This sport of Hosta
'August Moon'
was registered in 1985 by
Bob Solberg.
It is a large sized (22 inches high) plant with a gold center that is often
used as a focal point or specimen in the landscape. Pale
lavender, funnel shaped flowers open in mid-July to early
August.
According to
The Hostapedia by
Mark Zilis
(2009), this cultivar "...has become the
standard for gold-centered, green-margined sports of 'August
Moon'...it presents shade gardeners with many possible
landscaping options."
Similar cultivars include H. 'Indiana
Moonshine', H. 'Lunar Magic', H. 'Lunar Orbit', H. 'Midwest
Magic' and H. 'Ring Around the Moon'.
Sports include H. 'Clifford's
Polar Moon', H. 'Green Army Man' and H. 'Hub City'.
