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hosta ID please!

This may not be the best picture, but hoping one of you experts has an ID for me.

Those two squished ones in the foreground. They must be a common variety because I found them at Walmart. They have a yellow hue around the outside in the summer.

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  • 6 years ago

    are you talking about the huge on in the middle.. i dont see 2 of anything... or the blue behind and to the right???


    albomarginata for the huge one ... i cant remember which one with that name ... looks like there are 50 to 100 eyes in that pic.. if you want more.. its sitting right there ... sharpen the shovel and go at it ... cant kill this one.. and it multiplies like a rabbit ...


    the peeps here are pretty good.... but we might need better pix ...


    ken

  • 6 years ago

    I assure you that is two. They are not that big, but would probably get bigger if i didn't squish them to death. I need one more, need to fill a space and don't think I can get a division out of these b/c I need the size.

  • 6 years ago

    here's a better one...

  • 6 years ago

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  • 6 years ago

    That could be a So Sweet. Does it get greener and the edge go white in the summer? What color are the flowers? Are they fragrant?

    Mine have been up for a while, and my photos do not include an emerging/early spring picture of a So Sweet.

    bk

  • 6 years ago

    purple flowers, inconspicuous and do nothing for the looks of the plant. i cut them usually. nope, stays kind of a lime green yellowey color

  • 6 years ago

    Not So Sweet.

    bk

  • 6 years ago
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    Golden Tiara? Or not...

  • 6 years ago
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    Not Golden Tiara, I don’t think......agree with Ken Albomarginatas of some type........but that leaf close-up, hmmmmmmm

    debra

  • 6 years ago

    nope😕
    its doesn't have a broad leaf, if u see in the 1st picture they're kind of skinnier

  • 6 years ago

    when I google, it does kinda look like this one....undulata albomarginata. I'm wondering if the sunny location and discoloration is making it hard to id.

  • 6 years ago

    Bc it turns yellowey in the summer

  • 6 years ago

    Oh man, I have that hosta but I’ll be damned if I can remember the name. I want to say it’s Prairie.....something. definitely not any type of albo as it keeps a nice gold color and has long leaves. If it’s the same as mine the brightens as the season progresses. If the name comes to me I’ll post it, but I make no promises! 😃

  • 6 years ago

    The flowers might not be so pretty to you but the hummingbirds love them. If you like watching humming birds leave the flowers this year and make a seat in a shady area nearby so you can watch the show.

  • 6 years ago

    yes Mac, sounds like we have the same variety!!

  • 6 years ago

    so that first pic was last season ...??


    so the edge goes from yellow to white. .and then back to yellow .. i dont know any hosta that does that ...


    or do you mean in full sun.. the green starts fading to yellow.. but the edge stays white in summer ??


    regardless.. i am back to the same suggestion.. on the second pic above.. counting up ... from here ...


    there are plenty of divisions to remove form either clump.. for you to dig one up ...and though it might not be as big as you want right now ... it will grow ... there is little instant gratification with hosta. unless you rip open the checkbook and pay for big plants ...




    ken

  • 6 years ago

    or do you mean in full sun.. the green starts fading to yellow.. but the edge stays white in summer

    yes, I think.

  • 6 years ago

    the more I research the more i think its the albo, but would that variety start out the colors shown above (in my spring/current pic)? it completely changes from spring to fall, now that I'm looking at both images. what it looks like now is not what it ends up like, the end result looks like albo.

  • 6 years ago

    That’s probably not the same hosta I have then, mine stays like your first pic but with the gold becoming brighter, not white. Maybe you have a crazy albo that starts out yellow. Ive never heard of that happening with an albo before though. I’ll take pics of mine when it emerges to compare....that is if the predicted freezes later this week don’t fry it.

  • 6 years ago

    It looks like undulata Albomarginata to me. I have them also. Pretty common hosta, but still a nice one. Maybe it’s bleaching out from too much sun.

  • 6 years ago

    UPDATE!!!
    here is a current photo, same opinions?

  • 6 years ago

    This looks more like Wolverine to me.