The registry has it as a sport of Stitch in Time. Those write ups on myhostas database are not always accurate. You may have noticed that.

Steve

Sorry, I meant it's a sport of Summer Breeze.

Steve

Yes, indeed, not always accurate. Somewhere on MYHOSTAS.BE it says the remarks are gathered from numerous sources, nurseries and such. So this one was spliced together improperly.

Do you happen to know the origins of 'Embroidery'?
Was it a seedling and if so from which heritage? If known.

The Hosta Registry shows Embroidery to have unknown parentage. I just copied and pasted so everything just runs together, but all the info is there. -Babka

'Embroidery' Japan (O) P. Aden (N) Klehm Nursery (I) AHS, M. Zilis (R) 2010 Plant: 30 in. (76 cm) diameter, 15 in. (38 cm) high; mound like; slow. Leaf: 11 in. (27 cm) long, 9 in. (22 cm) wide; 11 to 12 pairs of veins; light green; medium green margin; flat; dull on top; glaucous bloom underneath; moderately wavy, moderately corrugated margin, smooth center; broadly ovate; rounded base; Scape: 24 in. (61 cm) long; Flower: 2.375 in. (6.53 cm) long; slightly purple in mid-petal; tubular; Clump History: a division of the original; 3 yrs old; Baldwin, NY; Notable Characteristics: unusual appearance created by corrugated green margin and smooth center that goes through seasonal color changes; obtained from a Japanese collection in the early 1980s Seasonal Variation: center turns medium green by mid-June[Parentage Unknown]

Thanks, Babka. I'll have to learn to use the Registry.

But, it must be a seedling not a sport, and the mention of Last Dance (at MyHostas.BE) was an aberration out of left field having nothing to do with Embroidery.

The whole Hosta Library is a labor of love put together by volunteers. I'm so glad and absolutely amazed at how much info they've put together in one place for all of us to access. Regarding the My Hostas database, some are scientific, some are sales blurbs, and some are 2 copies of the same info(!) Perhaps the person copying and pasting things hit the mouse button twice?

Isn't it wonderful that there IS something there about almost every plant, which at least gives you a place to start.

The Hosta Registry is an easy to use database. Just click in the search box and have at it!

-Babka

Here is a link that might be useful: The Hosta Registry

Something in my pea-brain says that 'Embroidery' was 'radiation induced', something like perhaps they took the plant to the dentists and gave it too many x-rays...

In any case, ours (spent way too much $) reverted, and we're not willing to mess with it any further ;-)

hh

I would love to get Stitch in Time, but it is still too expensive for me.

chris

Regarding Stitch in Time, unless you can get a multiple eyed plant that has grown for a few years and stayed true I would pass on it. I've lost way too many plants that either outright died or more often came back solid yellow that I won't be spending any more time and effort on it. I also replaced a few plants that people had trouble with and as a patented plant, even if I managed to get one to grow enough to divide I can't since that is prohibited. So I would save your money and skip this one unless you really see a nice older one in person.

Regarding Embroidery, Aden claimed that the variegated pattern was brought about by irradiating seeds, but that is highly unlikely. If it was irradiated enough to actually change the DNA then that would also have been enough to make the seeds no longer viable, however a genetic change like this also wouldn't really be possible with xrays (or gamma rays) as was claimed. It is likely just a natural genetic variation that had nothing to do with radiation exposure. Like Stitch in Time, Embroidery is also plagued with sporting to a solid colored plant, but at least it does tend to grow better.

What does it mean to irradiate seeds Chris? Thanks for all the info.

Chris, Thanks for the information and for saving me some money!

chris

Stitch in Time and Embroidery and others (Tattoo comes to mind) that are so unique are a frustrating decision.

Do you take the chance and try them, or take the safe, reliable path and shun them?

We had a Tattoo that folk marveled at, then over a period of two years it went poof ;-(

Embroidery no longer shows any sign of being that (I forget the name of the reversion right now).

I know of no one who has a Jewel of the Nile that isn't or hasn't reverted to Pee Dee Gold.

Even the HOTY Revolution more often than not reverts to what I call 'Green Revolution', since it's currently vogue to be 'green', teehee. It's a good example of a Hosta that needed a much longer evaluation period before being named a HOTY, but we all understand the underlying possible corruption of the whole HOTY thingy?

Then again, we have a wonderful example of 'Spilt Milk' that so many have (and a few here as well) that are now 'Green Milk', junk, IMO.

The one remaining true was worth it, to us, especially since it's a one-of-a-kind Hosta, and the history of the plant is very interesting. Originator almost tossed it on the compost pile, it seems!

Then there's the various Hosta who's variegation so varies from one garden/zone to the next, such as the recently discussed Whirlwind (here it keeps it's colors all season long), Guardian Angel (again, here keeps it's colors all season), and others.

Ahhh, the variation of experience with Hosta, what fun!

fwiw,

hh

HH, glad to see someone else had the same thought I did with respect to the green 'Revolution' sports, I started calling mine "Green Revolution" back in '08....Must admit I quite like them. They are rapid growers and are quite impressive in their own right once you have a plant with half a dozen or more shoots, sold a pair of them this spring for $40! I divided my remaining 'Revolution' this spring to get out the green so to speak, glad I had one to fall back on after selling those two.

Pieter

Here is a link that might be useful: Green Revolution