I wish there was a hosta...

13 years ago

Thought it might be fun to start a thread about what you'd like in a hosta that isn't already available in the 5000 hosta varieties out there.

Anyway, I wish there was a really fragrant mid-sized hosta, deep dark black/blue green that bloomed profusely (white blooms) and then rebloomed! Better yet, one that bloomed early in the season & just kept blooming. Oh, and it needs to have good leaf substance, too. (I have a lot of long, narrow spaces that the mostly large fragrant varieties are just too big for and are subject to getting trodden by Big Labrador Feet. :) ) [I'll compromise on leaf color--So Sweet isn't fragrant enough.]

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bkay2000
13 years ago
If you're going to dream, might as well dream big.

bkay
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tepelus
13 years ago
Hey, you never know. Who would have thought fifty years ago that daylilies would have tentacles and teeth? Maybe this dream hosta may someday become available...in fifty years.

Karen
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tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱
13 years ago
I wish there was a hosta...

...that wasn't eaten by slugs, or cutworms, or nematodes, or rabbits, or deer, or voles, or...

tj
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suenh
13 years ago
That's what I was thinking...I have no desire to be eaten by a slug.
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tomahawkclaim
13 years ago
. . . with spots, not just flecks. I like the flecks on Allegan Fog and Independence, but I'd like to see bigger spots. Visitors to my garden always notice a spotted pulmonaria and ask what hosta that is. Nance
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hostaLes
13 years ago
How about a Hosta "Prince of Toads Lily" that EATS slugs, like a hybrid Hosta "Blue Mouse Ears" x "Venus Fly Trap" It couild be planted between our big gorgeous fragrant plants without seeming pretentious. Or maybe we could call it "Hosta City Blues".

Another great hosta would be one with big flowers on such long and strong scapes that a 70 year old gardener wouldn't have to get down on hands and knees to smell or photograph. Or with scapes strong enough that the 70 year olds could pull themselves up once down on hands and knees.

When my ventricosa bloomed, the flowers were so beautiful I had to take a pic. My neighbors saw me laying on my stomach in my garden and came running across the street to see that I was allright.

Les
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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
13 years ago
Visitors to my garden always notice a spotted pulmonaria and ask what hosta that is. Nance

===>>>> you need a higher quality of garden visitor.. lol ...

ken
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tamy
13 years ago
Bkay said to dream big, so here goes.......

I'd like a hosta that you could buy as a seed that could be planted in spring, and grow to maturity by early summer.

I'd like the seed package to state the exact size it would become so I could plant it in its permanent spot. I'd like it to flourish with or without light and with or without water.

While I am dreaming here, I'd also like it to flower 20 dollar bills that after they are finished fragrently blooming, I could pick off and buy many many more.
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bkay2000
13 years ago
Following this thread, I was dreaming of green, lush hosta gardens like the photos from the hosta convention...then I remembered that they use baby diapers in the middle east in the ground to keep the palm trees hydrated.

So I have a atrange mind or what?....Too many hot, dry days in Texas, I guess.

bkay
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ci_lantro
Original Author
13 years ago
Bkay, years ago, I read somewhere that it was the Israelis who developed that moisture polymer (crystals) for agriculture purposes, to use out on the desert. Then they started being used in baby diapers and those little pads that butchers use when they package meat.

I always mix a few of the moisture crystals in with the dirt when I plant a hosta.

Tsuga, in my case it's almost a good thing that deer eat hosta. I'm saying that because we have a lot of shade but probably only about one sixth or less of the property is fenced to keep the dogs in and the deer out. Lots of potential places for hosta but the deer help to keep my hosta habit in check!
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ninamarie
13 years ago
I wish I had a hosta that would make its own bed.
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bkay2000
13 years ago
Ooh, Ninamarie, what a great hosta. Then my Guacamole would already be in the ground, not still in a pot.

That might be the best dream, yet.

bkay
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User
13 years ago
I always mix a few of the moisture crystals in with the dirt when I plant a hosta.

Tsuga, in my case it's almost a good thing that deer eat hosta. I'm saying that because we have a lot of shade but probably only about one sixth or less of the property is fenced to keep the dogs in and the deer out. Lots of potential places for hosta but the deer help to keep my hosta habit in check!

Ci_lantro, that is a very good idea.
I remember the first time I used those crystals, and never thought about mixing anything. Well, when I repotted this hanging basket, I wondered what all the slimy goop was, and then I remembered what I'd done. If I learn from my mistake, it is that this stuff does not decompose quickly, and a little goes a long way! So next time, I will be sure to MIX it in, not SCOOP it in.

I'd like a hosta that would make lots of babies very quickly, all different colors. And a gray fuzzy leaf like a lambs ear with yellow blooms. And smell like lemon.
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