A sport of H. 'Dee's Golden
Jewel', this cultivar was registered by
Kevin Walek
of Virginia in 2000. The large size (28 inches high by 24 inches wide) plant has leaf blades that are broadly
oblong-ovate-shaped with a long, thin tip. The pale lavender
flowers open in July and bear many seed pods.
According to
The Hostapedia by Mark Zilis (2009), "This beautiful cultivar comes from the collection
of
Kevin Walek, past president of
The
American Hosta Society. It
offers attractive gold edged leaves which nicely contrast the
bluish green center, and may be sun-tolerant as well...Cull any off-type divisions as they appear."
The New Encyclopedia of Hostas by
Diana
Grenfell (2009) states: "A superb hosta for all climates. Easily stabilizes
to an all-yellow leaves, so regular division of the clump is necessary."
As
you can see from the three pictures of this cultivar that the
variegation may vary from plant plant as it moves toward
stabilizing as an all-yellow plant. To keep the variegation
pattern, cut out the plain divisions as they appear.
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