Hosta 'Summer Music': Variegated with Creamy Centers and Green Streaks

Hosta 'Summer Music': A Melody of Cream and Green

Hosta 'Summer Music', hybridized by Klehm and introduced in 1998, is a center-variegated hosta with creamy-white to pale yellow centers, irregularly streaked and feathered with green, and wide dark green margins. The variegation pattern is complex and musical—like a score written in foliage.

Musical Variegation

The leaves are large, 10–12 inches long, broadly ovate. The centers are creamy white to pale yellow with intricate green streaking, splashing, and feathering. The margins are wide, dark green. Each leaf is a unique composition. The plant forms a mound 1.5–2 feet tall and 3–4 feet wide. Pale lavender flowers in midsummer.

Complex Center Pattern

'Summer Music' represents a high level of complexity in center variegation. It prefers deeper shade. Good substance. Hardy in USDA zones 3–9. The pattern is stable but each division varies—a living improvisation.

Taxonomic Profile

• Family: Liliaceae
• Genus: Hosta
• Cultivar: 'Summer Music'
• Hybridizer: Klehm
• Introduced: 1998

Foliage Score

The intricate centers of 'Summer Music' read like a musical score. It shines in collections, as a specimen, or paired with simple companions. A hosta for those who appreciate complexity and nuance in variegation.