Garbage Hosta

11 years ago

last modified: 11 years ago

Can anyone recognize this hosta? Once upon a time I thought it was praying hands..I have since figured out it is not. It SPREADS unlike any other hosta I have..and I have a quite a few. I plan to dig it out and replace it with something more attractive. I put it flanking the steps wanting it to fill in-but now I am not pleased with the look. Not only does it wander way too much, it is boring, it harbors/attracts slugs like no other I have, and well I have decided it is related to weeds. All that has me wondering about if there are other hosta's that really--are not worthy of the name HOSTA?

Well I don't see the picture posting..wonder if it will show after I post--which means I posted it THREE times ugh!!

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arcy_gw
Original Author

11 years ago

I was after a nice round mound effect. Well that is done. I moved what ever it was out and August Moon in. The gnome shows you where they came from. They came out easily. In early spring we decided to removed a 6ft. volunteer Cedar..it blew in, established itself and was blocking my view. The tree came out of this same spot, I had to move my August Moon to get at the tree. It was so large it broke apart and I discovered a few weeks later I now had three growing where one was always enough. So glad that is done..

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Friends Garden Party
11 years ago
Do you have a close-up photo of the leaves?
TheHostaCottage
11 years ago
Looks like clausa.

Vanessa
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arcy_gw
Original Author
11 years ago

I wear a size 6.5 shoe. Hope this helps. Thanks!!
mmarnold
11 years ago
Looks like lancifolia to me.
smorz
11 years ago
Even lancifolia has its merits... I lined my dads sandy driveway with them so I don't cry when he runs them over.
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
11 years ago
moc ... what are you doing in this pic.. lol ..

i thought the same on lancifollia ... a true driveway hosta ...

ken
brucebanyaihsta
11 years ago
deer food
arcy_gw
Original Author
11 years ago
The way this thing expands makes me wonder how difficult it will be to get rid of it. I will dig it up..plant something beautiful..but will the lancifollia haunt me by returning from roots left behind? Day lilies, LOV have done this to me.
TheHostaCottage
11 years ago
It does not look like lancifolia at all to me. Lancifolia grows in a nice looking mound....clausa is more unruly like yours.

Wait until it blooms...if the blooms are bright purple/pink that don't open then that confirms it's clausa.

Note that lancifolia is not a rhizomatous hosta list...clausa is..based on how you describe it, it sounds rhizomatous. http://www.hostalists.org/hosta_list_rhih.php

Vanessa
smorz
11 years ago
They are not at all like the invasive ditch lily. Dig out the entire plant and you will be fine. So long as you remove the entire crown(s) they will not re-establish from remnants of root or pieces of leaves left behind
arcy_gw
Original Author
11 years ago
I am on it..the forecast is perfect for this work today. So far the left patch is no more..now for the right...back in the beginning I would replant all these cast offs..but 16 years later and 2.5 acres full they are going to help me kill some weeds--suffocation...
peren.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada
11 years ago
I agree with Vanessa on this being Hosta clausa. When given space in the right place I think it is a very nice hosta. The slugs do not bother mine and the flowers are real show stopper. I hope you get to see them this year.

I think those August Moon look great by the stairs.
brucebanyaihsta
11 years ago
clausa and lancifolia are green but the leaves are distinct, Lancifolia is more aggressive in overall growth.
arcy_gw
Original Author
11 years ago
I will have much opportunity to see blooms. This hosta wanders unabated in my gardens..well it did. This spring I took to breaking the leaves off at the crown, hoping to kill it off. It wanders EVERYWHERE. It has been a great hosta to plant where I needed cover..but no room to dig, I only wish it would stay put.