Common Name: Fortune's HostaScientific Name Genus: HostaFamily Name: LiliaceaeIdentification NotesFortune's Hosta is a very common, old-fashioned hosta widely found around older homes in New England. 'Gold Standard', however, is fairly new and more exciting.Life CyclePerennial Growth Habitmedium, 1-3 feet tall. Leavesbasal, ovate, to 5 inches long, 8-10 nerves on each side of midrib, base cordate, margins white; glossy. Flowersstalks well above foliage, about 3 feet long, flowers are funnelform and about 1-2 inches long, pale-lilic or violet. Bloom TimeSpring/Summer Propagation MethodSeeds or division