Originated by
Don Dean
of Minnesota
and registered by
Jim Weidman
of Missouri in 2015, this cultivar is a
seedling of (H. 'Color Fantasy' × H. 'Love Pat') x an
open-pollinated seedling of H. 'Sea Drift'. It is a
large size (23 inches high by 36 inches wide) hosta with
greenish yellow foliage in the spring that becomes
greenish yellow later.
The leaves are slightly rippled,
moderately folded, slightly wavy, heavily corrugated,
deeply cupped, slightly twisted and dull on top. Pale
lavender flowers bloom from mid-June into July and sets
viable seeds. According to the registration materials,
it is sun tolerant.
Although we are
showing an image of Cloris Leachman who played Phyllis
on TV, this hosta is actually named for Jim's wife.
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