Help with an ID

6 years ago

I have been working on my spread sheet about my hostas. I have found my garden maps of the Courtyard garden. I have listed Minima 18x40. I have been searching the Hosta library and my 2000 edition of Zillis and not finding information.

Minima on left and unknown on right. You can see by the begonia flower what their scale is.

Got any ideas????

Same garden; the left is Lakeside Dimpled Darling and unknown hosta about the bunny.

While we are at it, got a guess? I need to work on this garden!! Thanks for your help!

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n2hostas (Kansas)
Original Author

6 years ago

Thanks, Sydney. Yep your is floppier! Ummm Maybe I NEED Pineapple Upside Down Cake. I haven't had one of any sort for over 20 years. lol

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steve duggins(Z6a) - Central Ohio
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
Your Minima looks like Minuteman and not Minima. The other Hosta could be Prairie's Edge. The other pictured one could be lots of things. Need more info/maturity to even guess, but it could be a little Halcyon or Blue Edger or ...
n2hostas (Kansas) thanked steve duggins(Z6a) - Central Ohio
CatsCoffeePlants (Zone 5B)
6 years ago
Could the top photo, upper right, be Pineapple Upside Down Cake?
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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
6 years ago
Chinese sunrise in first pic? .. in the back ..

if you know the age ... names would change ... i mean the cultivars age ... is it an oldie.. or a newer plant ..

ken
n2hostas (Kansas) thanked ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
n2hostas (Kansas)
Original Author
6 years ago
Pineapple upside down-cake might be a possibility. It is a favorite dessert of my Dad's!! I will review that possibility! Prairie's Edge is a good idea too. And i will look at Chinese sunrise. This garden is three years old, I start work on it before I moved in. So newer cultivars and easy obtainable.
n2hostas (Kansas)
Original Author
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
After looking them up, I went to count veins. Pineapple is suppose to have to have 8-9, Chinese Sunrise is 5-7, plant has 5-7. My plant acquisition base is limited, so I wonder about Chinese sunrise. I am inclined the guess of Pineapple Upside Down Cake but Chinese Sunrise is a good possibility. Still open to suggestions!
CatsCoffeePlants (Zone 5B)
6 years ago
I’ll count veins on my Pineapple when it stops raining. Mine is 3 years old and has more leaves than yours, but we may have slightly different growing conditions. I have 3 Pineapple Upside Down Cakes and it’s one of the most unique ones in my garden. They were easily obtainable around here a few years ago.
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CatsCoffeePlants (Zone 5B)
6 years ago

My Pineapple Upside Down Cake had 9 veins. :( And it looks like Pineapple’s leaves are a little more floppy than your unknown plant.