"Hostas are America's #1 perennial". This is partially due to their great variety in leaf shape, size, and color, as well as texture and finish. As The New Encyclopedia of Hostas states, "The [hosta leaf]surface may be smooth, as in H. 'Gay Blade', dimpled, as in H. 'Blue Wedgewood', seersuckered, as in H. 'Midas Touch', puckered, as in H. 'Millennium', or furrowed, as in H. montana" (D. Grenfell and M. Shadrack, The New Encyclopedia of Hostas, p. 19).
Corrugation, or puckering, is sometimes indicated in a cultivar's name with terminology such as "crinkle(d)" or "krinkle(d)", "dimple(d)", "pucker(ed)", "quilt(ed)", "rough", "pebble(d)", and "seer".
Most gardeners find both smooth leaves and as well as puckered leaves quite attractive, although deeply corrugated foliage is prone to collect a certain amount of detritus from overhead trees.
Besides genetics, environmental factors can sometimes affect the amount of puckering on the hosta leaf blade. For example, a virus can cause distortion of the leaf tissue. Most hostas display greater corrugation as they mature in size. In fact, juvenile plants often show no corrugation at all.
Here is a list of hosta species and cultivars that exhibit a dimpled or puckered surface. Those which are heavily corrugated are indicated with an asterisk (*).
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