H. ‘Faerie Cups’
Hosta ‘Faerie Cups’ is a registered cultivar () .
| Year registered | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Section class | IV-2 (Small) |
Last checked against the AHS registry:
Overview
The point of 'Faerie Cups' is leaf shape. The registrant describes each blade curling in on itself, tight at the base, so that it resembles a tulip or a wine flute; the record backs this with "deeply cupped, deeply folded" and a glaucous bloom on both surfaces of the medium blue-green leaf. It was registered in 2010 by S. Brown, with both pod and pollen parent recorded as unknown.
In the Garden
The leaves are only 5.5 by 4.5 in (14.0 by 11.4 cm), yet the clump was registered as upright and 38 in (96.5 cm) across.
How it compares
'Halcyon' shares the show class; it was AHS Hosta of the Year for 2026 and the 2024 Benedict Garden Performance winner. Its registered leaves are smaller still, 4 by 3 in, and the record does not describe them as cupped, so it gives color without the curled silhouette.
'Love Pat' is the closer match in leaf proportions, an intensely blue leaf 5 by 5 in, on a clump registered much narrower: 16 in (40.6 cm) across and 14 in high in its 1978 registration. It received a Benedict Award of Merit in 2014.
'Stars and Stripes' has exactly the same registered leaf size, 5.5 by 4.5 in, but the leaf is flat-based, streaked rather than solid, and the plant is registered as a mound 12 in (30.5 cm) high.
Flowers and other notes
Pale lavender flowers on green scapes of 24 to 34 in are recorded, blooming from late June to late July in Grand Rapids, Michigan; slug resistance and light needs are not. Whether the cupping holds in every season or on young plants is not recorded either; for general upkeep see the hosta care guide.
Sources: AHS Registry records for 'Faerie Cups' (#1702), 'Halcyon' (#2422), 'Love Pat' (#3536) and 'Stars and Stripes' (#5374), hostaregistrar.org; AHS Hosta of the Year booklet, 3rd edition; AHS Benedict Garden Performance Awards by year (2026).
Size and leaf
| Clump height | 22 in (55.9 cm) |
|---|---|
| Clump width | 38 in (96.5 cm) |
| Leaf length | 5.5 in (14 cm) |
| Leaf width | 4.5 in (11.4 cm) |
| Vein pairs | 10 |
| Leaf | medium blue-green flat margins; glaucous bloom on top; glaucous bloom underneath; deeply cupped, deeply folded |
| Flower scape height | 24–34 in (61.0–86.4 cm) |
| Notable characteristics | leaf curls on itself, tight at base to look light a tulip wine flute |
From the American Hosta Society Registry record.
Similar cultivars
Other registered hostas in the same AHS section class (IV-2, small size):
- H. ‘Halcyon’ (1988)
- H. ‘Baby Blue’ (2010)
- H. ‘Benedict's Jelly Bean’ (2010)
- H. ‘Blue Butterfly’ (2010)
- H. ‘Blue Hearts’ (2010)
- H. ‘Blue Lollipop’ (2010)
Related guides
Registration data: AHS Registry #1702. How we check this data.