Hostas do not come true from seeds. So just as no 2 people (except identical twins) have the same DNA, no 2 hosta seedlings will have the same DNA, even if they have the exact same pod parent and pollen parent.

So, bottom line, unless you name them, they shall remain nameless!

It is rather exciting, isn't it. I have given mine a name, Theresa's Glory, which I assume will never leave my yard. I don't see where there is anything wrong with my choosing what I want to call it.

I realize the pollen parent can live anywhere in one of my 3 gardens if brought by an insect. But my really neat seedling is right smack in the middle of a trio, 'Old Glory', 'Paul's Glory', and 'Loyalist'. Since OG is blooming before the other two I am guessing it is a PG/Loyalist hybrid. Its colors are identical to the PG and narrow sort of twisted leaf shape is like Loyalist. But who cares? It looks great. So do your little ones anita. Enjoy!

Les

Neat. I'll have to go out and check a few of my hostas, I might have some seedlings that I thought were tiny new eyes popping up.

Gesila

it is extremely weird.. that you have variegated seedlings from an edged plant.. that look like the plant above.. the odds are infinitesimal ...

makes me wonder if they are not part of the momma??? some dormant buds that triggered somehow ...

ken

Ken, maybe you're right, and they are just dormant buds. Do you know which hosta the main one is? If they are seedlings, I'm excited to see what happens, and I never knew they didn't come true. Thanks for the all in info.

You have to post a photo of the plant with something in the picture for scale. Vein count, bloom time and bloom color also helps to give an ID.

I hope an ID is possible now with these photos. I counted 14 veins.
Here's one with a pen for size...

and one with a ruler for size. You can see the babies underneath.

Anitamo,

You count vein pairs on one side of the midline and you count all veins even those that do not go from stem to stern (so to speak). It probably has 8 or 9 vein pairs.

Steve

ken..i think you're right re: it being part of maw

Thanks for the correction on vein count steve. I'm learning a lot on this thread.