H. longipes
'Tochi Ōgon Iwa'
 

This is a non-registered plant from Japan. The leaves are a brilliant yellow/gold and it has purplish red petioles.

Mikiko Lockwood in an article on The Hosta Library titled, A Little About Japanese Hosta Terms defines the term iwa as rock, Iwa Gibōshi or H. longipes and the term ogon or oogon as gold or yellow.


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