Hosta 'Shade Beauty'
 

 

Registered by Paul Aden of New York in 1982, this cultivar is a seedling of a "golden Tardiana". It forms a large size plant about 17 inches high by 39 inches wide with chartreuse to pale green foliage that has a creamy white marginal variegation. The leaves are elliptic, slightly wavy and have smooth texture and thin substance. Medium purple flowers bloom from late July into August on scapes up to 45 inches tall.

According to The Hostapedia by Mark Zilis (2009), "...appears to be more closely related to Hosta sieboldii..."






   

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