Kosteletzkya virginica ACE Basin Spain Hosta 'Warwick Comet' is a

Hosta 'Warwick Comet' is a magnificent hybrid from retired hosta breeder Gil Jones that forms a 30" wide x 16" tall clump of very dark green

and small stature

that also describes most of the guys at the local saloon on Saturday night

each highlighted by a dark purple stripe down the back center of each petal and a very dark purple lip surrounding a yellow throat

The inflorescence

Kosteletzkya virginica ACE Basin Spain Hosta 'Warwick Comet' is a(aka: Kosteletzkya pentacarpos) Named for the Bohemian botanist V. F. Kosteletzky, this fabulous, upright native (Virginia to Mississippi) perennial mallow, similar to lavatera, emerges from dormancy in late spring and the thick stems quickly zoom to 5' tall. Each kosteletzkya stem is clothed with fuzzy, light green, hibiscus like leaves. In midsummer, sea shore mallow is clothed with hundreds of 2" clear pink hibiscus like flowers. Sea shore mallow