Hosta 'Moon Split'

 

This fast growing cultivar is a sport of H. 'Velvet Moon' which was a sport of H. 'Abiqua Moonbeam.' It was registered by Danny Van Eechaute of Belgium in 2010. It is a medium size hosta about 16 inches high by 36 inches wide with chartreuse colored foliage that has a dark green medial (center) variegation.

The broadly ovate leaves are slightly corrugated and have dark green petioles with a small yellow edge. It bears pale lavender flowers from mid-July into August on scapes 20 to 26 inches tall followed by viable seeds.

The registration materials state: "...narrow dark green streak in a yellow leaf, rare variegation.

A hosta by the name of H. 'Split Moon' appears on the Hosta Library.


 

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