This large (about 24 inches high)
cultivar has a wide spreading (60 inches), low spreading habit that makes it unique.
Lavender flowers on long, drooping scapes bloom in late July to
August. It was
registered by
Paul Aden in 1986 as a sport of a Japanese seedling.
According to
The Hosta Handbook by
Mark Zilis (2000), "I have not seen this plant "burn" as golden
Sieboldianas often do, and it certainly competes with 'Sum and
Substance' and 'Solar
Flare' for the honor of "best big gold"."
Similar cultivars include H. 'Solar Flare'.
Seedlings include H. 'Smooth
Sailing'.
Sports include H. 'Day's End' and
H. 'Night Shift'.
