Queen Josephine is a possibility. A pic of your friends plant before it was divided would have been really helpful.

I too immediately thought Queen Josephine. Scale wouldn't matter much with a new division. However if you could estimate the size of you friends plant, that would help.

since all but one hosta flower are about the same size.. those actually are a scale of sorts ... so brilliant work there ... lol ...

i agree a pic of undisturbed momma would have been great ... but .. whatever.. hindsight .. blah.. blah.. blah ..

the flower structure give good clues to heritage ... but alas poor yorick ... it isnt ringing any bells with me ...

QJ is from josephine ... and the flower pix in the library are kinda close ... but again... just a noncommittal observation ...

ken

http://www.hostalibrary.org/j/j.html

Agreed. Looks like a Queen Josephine.

Thanks for the quick replies! You guys/gals are so good with figuring out these NOIDs. 😊

Queen Josephine is a possibility. A pic of your friends plant before it was divided would have been really helpful.

Unfortunately I doubt she took a pic.

Scale wouldn't matter much with a new division. However if you could estimate the size of you friends plant, that would help.

I wasn't there when this one was divided, however, I have seen all her hostas, and none were very big. So I'm guessing this one was no more than 18 inches wide, and less than that tall, but can't say for sure. All her hostas, though, are foundation plantings, and get divided when they get too big, so seeing the before pic might not have been very helpful.

If your friend divides her hosta frequently, they stay small and immature. My QJ had small, narrow leaves for the first 1-2 years after I divided it. Then, the leaves became wider and mature. QJ is always shiny.

Some hosta need many years to develop to maturity---like Liberty. Five years later and I said "Wow!" Some hosta, when mature, look very different from their early years, and some not so much. I happen to like them when they are big. Go figure----I have a small property! Sounds like your friend propagates frequently. Perhaps she finds the most joy in that. To each his own! It would be nice to see photos of your hosta next year when it has matured some.

If your friend divides her hosta frequently, they stay small and immature.

With limited space, and many different types of plants,there isn't much room for them to "spread their wings", so they get divided frequently. Which works for me, as I get various new plants from her every year. 🙂

It would be nice to see photos of your hosta next year when it has matured some.

I'm curious to see how it will look next year, and will definitely try to remember to update this thread with pics.

Here’s my Queen Josephine this week. I grow it in part to full sun in zone 7b.

Really beautiful. And does look a lot like mine.

I'd love a friend who likes to propagate her plants frequently too!

All my Hostas are waking up for the year, so I'm going around trying to remember who is who, from all the help I got here last summer with identifying my NOIDs.

This is, I think, the divided hosta up thread, emerging now. Still super shiny, but more yellow edged than the white edge from last summer.

Any thoughts? Still possibly Queen Josephine?