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Unstable hostas...

5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago

In light of a comment made by Babka in a recent nicholsworth thread I thought I'd add some pictures in a separate thread to illustrate some of what I have found so far this year that I'd be surprised to find again next year. As Babka said, hostas are unstable and prone to sporting. Such as this leaf on a 'Stained Glass'...


..or this 'Earth Angel' showing signs of going solid..


... and how about this 'Touch of Class', it's a shoot from a small clump that had started to go solid, 'Touch of Frost' that would be...


...then there is 'Remember Me' seemingly not knowing which way to go, I'll remember alright, next year...


.. a recent addition, courtesy of my friend I mentioned in another recent post, is 'Frozen Margarita' and it has both white and cream margins...


...both 'Revolution' and 'Risky Business' are prone to throwing green sports. The green one on Rev I call "Green Revolution"...


...and the one of 'Risky Business' I refer to as "Finished Business"...


I have more, but they'll wait for now...

Pieter

Comments (8)

  • 5 years ago

    Interesting............Thanks for sharing.

    bkay

    Pieter zone 7/8 B.C. thanked bkay2000
  • 5 years ago

    I love finding unusual leaf patterns and always photo them. So many of mine are still unfurling so it’s too early for me to look Nice pics Pieter!

    debra

    Pieter zone 7/8 B.C. thanked djacob Z6a SE WI
  • 5 years ago

    This June has some funky looking leaves every year. I think it makes her look more interesting.

    ... Should I try to determine if they are coming from one eye?


    Pieter zone 7/8 B.C. thanked kay21_utahzone5b
  • 5 years ago

    If they are all blue and coming from one eye, the eye has reverted to Halcyon. If you don’t have Halcyon and would like to, then you could remove the eye and have another. Back in the early days of hosta creation ,Halcyon was the first blue. And it has been used in the parentage of many hostas and has also had many sports. Check it out in the database of the HL. There’s a post I made maybe a month or so ago about how the creation of Halcyon came about. Interesting.

    debra

    Pieter zone 7/8 B.C. thanked djacob Z6a SE WI
  • 5 years ago

    I’ll check out the article. I have 2 Halcyon and love them. 1 in pretty deep shade and 1 in long morning sun. They both do great!

    Pieter zone 7/8 B.C. thanked kay21_utahzone5b
  • 5 years ago

    Every year it's like a treasure hunt looking for the half & half leaves. I always get at least one that's well defined with a clean line, and year to year, it's never on the same hosta.


    Sports are fun to find, but I don't take them seriously (as to split off) unless they come back two or three years in a row. ......any more pics Pieter?

    Pieter zone 7/8 B.C. thanked sandyslopes z6 n. UT
  • 5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    Sandyslopes -and all the others of course- I found some more.



    Here we have 'Frosted Dimples', gift from my friend Donna who knows I have a habit of looking for sporting plants and she noticed it @ a local nursery and she picked this one over the next one simply because it showed signs of sporting, bless her.



    I spotted a solid-coloured leaf on my 'Sleeping Beauty', haven't figures out yet of it's just one leaf on this shoot or if there are more. It'll be interesting to see what it'll colour up like. Doesn't look as if there is a named solid sport off this variety but if it goes all-cream as the season goes one it likely won't survive as a division, which certainly won't happen until next year earliest.



    'Princess of Karafuto' has one shoot where a couple of leaves are all-white; no point in doing anything other than to see what happens to that area of the plant next year, have to be sure to mark it's location in the pot.



    And one of my 'Lemon Frost' is showing wider margins...

    Pieter