Diphylleia grayi 5b The light blue flowers

The light blue flowers

but with a whip-like tongue that extends from the mouth of the flower upwards to 12" or more

This unique Hosta 'Francee' mutation is almost certainly a reverse tetraploid of the parent

At least 6 hours of direct full-sun are necessary for this plant to bloom

Diphylleia grayi 5b The light blue flowersDiphylleia grayi is a little known mayapple and fairy wing relative, native to moist wooded mountainsides in colder regions of China and Japan. Diphylleia grayi forms clumps of large, fuzzy, green, umbrella like, bold foliage topped by small clusters of white, mayapple like flowers in late spring. When it rains on the flowers they magically turn translucent then return to white as they dry. In late summer, the stalks of eye catching cobalt blue fruit