"This hosta has been around for over a half dozen years. I've lauded it before, and still consider it to be one of the best streaky-leaved varieties. We have a large clump and it gets considerable attention and high marks from visitors to our garden. 'Sweet Standard' is a sport of 'Honeybells', as is also the very popular 'Sugar and Cream'. Therefore, like 'Honeybells', 'Sweet Standard' gets fairly big and has mildly fragrant, light lavender flowers on tall scapes, sometimes 5-foot high. Leaves of 'Sweet Standard' are a muted green color with a border that is white, but it can be cream or yellow also depending on the season and exposure. Within the margin in an attractive, prominent marbling of white, celadon and muted chartreuse streakes, often very broad. Some divisions are more variegated than others; each division seems to have its own characteristic pattern. All streaky hostas can be considered unstable, yet I haven't seen any serious instability with our 'Sweet Standard'. Some growers, however, report that divisions in their clumps changed to 'Sugar and Cream', i.e., no streaking, just margin."