This cultivar of unidentified parentage was originated by
David Stone of Connecticut and registered on his
behalf by Peter Ruh of Ohio in 1991. It is a small size plant growing
about 9 inches high with a spread of 25 inches. The leaves start
the season gold in color but change to chartreuse as the season
progresses. Purple flowers bloom in July.
An article titled
The Hosta Legacy of the Late David Stone
appeared in the 1985 issue of what was then called
The American Hosta Society Bulletin. The article was
authored by Stone's former partners in the Piedmont
Gardens nursery in Waterbury, Connecticut,
F. Henry Payne and
Philip R. Payne. "H. 'Emerald
Gem' was named in 1979. It is accustomed to making a
good small clump very rapidly, showing its deep green
leaves to good advantage. Its flower stalk reaches nine
inches and it has lavender flowers." This is one of the
so-called
David Stone's Miniatures.
In
The
Hosta Journal (1992 Vol. 23 No. 1) there is an
article by Peter Ruh about the so-called David Stone
Medium or Miniature hostas which went by a numbering system that
started with
DSM. This cultivar was called DSM #8
and was described as "Small, compact, spreading
plant, yellow triangular-shaped leaves, glossy back,
stain-sheen, rippled, turns emerald green as summer
progresses, flowers lavender, named by
Payne."
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