![](../pictures/Caliban.jpg) ![](../../images/buttons/000000-AA-Book-Registration.gif) Patricia Scolnik
of Breeze Hill Plant Lab in North Carolina originated this cultivar
which is a sport of H. 'Sum and Substance' and it was
registered on her behalf in 2009 by
Kevin Walek (Hosta Registrar). It is a giant size plant about 36 inches high by 60
inches wide with muted yellow foliage that has a pale
green marginal variegation. The leaves are intensely
rippled, broadly ovate and slightly shiny on top. Medium
lavender, bell-shaped flowers with stripes bloom from
July into August.
![](../../images/buttons/00-Mr-PGC-Wonders.gif)
Caliban, son of the witch Sycorax, is an important
character in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest.
![](../../images/bars/Bar-Bio-Information.gif)
![](../../images/biography/0000-Hosta-AAA-Insert-Scolnik.gif)
![](../../images/biography/0000-Hosta-AAA-Insert-Walek.gif) |