This is a non-registered
form of
H. montana
from
Japan. It forms a large size hosta with green
foliage that has a thick, white bloom on the bottom
side. Mikiko Lockwood in an article on The Hosta Library titled,
A Little About Japanese Hosta Terms defines the term urajiro
as white-backed or white underside and the term oba or ooba as large leaf, 'Oba Gibōshi' or
H. montana. |