This seedling of H. 'Neat
Splash' was registered by
Bob Kuk of Kuk's Forest in Ohio in 1986. It is a medium size (17
inches high) plant with purple flowers. The
leaves are moderately wavy and ovate shaped.
According to
The Hostapedia by
Mark Zilis (2009), "The
true form of 'Artist's Palette' has heavily streaked
foliage, usually with a creamy white margin. If not
carefully
maintained, established clumps eventually
become dominated by its green-centered, white-edged
sport, 'Margin
of Error'."
The New Encyclopedia of Hostas by
Diana
Grenfell (2009) states: "A useful pod parent for variegated seedlings. Will
quickly revert to an attractive, white-margined form
if not regularly divided. Very rare and
expensive...unstable variegation; one season it
appears with a marginal variegation, the next with
streaked leaves."
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