This is one of many sports of
Hosta 'Fortunei Albomarginata' and it was
registered by the
American Hosta Society on behalf of
Alex Summers
in 1986. It forms a large sized (21 inches high) mound of
slightly corrugated foliage. Pale lavender flowers are produced
during mid July to August.
According to
The Hostapedia by
Mark Zilis
(2009), "From my written description,
'North Hills' does not seem to differ much from 'Fortunei Albomarginata'...compared side-by-side, however, they appear
distinctly different."
Similar cultivars include H.
'Sundance'.
The species (now cultivar) was named for plant explorer
Robert Fortune.
