my gut said BU ... and then you reject that..

but i see a vast majority of your leaves turn down.. how do you claim otherwise .... ????

i would label it BU

ken

ps: ya know.. you can make them all turn down just by popping the leaf the other way .... grab the edge.. and then turn your hands under and with your little fingers.. push up the center.. poof ... they all turn down.. lol ... been a long time since i massaged my hosta ... lol ..

Jenna,

Can you tell us where you got the plant? A typical giant blue would be Blue Umbrellas, Blue Mammoth or Blue Angel. It's definitely not BA. But I don't think it's BU either. My BU isn't flowering yet, and it's more a blue/green at this time of year. I think it's Muriel Seaver Brown based on the way the flowers cluster near the end of the scapes.

Steve

The plant was actually from my parents house. I'm sure it would have come from a local nursery in the Twin Cities. I'm guessing they've had it since about the late 80's to early 90's. They have more common ones--at least until recently when they caught the bug!!!!

then its an elegans ... which in the 80's were all blue seedlings ....

i doubt a non-collector would have BU ...

BU was reg'd in 1978 .. and without Tc way back then. unless your parents paid paul aden $250 for it.. then it probably isnt it ... and back then.. it took 10 or 15 years.. for peeps to grow out enough stock to take them to market.. of which.. the only thing on the markets were the green one.. the white center.. and the white edge.. lol .. the undulata's .... and the blue one .... elegans ...

ken