Your September Sun could be sporting to 'Hub City'. Gold Standard has so many different sports you would have to grow it for awhile and see if it matches any.

-Babka

So they are not reverting? They are sporting?

Don't mean to be dense, but my June gets blue leaves, which is reverting to "Halcyon" right?

Just curious. I have so many of both, I am just going to leave them, but I was just wondering.

Short of a DNA test, you'll never know for sure.

Hostas are inherently unstable. Solid eyes will take over a plant that is normally variegated...more chlorophyll to grow faster, so that is why it is a good plan to remove those solid eyes.

June is a sport of Halcyon, so MOST LIKELY a solid green eye on June is reverting to Halcyon. But if you seperated that solid eye and it grew up with some slightly different characteristics then it would be considered a sport.

Isn't this fun?????

When look up a hosta at the Hosta Library there is a link right at the top of the page of photos for that particular hosta. That link takes you to the myhostas.be info for that particular hosta, so you don't have to look at the whole index list.

-Babka

Thats interesting. Bk, I have never seen that list before. Guess I will just leave it, and see what happens. That September Sun is next to two August Moons, so I don't have a problem with it going all green.

My original September Sun is sitting in the worst spot. Between driveway and sidewalk, and it just keeps getting bigger and bigger. I can't remember how many times I have divided it and given it away. I have five or six plants scattered around the yard. The original must be about 20 years old......

The gold standard that is going green has been in all shade for years. This year it gets sun for the first time, and turns green. go figure.....

Babka, it really is fun. Of course, my family thinks I'm nuts, but.....I find it interesting. I like that site where you can compare the two hostas pics, and then go and get the info on each individual hosta. Learn something new everyday.

All our families think we are nuts. Only people who hang around here fully understand this affliction. If you spend some time poking around the Hosta Library and the American Hosta Society websites you will find a lot of good stuff.

-Babka

"All our families think we are nuts." So true! Last time I spoke to my mom on the phone more Hostas arrived and she finally snapped "You need to get a life! You don't want to live your life like this!"

News to me.....lol!

Could be worse. If we are not in our gardens, we are sharing what we find there here. Noooooo. We don't want to live our lives like this. BTW, I got three new ones this week as a belated papa's day gift from my daughter. Man, talk about enabling … it runs in the family.

What do you get, huh? What did you get? (picture a pup, poised and wagging its tail while the treat bag is dangled in front of it).

dont hijack this post

look it up in library .. link above first pic ... myhosta ... right top list on new page .. the gg [green/green] sport is the hub city mentioned above ... [gg = green center, green edge .. meaning all green]

thats the easy way to do it ...

otherwise my students nailed all other aspects of the whole issue ... A's for everyone ... class dismissed

ken