This non-registered sport
of Hosta
kikutii leuconata from
Japan. The foliage
is green with a yellow marginal variegation. It is a
medium size (15 inches high) plant with elliptical
leaves covered with an intense waxy white bloom on
the bottom side. Near white flowers bloom in dense
clusters.
Mikiko Lockwood in an article on The Hosta Library titled,
A Little About Japanese Hosta Terms defines the term kifukurin or ki fukurin as yellow edge(d) or
yellow margin(ed) and the term urajiro as white-backed or white underside.
This has been incorrectly listed as H. 'Kifukurin Leuconata'. |