| Hosta | Semperaurea |
| Status | registered |
| Originator(s) | Japan/Karl Foerster/Pete & Jean Ruh 2003 |
| Origin | unknown |
| Size category | large |
| Plant height x width | 50x cm (20x in.) |
| Leaf length x width | 40x25 cm (16x10 in.) |
| Vein pairs | 11-17 |
| Leaf color | yellowish-green>yellow |
| Variegation | lutescent |
| Leaf | rugose |
| Petiole | |
| Scape | |
| Scape height | 90 cm (35 in.) |
| Flower | pale violet |
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| Fertile | yes |
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| Ploidy | |
| Patents | |
| Info | =sieboldiana 'Semperaurea'. Also 'Semper Aurea'. Introduced from Japan by Karl Foerster before 1940. Produces yellow seedlings. This is a very important plant historically, as it was the first known lutescent gold hosta, and possibly the first gold hosta of any kind. It travelled from Japan to Germany before H.'Frances Williams' was discovered. It's a gold sieboldiana type that still makes a pretty good showing in the garden. Own a piece of hosta history! Not very common, despite its age, because few examples have made it over from Germany, where its been hiding all these years. |
| Sports | |
| Progeny | 'Apple Court Gold' = PP x 'Tokudama Flavocircinalis' 'Kasseler Gold' hybrid 'Omlett' seedling 'Solarkugel' seedling |