This selection of H. 'Crispula' is a non-registered cultivar. It
varies from the mother plant by having yellow blotches on the
foliage in the early spring. The leaves turn green later in the
season.
'Crispula Lutescens' is a large size (24 inches high
by 20 inches wide) hosta. Near white, funnel shaped
flowers bloom from June into July. It sets viable
seeds.
According to
The Hostapedia by Mark Zilis (2009), "...is most likely infected with a virus and should not be
grown."
"An
unstable, European, mosaic, mutant from H. 'Crispula
Viridis'. Emerges green, becomes yellow spotted,
but eventually reverts to all-green. Several clones
exist, all being more-or-less unstable. In North
America a cultivar infected with a virus looks much
the same but is infectious and should be
destroyed..." Schmid says the name is not in a
scientifically correct form and comes from
Dr. Nils Hylander
of Sweden, |