TICKLE ME PINK

Hosta `Tickle Me Pink', ready for this flower description? Deep reddish purple flowers when open BUT! PINK tepals and light lavender center, with darker striping' sides white with translucent margins! What's this mean? We, and they(hosta nuts!)call it PINK flowered! And with all the hybridizing going on to try and get certain colored leaves, petioles, AND flowers, this IS PINK! Even in the registrar! SMALL. Mounds 8"high by 24-28"wide. Leaves bright gold in spring seasoning to golden-yellow, 5-7"long by 3-4"wide;(9vp); moderately rippled; oblong-ovate-shaped; rounded to slightly lobed base, long, thin, curved tip! Underside shiny; petioles rich red color! Blooms August-October!3 months! PINK! I'm tickled silly(pink) having been able to get a hold of this! Delaware Valley Hosta Society auction, 9 July, 2016, at the residence of Susan Yeager. Original Stock from a member. Registered characteristics include: twisted red leaf tips, reddish streaks in leaf center in fall, unusual pattern on flower! Leaves actually emerge greenish and progress thru chartreuse and become more golden yellow towards season end!(Totally opposite from the standard of usually fading green!). Hybrid of `One Man's Treasure' x `Squash Casserole'(2006 Beverly and Dave Stegeman of Chestertown, Indiana. Introduced by Naylor Creek Nursery in 2008) Just checked for 2018 Phifty in Philly.6 pots! The one from auction looks more like Tickle Me, the one from Chris?, smoother, wider, not as pointed, but all the same color under different shade houses and propagation/divide when you get to it. The one from DVHS! OUR SPONSOR! $104.00! We grew it for 2 years! There's an association to H.`Marilyn' on his one?