A sport from the Hosta sieboldiana Elegans. Thunderbolt has heavily corrugated leaves with wide blue-green margins with a narrow central band that is cream-yellow in spring and turns into white in summer. Thunderbolt flowers white and has a nice fragrance.

Hosta Thunderbolt is protected byEuropean plant breeders' under number 18193.

This variety has been discovered by Rick Crowder from Hawkridge Frams, USA.