I pulled two yellow leaves off mine yesterday which is pretty radical cause it's on of the two I have that aren't thriving, the other one being Ripple Effect.

Here's a picture of what I got for not doing that last year when my Mango Tango started putting off solid leaves. One measly eye came up varigated this year and I didn't get much crown when I separated it off.

It's starting to grow some roots. The solid part is thriving in the garden.

Kathy

That's a fast hosta take over Kathy. But true to what you say, I have a solid green eye I took off Fascination last spring, that is already twice as big as the original plant.

If you have an all yellow sport of Goodness Gracious... And it keeps the substance... And it keeps the pie crust?... Its worth finding out imho

rephrasing your question ... can a TC plant revert back 2 generations ????

i have no clue

i would go to the library.. myhosta.. and look for yellow sports ... and lean toward that answer

ken

This is the third year it came back with this change, and it's just the one eye as far as I can tell, but I really don't want to lose GG so I should take some action. I'm lucky it didn't change over as fast as your Mango Tango, Kathy. Good luck with getting what's left of your MT to root and take off again.

smorz, it is holding the ruffled edge and could be nice. I need to rework this portion of my east garden, anyhow, so might as well try and separate it. If I'm successful I could use another yellow/gold somewhere.

ken, thanks, clarity is what I'm seeking, so restating my question is helpful. my hosta database shows plenty of sports, (progeny), some yellow, for Piedmont Gold, but none for Satisfaction or Goodness Gracious. I like my PG, I just didn't want a duplicate.

My Mango Tango un-tangoed and my Stitch in Time un-stitched. Both are gone. ;-(

We LOVE it when they sport to new and exciting plants, but you really gotta watch out when they go solid. Don't wait to do surgery. If that fails, try another one, as you might just have started with a not very strong plant to begin with. Isn't this fun???????

-Babka

Fun is the word for it. My GG is in a hard place to get to, a steep slope behind a thorny rose, which is why it's taken me so long. So now I have this one and Brother Stefan to experiment on. I'll find out if I'm any good at hosta surgery, unless, when I get out there, I decide to just twist off the yellow and let GG stay where it is for the time being.