This cultivar was listed on the
MyHostas Database website.
It is a non-registered sport of
H. longipes from
Japan. It is a small size (8 inches high with a spread of 8 to 10 inches) with foliage that is
chartreuse to lemon yellow, smooth textured and has thick
substance. Leaves are very shiny underneath, slightly wavy and
lanceolate with dark purple petioles. It has dense clusters of
lavender flowers
borne on 12 inch scapes in August into September.
In several ways, this cultivar is
different from the species form and habit. One source
called it "...a golden H. 'Tardiflora'..." |