Hosta 'Lipstick Blonde'

Hosta 'Lipstick Blonde'[M] The red and yellow color scheme is showy and popular, but many of the hostas with these colors are from similar breeding lines and look much a like. This hybrid of 'Granny's Rouge' x 'Designer Genes' is a great addition to the group. Pointed, yellow leaves have gently undulating edges and are coated with milky wax in the spring. This gives the plant a soft, hazy look, but by mid summer the wax is gone and the foliage is brilliant yellow. Hosta

Not only does this plant have the looks

Emerging chartreuse

Moderately corrugated

[S] A fun little plant from Doug Beilstein that reaches upward

medium sized mound that will dance its way on to your list of favorites

Hosta 'Mighty Mouse' and the rest of the 'Blue Mouse Ears' sports are destined to be in high demand and will likely raise the standard by which all small hostas are judged in the future

Think again

The glossy foliage is somewhat wavy and develops moderate corrugation with maturity

then gradually shift to grey-green by mid summer

pale yellow

This sport of 'Parky's Prize' is possibly a tetraploid

now that numerous hybridizers will be experimenting with it