This
early
tissue culture sport of H. 'Little Aurora' was registered by
Wm Zumbar of Ohio in 1988. It forms a small size mound about 16
inches tall with a spread of 30 inches. The leaves are slightly
corrugated with good substance. It bears pale lavender flowers
in late June.
According to
The Hostapedia by Mark
Zilis (2009), "Bill Zumber found this tissue culture sport...at
Klehm
Nursery and quickly recognized its value. Its sharply
contrasting variegation and dense, symmetrical mound habit rank
it near the top of medium-size, gold edged cultivars."
The New Encyclopedia of Hostas by
Diana
Grenfell (2009) states: "A most striking variegated small hosta suitable as
a specimen plant for the border or a container...Scapes bear attractively
variegated leafy bracts."
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"A sport
of yellow-leaved 'Little
Aurora' with a pronounced green
center. I saw it in a tour garden at the
1991 AHS National Convention in
Raleigh, North Carolina, and fell in
love with it on the spot. Then saw it in
gardens at the
1992 AHS convention and had to have
it. A month later, I saw it in a
northern Virginia garden where its
distinctiveness was again easily
noticed, even though it was in a large
grouping of very noteworthy hostas. Not
a fast grower and very small plants
don't look too much different from young
'Golden
Tiara' plants. Like 'Little
Aurora', it makes a very nice clump
and withstands considerable direct
sunlight. My experience with 'Little
Aurora' is that it needs some sun for
best coloring, so I think this would
also apply to 'Sultana'. 'Little
Aurora's' leaves are chartreuse when
they unfurl in spring and then turn to a
bright yellow a few weeks later; I
suspect 'Sultana's' margin does the
same. Available from Bill Zumbar at his
Adrian's Flowers of Fashion Nursery,
Alliance, Ohio for $50.00" |
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