stoleniferous?

Ok.....now I had to look up two words.

Stoloniferous- also known as runners, horizontally connect organisms; in plants, a horizontal stem that is located above ground and usually produces adventitious roots and vertical stems at the nodes. Like ajuga.

ok...... what I don’t understand is, what’s the horizontal stem? I see a vertical stem..... so the little root nubs are really stolons? And the stolons want to connect to another hosta........? Am I close Prof. Ken?

Or is the vertical stem what gets created when the plant connects with another? Hostas grow this way? And still, leave SL planted as is because there’s nothing for it to connect to......Yes? :-D

The root doesn't go out to connect to another plant. It goes out to create another plant. Another way to say it is that it's sending out a "runner". It's the way most ground covers spread.

As far as this plant and if it's stoloniferous, I have no clue.

bkay

unfortuntely.. i cant confirm in the library that this one is such ...

clausa is ... as an exaple ...

ken

Bkay and Ken, I do understand the concept of it creating another plant......maybe I didn’t word it right......remember all of that black scallop adjuga I pulled out last year? The images show why it is sooooo difficult to get plants like that out.

The HL does not indicate this is stoleniferous hosta. Well, I will leave it be and see what happens.

debra

rawson probably has a list.. but im not looking it up

Unusual plant worth saving. Its a Fortunei so probably not stoleniferous. It also doesn't look stoleniferous to me. It looks a bit like it is planted too high or has had some cown dammage in its past. Perhaps, if it were planted with the odd part underground, new roots would grow further up that stem looking part. Just a thought.

I didn't read it, but here's an old list: https://www.houzz.com/discussions/2013432/stoliniferous-hostas

bkay

After reading the link above and what beverly said, I think I will plant it deeper to cover those little what I hope are new roots coming out near the leaves.

debra

Could the new growth be a fasciated scape, or something like that (foliated scape, brachiated scape, or hyperfoliated scape)? If so, it will not grow a new crown at the base of the leaves where you have the top circle.

If it is a fasciated scape following the whole plant being MIA all year, I would leave it alone. I had a Ben Vernooji do that, and it came up normal the next year.

You know utog,that is exactly what I decided to do.......just leave it be and see what happens.

debra