4th try

look up francee at library

doesnt give me the flavor of anything in teh minuteman/revolution/patriot group ...

a scale may have helped

ken

I thought Francee when I saw your picture. After several years, the edge should be wider if it were Patriot or Minuteman I think.

Ken, how did you get to be soooooo good at this??

debra

only on the oldies but goodie3s.. im not up to speed on newer stuff

ken

Ken, here’s a scale for you, just because I am so fond of you!

newhostalady, you posted while I responded to Ken, and you are also good at this!

Looks an awful lot like my Francee.

My first thought when looking at the photo was, "No that's Francee". Francee is a wonderful hosta, though.

Short story - I was at the Dallas Arboretum photographing hostas, when the director drove up in a golf cart. He said, "I hate Francee". I said, "Oh, I love Francee. You can't kill her with a stick." He laughed and drove away.

In hindsight, I think they must have been concerned that I was up to something nefarious, as I was in the middle of the hosta trial beds with my camera.

As an aside, he's now the director of the National Arboretum in Sidney, Australia. The new(ish) director in Dallas has no interest in hosta.

bkay

the director drove up in a golf cart. He said, "I hate Francee".

==>>maybe it was his ex wifes name .... he may have enjoyed the stick allusion ... lol

Great story bkay! And Ken may be right——-who comes along and just says that?? Unless ===>> he hates all hosta (because they all look the same ya know) and that was the only name he knew! So Unless you run into him in Australia again, I guess we’ll never know.......lol

debra

ps I thought I had two Patriots, but now I believe I have 1 Patriot and two Francees. Go figure. 🙄