Hosta missing ID-Help please?

18 years ago

This little hosta was planted in a row with some nice little hostas last year. It has a similar shape to its neighbor, Flemish Sky. I have no record of what it is. Squirrels must dug up the tag and it blew away. It's not on my master list of hostas. Not on the detailed map that I keep. Not on a receipt from the places I ordered from last year or the year before. Maybe I bought it locally, but I add those hostas to the list too. It has been driving me crazy since last fall, when I realized it had no tag and I couldn't find any record of it.

Any guesses???

~Bunnycat

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Pieter zone 7/8 B.C.
18 years ago
How's about 'Island Charm' Bunnycat...
bunnycat
Original Author
18 years ago
Pietertje~
Thanks for the guess. I do have an a older and newer Island Charm. Perhaps I took a piece off the smaller one before I planted it? Sometimes I do that. But neither of them have thin wavy leaves. Do juvenile Island Charms have thin wavy leaves? I don't remember.
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dbowemd
18 years ago
How about Moonstruck?
Dave
Pieter zone 7/8 B.C.
18 years ago
Bunnycat, it was precisely the waviness that made me make the suggestion: I have a couple of immature Island Charm divisions a kind soul swapped me this spring and they're a dead ringer for what you show in the picture.
bunnycat
Original Author
18 years ago
Dave & Pietertje, I guess I'll have to wait and see. I read the description and looked at the pictures of Moonstruck. It sounded familiar, I'm sure I read it a while back. I am also drawn to any Halcyon/June sports. Love that whole family.

Maybe I bought a Moonstruck locally. I frequent several nice garden stores carrying hostas. None print hosta names on the receipts.

Maybe I took a piece off my Island Charm. If a new plant looks willing to give up a piece without a fight, I'm happy.

Only time will tell. Thanks to both of you for the good ideas.

~Bunnycat
evermore_gw z 4/5 NB
18 years ago
Pineapple Upside Down Cake?
Pieter zone 7/8 B.C.
18 years ago
Bunnycat, this is a picture of one of the two "Island Charm' divisions I have. Now you know why I made the observation. I look forward to watching it grow over the couple of years.
bunnycat
Original Author
18 years ago
Hi Pietertje,
I just ran out to try and get a quick picture of my younger Island Charm, to compare, before the rain rolls in. Brrrr..chilly wind and damp this morning.
I also took the dandelion digger to see if I could find a tag buried near the mystery hosta. I always plant my own name tag with info on source, date purchased, # of eyes at one or two o'clock. If there is a nursery tag, that one usually goes at 11 o'clock. I have looked before, but apparently not far enough away from the crown. I just found it, totally buried. The tip should have been showing, but wasn't.
Soooooo.....Dave's guess is spot on! Moonstruck it is! I am delighted, since I have two healthy Island Charms. Lots of people hate them, but they do well for me.
Also, Moonstruck is one of my favorite movies, so that may have influenced my purchase decision.

I think Island Charm has more oval-shaped leaves than the former mystery hosta. Both Moonstruck and I.C. have slightly ruffled leaves, at least early in the season, but this Moonstruck has a more pronounced twist to it also.

Again, thanks for your persistence. I wouldn't have gone out digging unless you had posted again.
My smalller Island Charm...

~Bunnycat (happy happy happy)