought by Craig in 
Japan at a market stall and sent to
Davidson in 1964...In 
1969 bought by Davidson directly from Suzuki. Cultivated under Davidson Nos. 86 
and 87." 
 
  
  
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