Originated by Jan van den Top
of the Netherlands
and registered on his behalf by
Registrar,
Gayle Hatley Alley for
The American Hosta Society in
2019.
This upright growing,
tissue culture sport of
H. 'Old Faithful'
is a large size hosta about 24 inches high by 60
inches wide. The foliage is "strong" yellow green
(144A
RHS Colour Chart)
with a creamy white marginal
variegation.
Its leaves are slightly shiny on top,
elliptical, slightly convexly cupped and have widely
spaced veins with petioles that are red near the
base. Near white, fragrant flowers bloom in August
on scapes about 36 inches tall. The scapes also have
reddish speckles.
The registration
materials state: "...Shiny leaves are held upright
and forms a nice dense clump. Large fragrant flowers
in August."
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