Praying Hands has a chartreuse margin in spring, turning golden yellow, then turning cream. It isn't really grown for the variegation, but instead the unique shape. So when I found this white margined sport I set it aside years ago and have watched it grow.
Visitors see it, want it, then argue with me when I try to sell them Praying Hands. "No, I want that one!" I explain that this is the only one I have, and its the only white edged Praying Hands I've heard of. But what do I call it? I've been going through this for a couple years now.
One name that I sort of like is Hosta 'Grecian Fountain' since that's what the shape reminds me of, especially when it is in bloom. At least it reminds me more of a fountain than of praying hands, and when it blooms it has the form of a Grecian fountain. But then it looses touch with its origin, and that seems to be part of the selling point for this one.
After JGH's NPOTD for Praying Hands I thought about Hosta 'Durer's Hands', but that doesn't roll off the tongue and would be tough for most to spell. And Jim would probably be the only one to buy it for the name
So give me some ideas here. I really do want to give this a name and really want to start propagating it since it really is a showy sport of Praying Hands. You can see that it is variegated from a long distance, while Praying Hands looks green from a distance.
TIA.
Chris
