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  This plant is a hybrid of
H. 'Aden
No. 456' x H. 'Little
Aurora' which was registered by
Paul Aden of New York in 1986 but the originator is unknown. The bright
gold foliage grows into a medium size hosta about 11 inches in height with a spread of
26 inches. Its leaves are convexly cupped and moderately
corrugated with average substance. The medium lavender flowers
bloom in July followed by viable seeds.
 According to
The Hostapedia by Mark Zilis (2009), "...classic is familiar to almost every hosta collector and
many shade gardeners. It works as a ground cover and looks great
in combination with 'Wylde Green Cream', 'Pistachio
Cream' and
'Ice Cream'."
The New Encyclopedia of Hostas by
Diana
Grenfell (2009) states: "A classic hosta and still very popular...Differs
from most golden-yellow hostas in having pale creamy
chartreuse leaves."
 An article by C.H. Falstad about the stability of colors in hosta leaves in
The
Hosta Journal (2006 Vol. 37 No. 1) says, "Examples of
this backward mutations - which move the plant closer to its more natural state
of all-green leaves - are the yellow-leaved 'Vanilla Cream'...sporting to 'Wylde Green Cream'...which has a dark green margin and yellow center, and to 'Ice
Cream'...which has a green center and yellow margin...Some yellow-leaved
varieties seem to be able to mutate to forms with subtle variegation. H.
'Lakeside Symphony'...which comes from 'Piedmont Gold'...is an example, as is
the more recent green-margined 'Corn Belt'...which comes from 'Jimmy Crack
Corn'."
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