Hosta Wonderful Life

Wonderful Life is a truly special streaked hosta that offers beauty today and exciting possibilities for tomorrow. Hybridized by Piet de Rooij from Gray Cole Streaked × Kifukurin Ubatake, this small cultivar is prized by collectors and hybridizers alike for its ever-changing variegation and excellent fertility.

The blue-green foliage is dramatically streaked with vibrant yellow, creating a unique display where no two leaves—or plants—are exactly alike. Each leaf features gentle rippling, subtle twisting, and graceful waviness that adds texture and movement throughout the growing season. The streaking continues into the petioles and flower scapes, making this hosta attractive from the ground up.

Growing to approximately 8 inches tall and 16 inches wide, Wonderful Life is perfectly sized for the front of a shade border, woodland garden, or collector’s display. In midsummer, it produces pale lavender flowers on streaked scapes and is fertile, making it an outstanding parent for creating future streaked seedlings.

Whether you’re looking for a standout specimen or your next breeding plant, Wonderful Life is a hosta that earns a permanent place in any collection.

Plant Details

• Hybridizer: Piet de Rooij (2015)
• Parentage: Gray Cole Streaked × Kifukurin Ubatake
• Size: Small (8” tall × 16” wide)
• Foliage: Blue-green with bright yellow streaking
• Leaf Characteristics: Slightly rippled, gently twisted, and wavy
• Flowers: Pale lavender (July–August)
• Fertility: Fertile – excellent for hybridizing
• Light: Partial to full shade