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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