This large size (18
inches high by 35 inches wide) cultivar is a sport of H. 'Fortunei Aureomarginata'. It was registered by
Gerry Hicks of Maine
in 2015. The foliage is
medium green with yellow to creamy
white marginal variegation but it is a "very unstable pattern" according to the registration.
Its leaves are
ovate, slightly corrugated, moderately flat and slightly
shiny on top. Pale lavender flowers with slightly darker
stripes bloom from late July into August and it sets
viable seeds.
According to the registration materials: "...Gold
streaks that lighten to cream are highly variable
throughout the leaf and sometimes the margins as
well...golden streaks and yellow margins lighten to
cream as the season progresses."
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