You REALLY like June (8) and she likes you. The advise I'm always reading is to remove the sports/reversions.

No need to divide, just break them off with your fingers at crown level when you see those solid eyes(shoots). Unless you want to save that sport.

Hostas are unstable and that is why we get so many sports. The whole tc process speeds that up. Years ago it had to occur in someone's garden, then they would grow the sport for a few years to see if it remained the same. Now they tc something and if it produces different leaves as it grows they name it and sell it right away.

I am noticing that more hostas as are being duplicated, because two different labs "discovered" a wide margined sport or tetraploid form of something-or-other within months of each other and each gave them different names. Lotsa look alikes, and when space is at a premium it makes a difference.

All the more reason to check the hosta registry as well as the database at the library these days before you place your orders.

-Babka

-sportsimpact-on-variegated-hosta

Ever since my June (I had two to start) first produced a blue eye it's now become an annual event since 2013. I separated them because I wanted to grow the blue reversion.

I had two Junes, each with a solid eye.... now have 5 of June each growing in different degrees of sun exposure. This year's blue is growing off to the side so it's easy enough to separate without disturbing the rest of the plant. I'll just add it to the previous blues or aka Halcyon. I just don't have the heart to dispose of such a pretty division and it doesn't take up much room ;)

So far only one plant has produced another solid.

The link provided above addresses your questions, Jerry.

I'm glad you brought up the topic because I noticed that for the second year in a row my Satisfaction has an eye reverting back to Piedmont Gold. I can't dig up that monster, so now I'm reminded that I can just cut or twist those leaves off at the crown.

I hope it is a slow process because I always enjoy the first year like a novelty, but if it comes back the second year, I want it gone or separated.

Interesting that your June has done that so often. It seems like a lot to me because I've never noticed my June doing that yet. In this pic your El Nino looks like that more solid part is a strong grower. That one would make me nervous because you don't want to lose a good looking hosta like El Nino.

I've had June for about 15 years and have yet to see a reversion. Sometimes a particular plant just wants to revert/sport. I have a Geisha that continuously puts out a streaked sport even though I have removed it a dozen times and always think I've cut enough of the crown out. Enjoy your reversions.

Yes DelawareDonna, I do love June. They all came from one plant and like Josephine, I can't seem to get rid of anything. Even the tiny division that falls of when dividing gets replanted.

Thank you Josephine for the link, lots of good info there.

Babka, I thought if you just break off a shoot from the crown it will always come back. I guess it doesn't matter because it seems to come back every couple years even when I divide it out. I'm assuming the sport/revision cannot be considered a true Halcyon so I call it JuneRev. Now I have Revolution doing the same, guess I have a RevRev.

The ElNino does look pretty drastic, I should have divided it last year. So do you think the "almost" solid ones will be solid next year?

Thanks all.

Babka, rolling with you! I want a RevRev just so I can repeat it! Lol

Jerry...we're two of a kind...check this out! "Even the tiny division that falls off when dividing gets replanted."

Wrong pic, will show you tomorrow!

Here it is, all unfurled. Last year it was soo tiny, lol.

This is the one I have to divide.

They are pretty neat so little.

This is "RevRev", the normal looking one didn't make it but the all green one looks like it will.

Trading notes is fun! Look at this little baby Revolution grow...planted it finally late last year.

It's easy to just yank out any eye you don't want, and you can replant it somewhere else. Doesn't need much crown.

I have regular all-green sports out of 'Revolution' and simply give them the garden name 'Green Revolution' and I must admit to rather liking them. They look quite striking with their cupped leaves and I always get asked what it is when people see it.

Follow up, I cut away the green part in the first photo and replanted it. It is doing very good.

The second June, I just snapped off the two green eyes and threw them in a bucket with some water. They have been in the water for almost six weeks, not changed and over 3 inches deep with rain. No rot and good root start. I'll pot them up next week (if I think of it).

That's great you have roots! I tried rooting a piece of hosta in water for the first time, and it rotted. :-(