Hosta longissima
'Shirobana'
An article by
W. George Schmid
in
The Hosta Journal
(1996 Vol. 27 No. 2) states that This is a duplicate, incorrect or outdated name for
Hosta longissima
'
Shirobana Mizu
'.
Mikiko Lockwood in an article on The Hosta Library titled,
A Little About Japanese Hosta Terms
defines the term
mizu
as water, 'Mizu Gibōshi' or
H. longissima
and the term
shirobana
as white flower.
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