Mikiko Lockwood in an article on The Hosta Library titled,
A Little About Japanese Hosta Terms defines the term kishimafu or ki shimafu as yellow-stripe(d) or
yellow-streak(ed).
This
cultivar name was mentioned in the Lockwood article with no further
details but we can probably expect that it is a plant with yellow
striped or streaked foliage. It is also related to
Hosta kikutii var. polyneuron which is known as Sudare
Gibōshi in Japan. |