A sport of 'Ko Mame', this
cultivar which originated in
Japan was registered by
Peter Ruh in
2002. The small mounded plant has purple flowers in August.
According to
The Hostapedia by Mark Zilis
(2009), "More "nomen confusum"!!! The plant that has been
sold as 'Kifukurin Ko Mame' has yellow margins that change to
white. George Schmid (1991, p. 183) listed 'Kifukurin Ko Mame',
but Kenji Watanabe...had already named this same form 'Fukurin
Ko Mame' (thinking of it as a bordered plant, without reference
to the margin color). Peter Ruh, however, found a form of 'Ko
Mame' with yellow margins that hold and is the plant he
registered in 2002."
