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ruthj98

Hosta ID - do you recognize this young hosta?

7 years ago

In a weak moment this early spring, I went to a garden nursery. Brought home this hosta that didn't have a tag on it. Paid $6.00. So I went to the online nursery's hosta list and eliminated all that were obvious. This is the list I came up with:


August Moon

Blaze of Glory

Coast to Coast

Dancing Queen (but not frilly enough I think)

Sea Gulf Stream (but is more frilly)

Sun Power (pointed, wavy, slightly twisted yellow leaves. Lutescent.


I'm kind of thinking maybe Sun Power? What do you think? (I don't have one to compare with.)


And hopefully it's not virused but just nutrient deficient.


On April 30th:









On May 14th:



I see that the pot said Proven Winners. The employee at the nursery said that she thought that someone removed the hosta that was in that pot with another hosta. I wonder why she said that.

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  • 7 years ago


    Wrote a long post yesterday with this pic and it disappeared when I touched submit so let me try again. Newhostalady, you encouraged me to continue trying to save the Sunpower that I was determined to compost. Thank you, because this year two little tiny pieces that I put in one of the bathtub planters have decided to be hostas. I’m glad to have these very young SunPower hostas, and I think they look a lot like yours.

    Comments (18)

    • 7 years ago

      Not Sun power. Your plant appears to have six vein pairs and sun power is 12 to 14.

      newhostalady Z6 ON, Canada thanked ademink
    • 7 years ago

      But wouldn't a younger Sun Power have less veins than a mature one?

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    • 7 years ago

      hopefully it's not virused but just nutrient deficient.


      ===>>>


      virus isnt usually a early spring issue ...


      and since it should have come up on stored energy.. i doubt its a nutrient issue ...


      some plants just come up like that in spring ...


      what is it???.. i have no clue.. but it is NOT august moon .... but that is just opinion ....


      label it '6 buck mystery' .. and call it a day ...


      ken


      ps: if the pot has the price.. it shouldnt be surprising.. why the pot was switched ...


      newhostalady Z6 ON, Canada thanked ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
    • 7 years ago

      So I'll take August Moon off the list as a possibility.

      I understand it is pretty difficult to ID a young plant. Just thought I would ask. Perhaps more time will tell.

      Yup, the pot has the price. Pretty easy to have them switched.

    • 7 years ago

      I got a beautiful Empress Wu in 2012 that was marked wrong for about that price. Then they were very expensive so I scored. It is huge now

      newhostalady Z6 ON, Canada thanked almosthooked zone5
    • 7 years ago

      Lucky you! almosthooked! Now that's the kind of story I'd like to be saying about this hosta in a few years!

    • 7 years ago

      I have seen young Sun Power with less veins so that is likely it. Much better fit than any of the others on the list.

      newhostalady Z6 ON, Canada thanked peren.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada
    • 7 years ago
      last modified: 7 years ago

      " But wouldn't a younger Sun Power have less veins than a mature one?"

      Yes, but maybe not half the vein pairs.

      Yours is very "strappy", as in narrow and long. Also, it has more undulations than the Sun Powers on HL seem to have.

      There is one younger one on the HL (photo by Sandra Lane), and it seems more arrow shaped.

      bkay


      Here's a young Sun Power. It appears more strappy as well:

      green mountain hosta


      You may have to wait for a while to ID this one.

      newhostalady Z6 ON, Canada thanked bkay2000
    • 7 years ago

      Agree re: half the veins

      newhostalady Z6 ON, Canada thanked ademink
    • 7 years ago

      Peren.all, it does seem that from the list, Sun Power is the one that seems the most likely.

      bkay, I had a look at the other Sun Powers. Your point about number of vein pairs does make sense.

      OK, I guess that's all that can be figured out right now. I will watch its growth and its changes this year. Next year should be a better year to get an idea of what hosta this is.

      Thanks everyone!

    • 7 years ago

      I meant to post this leaf closeup.

    • 7 years ago

      It should be a beautiful hosta. The undulations are exceptional. Can you see how beautiful it will be when it fills out? I'm assuming it will be a little darker when fertilized.


      As we tell the kids, "You did good".


      bkay

      newhostalady Z6 ON, Canada thanked bkay2000
    • 7 years ago

      Thank you for saying that bkay! I appreciate it!

    • 7 years ago

      Thank you Kathy on not giving up on posting! I know how irritating and frustrating it is after all the effort to write a comment and it disappears---even more so, when it is a long post! I am pleased that my thread encouraged you to continue to try to save your Sun Powers. Yours are ever so cute!

      I see the resemblance to mine! I will try to take a few more pictures later on and see what happens to the coloring. Maybe we can compare photos in the summer or next spring?

    • 7 years ago
      last modified: 7 years ago

      Does it look like this? I will check with McTavish if it is ( Myrle gave it to me years ago) She said it is Ophar and it does turn green as the summer progresses


    • 7 years ago

      If you haven't already, I think it's safe to take Blaze of Glory off the list of possibilities. Even when young mine had wider leaves and not so wavy.

    • last year

      My Sun Power’s leaves do not undulate that much Beautiful plant!

      newhostalady Z6 ON, Canada thanked Ken Zone 5 SE Idaho
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