Hosta 'Kinakafu'
 

This cultivar comes from Japan. Some sources call it H. longissima var. longifolia 'Kinakafu Otome' which was recently changed to H. 'Ki Nakafu Otome'  It starts the spring as a yellow leaf with a green margin but usually turns all green by late July.

Mikiko Lockwood in an article on The Hosta Library titled, A Little About Japanese Hosta Terms defines the term kinakafu or ki nakifu as yellow-center(ed) and the term otome as maiden, 'Otome Gibōshi' or H. venusta.


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