| Hosta | King James |
| Status | registered |
| Originator(s) | Japan/Gus Krossa/Alex Summers/Pete Ruh 1992 |
| Origin | montana seedling |
| Size category | xtra large |
| Plant height x width | 70x170 cm (28x67 in.) |
| Leaf length x width | 43x30 cm (17x12 in.) |
| Vein pairs | 17-18 |
| Leaf color | gray-green |
| Variegation | |
| Leaf | leathery |
| Petiole | |
| Scape | |
| Scape height | 85 cm (33 in.) |
| Flower | pale lavender |
| Flower length | |
| Fragrant | |
| Flowering period | June - July |
| Fertile | yes |
| Pod | |
| Ploidy | |
| Patents | |
| Info | ='Krossa B-1'. =montana 'B-1' Imported from Japan in the 1960s, by Gus Krossa. A large, blue-green hybrid with H. montana parentage. Lavender flowers. Has a montana type leaf--very large and very green. Gray-green heart-shaped leaves with deeply impressed veins. Pale lavender flowers. A montana hybrid. |
| Sports | |
| Progeny | 'Frosted Jade' seedling |