Hosta 'King Croesus'
 

This seedling of H. 'Bold Ruffles' was registered by Alex Malloy of New York in 2003. Its foliage is heavily rippled and gold in color. White flowers bloom in July.


 


Croesus was the king of Lydia who, according to Herodotus, reigned for fourteen years: from 560 BC until his defeat by the Persian king Cyrus the Great in 546 BC.

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