Hmmmm...it's a sad looking hosta, yeh? Maybe needs a little water and brighter sunlight?

Do you have a list of names to choose from? Possibly a sad and droopy Dancing in the Rain?

Could be a flopsy-mopsy Night Before Christmas....

The green specks on the white center make me think Undulata, or possibly Revolution.

Steve

Ditto on that... I'm also thinking Revolution.

Revolution would have green speckles on the white centers.

Dancing in the Rain would likely have a bluer edge, and be a bit thicker.

Not sure...

Thanks for the suggestions. I realized I have a much larger plant of this variety in my yard, still not positive what it is. I will take a photo of it tomorrow. That might make it easier. It doesn't quite seem to match the Revolution photos I looked at. But I am not always the best at comparing them. Thanks Guys Jamie

need more history ...

if you just started collecting.. and you have a huge plant.. and if you threw it on the driveway and it would live.. ... and got it as a freebie from a non-collecting friend ... its undulata .. the most common hosta in the universe.. even mars ...

if you paid money for it .. and lost a tag.. then MAYBE it revolution.. thought what others are calling green dots.. looks like slug holes to me.. especially if you click the image and look at the bigger version

welcome.. proceed to be enabled ....

ken

Fire and Ice? I'm thinking the spots on the leaf may not be freckling, but leaf damage.

Those wavy leaves are pretty unmistakable.... It is Hosta Undulata, and it might even have a wide enough edge to be Undulata Univittata. The spots look like slug damage, that's all.

This is the same hosta grown full size (or at least much larger than the sample in the drive way). I believe the holes are all slug damage, as I don't currently treat the slugs, I am trying to avoid the use of chemicals on my property due to my dogs. I might try the beer trick on parts of the yard the dogs can't get at.

Is Hosta Undulata very common?

Thank You

Jamie

Hi,

Yes, that hosta is a full clump of Hosta 'Undulata Univittata'. It is quite common, often just called the white and green hosta around here. It's sibling, H. 'Undulata Albomarginata' is the green and white one ;)

Chris

Chris,
Could you please explain why this could not be Undulata Mediopicta? Both have a white center and look similar in the Hosta Library. I have several ones, some twisted, some not. One has a wider white center, leaves not twisted, pretty. Thanks!
Bernd

Hi Bernd,

The reason is that Undulata Mediopicta is an invalid name. Undulata Variegata is also an invalid name in the world of allowed hosta names, but that has been used for this one too. The correct name for all of these plants (the ones with a wide green border and a white strip down the center) is Undulata Univittata,.

When they have a wide white center they are just Hosta 'Undulata'.

Hope that helps.

Chris

Hi Chris, that helps. Thanks!
Bernd

Thanks very much for the help with identifying this. I am glad to know what is what now, I knew the other was Albomarginata, but had no idea on this one.

Thanks again,

Jamie