This cultivar of unknown
parentage came from Japan and has been a part of American
gardens for decades. It forms a medium (12 inches high) mound of
narrowly elliptic foliage with thin substance. Pale lavender
flowers appear in July.
According to
The Hostapedia by Mark Zilis
(2009), it was "...named as a species Hosta undulata
by Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1923...but reduced to cultivar status,
i.e., H. 'Undulata', by The Genus Hosta by G. Schmid
(1991)...registered by the
American Hosta Society in 2001
for
Liberty Hyde Bailey...sold under a wide variety of names,
including H. undulata variegata, 'Color Accent', H.
koreana 'Variegated'...H. 'Medio-variegata' = H. 'Undulata'...
...Long rows of 'Undulata' still can be found around homes and
in the parks of many U.S. cities. Its overuse and tendency to be
voraciously attacked by slugs, however, caused it to gain a bad
reputation...I maintain, though, that 'Undulata' is a beautiful
hosta."
Seedlings or sports of
this cultivar include H. 'Kiwi
Spearmint', H. 'Outhouse
Delight', and H. 'Purple
and Gold'.
Similar cultivars
include .
Others in the "Undulata
Group" include H. 'Undulata
Albomarginata' and H. 'Undulata
Univitata'.
