It doesn't look blue in the photo. Is it blooming right now? Or is that picture older?

It looks like it could be Plantaginea, but not if it's blooming right now. In that case it could be Ventricosa.

Others might have a better idea.

Lainey

The picture was taken this afternoon just prior to me posting it

Looks blue on my monitor. Might just be your monitor? I use double monitors at work and colours on the screens show up very different from each other.
Sorry can't help on the id though.

If it's fairly young, it might be 'Abiqua Drinking Gourd'---maybe?

it is not young it is approx 13 years old

no id made so...

it is officially JOHN DOE 1

i have at LEAST two dozen older named plants.. that look EXACTLY like that ...

IMHO .. impossible to name with any certainty ...

you could just call it 'sieboldiana' ... check the library ...

ken

It could be Tokudama,which looks like a smaller leafed version of Sieboldiana Elegans. Check that out. Phil

Definately not Plantaginea...doesn't look like it at all, Plantaginea doesn't bloom until August, and it has huge fragrant flowers.

Definately not ventricosa...which has shiny green leaves, isn't blooming yet, and has purple flowers.

Probably not Tokudama...which has a rounder, more puckered and cupped leaf...and the flowers are generally not much higher than the foliage and often have a tinge of lavender in them.

Like Ken said, there's a lot of variation in sieboldiana, and this is probably just one of its forms since it looks very similar, the flower is very similar, and it's blooming at the same time.

OK

So it is now sieboldiana john doe 1

thank you for all your help on this