This is a duplicate, incorrect or outdated name for H. 'Antioch'.
An article about
H. 'Antioch' by
Warren I. Pollock in
The
HostaJournal (1985 Vol. 16) states that, "Chet Tompkins
of Canby, Oregon believes he can trace this hosta to one of his mother's plants dating back to
1928...Among the several hosta varieties that his mother
sold to the old Wayside Gardens of Mentor, Ohio, from 1936 to 1940, one had the
designation "1928 #7 W.E." (W.E. meant White Edged.)
Most assuredly this hosta
is the one we now call H. 'Antioch'...I have a copy of the 1973 Wayside Gardens'
catalogue and it lists "H. fortunei aurea marmorta"...another example where
nursery people -- not botanists -- have given a Latin botanical name to a
hosta..."aurea marmorta" means "marbled with gold"...Chet Tompkins' mother's
"1928 #7 W.E." became "H. fortunei Aurea Marmorata" which gave way to
H.
'Antioch'."
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