This cultivar is a sport of H. 'Torchlight'
which forms a medium size (14 inches high by 34
inches wide) mound of slightly wavy, smooth textured
foliage with average substance. It forms a vase shaped
clump and the leaves have reddish petioles and streaked
variegation. From mid-July into August, it forms
lavender flowers on 3 foot tall scapes followed by viable seeds.
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An article by Warren I. Pollock in
The
Hosta Journal (1998 Vol. 29 No. 1) discusses the fact
that many variegated hosta cultivars are considered "unstable. " This means that
all or individual divisions of the clump may revert to either a solid color or
other form of variegation. You may end up suddenly have a single colored hosta
or you will need to separate a solid colored division from the clump. Three
nurseries were cited who include notations about "unstable " hostas. The
following is a composite list of those cultivars mentioned:
Pollock stated, "...there are scores and scores, maybe
hundreds and hundreds, of other unstable hostas..."
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