In the early days of hosta
cultivation in the home garden, if someone said they had the
"variegated one" they were probably talking about Hosta 'Undulata
Univittata'.
The
AHS registered it in 1987 by
a former name of H. undulata 'Univittata'. It has been known
under several other names until
The Genus Hosta by G. Schmid
(1991) gave it the current name as a cultivar and not a
separate species.
According to
The Hosta Handbook by
Mark Zilis (2000), this species has been known as H. 'Color Riot' in
the past.
Similar cultivars include H.
'Middle Ridge' and H. 'Night
before Christmas'.
Sports of this
cultivar include H. 'Foxfire Viper', H. 'Kiwi
Spearmint', H. 'Middle Ridge', H. 'Outhouse
Delight', H. 'Pegasus' and H. 'White Ray'.
The plant shown
above is experiencing a reversion which means that a bud on the
crown of the plant has reverted back to the all-green species
form.
