This is a non-registered cultivar
that dates from the very early years of hostadom. It is a sport
of H. 'Aoki' which grows
into a large size hosta about 23 inches in height with a spread of
around
55 inches. The leaves are blue-green with pale yellow marginal
variegation. According to
The Hostapedia by Mark Zilis (2009), "...has never caught on in the nursery or collector's
trade, possibly because the variegation disappears by early
summer or due to its strange name."
An article by
W.
George Schmid in
The
Hosta Journal (1996 Vol. 27 No. 2) states that
this is an "Invalid name". |