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Descriptions (from various sources):
An upright clump of glaucous leaves with wonderful purple petioles, the color running to the bottom of leaf blade; the flower color is also a dark purple.
12" tall A very unusual specie with powdery blue leaves that display a beautiful powdery white back. Rare!
Differs from longipes 'Urajiro' by being glaucous all over.
Progeny:
'Best of Twenty' hybrid
'Brandywine' = '(montana 'Aureomarginata' x venusta)' x PP
'Chopsticks' = 'pycnophylla' x PP
'Cinnamon Sticks' = PP x 'Maruba Iwa'
'Crows Feet' hybrid
'Fire Island' = PP x 'Crested Surf'
'Grandaddy Red Legs' seedling
'Harry van de Laar' = PP x 'Maruba Iwa'
'Judy Rocco' = '('Spritzer' x pycnophylla)' x PP
'One Man's Treasure' seedling
'Red Veins' = PP x 'longipes 'Ogon''
'Simply Red' seedling