Beautiful plant.
Beautiful photo!

That is neat. I really like it. Where did you get it please?

Your's really shows off those petioles! I love how you combined the photos.

I can't see the petioles on my Purple Heart.

Gesila

Thanks mbug. I do like working with photos.

ilovetogrow - I got this plant at a local (sort of) family owned nursery. They buy tissue cultures from Q&Z and sell them the next year at a very low price. I think this plant was around $20 or more that year with mail order places. Faye and I each got one for $6.95 - a great deal.

Gesila, your plant is so huge! How long have you had it? It probably doesn't show the purple because it's too full. Does it stand straight up just before it opens?

It was too dark to try to find mine last night and had to check my list of where it was and finally found it. Mine looks more open so had to shove the camera under the leaves. You stems looks darker but maybe how the sun is hitting them. Mine has 16 shoots this season. We got them in 2012 Myrle, I think?

top view of purple heart

That is a purple pet hosta...I mean to say the MOST purple pet hosta I've seen. I do not have Purple Heart, but I have China Girl, who stands tall with dark petioles too.

China Girl shows her legs, but not as purple as PHeart

Stephan King has dark pets as well

Sugar Plum is pretty dark, but the pets have a frosted look
Taken in May 2014

Thanks Mert for this info. I will go on line and see what I find. Mocc, China Girl looks sweet also.

Merle, my Purple Heart will be in it's fourth season this year. Thanks for posting your picture, I was able to go out and see it standing straight up, something that I never noticed before. It filled up today though, so I would have missed seeing it!

Almosthooked, I wonder what our neighbors think when they see us out there bending all sorts of ways to get pictures of "plants"!

Gesila

Gesila..
They know we are crazy. One loves that we grow and one says " too much work for me" . Maybe we a bit crazy but it's crazy for hosta! Our neighbors are far enough away as we live on an acreage . Then again, do we really care????

The purple hosta that I like is Purple Passion. I think Chuck Whatitis (?sp?) of Bridgewood introduced/originated it. I had it, it died, I have 4 of them now. I'm waiting for the flowering.

In Van Wade's catalog, I found a great description of it, and I quote
"Upright, green leaves. Bloom scape is purple, erect and strong. Flowers dark purple, late. Purple flowers, purple leaf petioles, purple bloom scapes, and very dark purple seed pods! Absolutely stunning in bloom! Darkest Hosta flower to date!"

So I'm suggesting that you get one of them. :)
It doesn't take up much room. When Van Wade says something is stunning, I believe him.