its fragrant... isnt it.... ????

an additional reason to love an all green plant ...

but it isnt invincible... quite the slug magnet in a lot of gardens ... wonder if it is sweeter tasting due to the fragrance..

ken

Lovely - how's the smell?

Just wondering if those are yellowing leaves. I just bought an Invincible. A couple of the leaves were yellow but I didn't think much about it. I haven't put it in the ground yet and a few more leaves are turning yellow. I went back to the place that I bought it from and saw that the leaves on most of the Invincibles they have left are yellowing. They didn't have any good explanation for it. None of their or my other hostas seem to have that problem.

Invincible is a very good plant in my garden,and it isn't a slug magnet. It's in full bloom right now. (Of course,I have never had a lot of slugs,and especially this year of the drought). Phil

Mine is always first up in Spring, and has beautiful shiny green leaves. No snails/slugs as it is in a pot that always has a few Sluggo pellets under it. It is also repeatedly the first to decline in Fall, leading me to believe that hosta leaves have a pre-determined life span. We don't get a killing frost here, but they all go dormant anyway, in about the same order each year.

Invincible is special to me as it was one of the first named varieties that I found at a local nursery in 2001, at a time when nurseries around here (San Jose, CA) had zero named hostas. It was mostly rotten and stunted in a 1-gal can, only about 4" tall. I took it home and hosed off the brown/rotted roots and ended up with a plant that fit into a 2" cup. Today it is crowding a 3 gal container and will probably have to be divided next Spring. Those shiny leaves are one of its biggest assets, IMHO.

-Babka

Here is a pic from earlier in the year showing Invincible with a couple of his friends. Phil
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I think it is yellowing some due to the recent dry spell we have had. Also, I have not fertilized my hostas since spring. Should probably do that. I hate to say it, I have never checked out it's fragrance. I'll have to do that.