I'll play - Earth Angel.

Frances Williams

I'm with Shadow: 'Francis Williams'.

Pieter

Thank you very much for your replies. It seems that Frances William is more probable as my plant thrives in a sunny place, while Earth Angel really prefers shade. Also Frances Williams have that ’puckered’ leaf shape that my plant also has.

Sure looks like Frances Williams to me.

-Babka

Olive Bailey Langdon?

FW in the sun would fry. This hosta doesn't have burned edges, so I don't think it could be FW.

hey bob ....

do you know about blue color and how to grow it better ....

and.. do you want to know about it???

where are you.. z5 is about half the US... from ME to IA to CO .. etc ... it will help to know big city location when discussing growing hosta better in your garden ...

ken

I recently learned form some hosta research that the burn on FW is was a major flaw in the breeding of the plant. I believe I read that in the library under FW. You hosta makers know this I’m sure. :-) But I don’t know if the rest of us do. Which means even in almost total shade (like mine) it will always burn some. However, she is an extremely lady in the fact she has created many progeny and many sports. 👍🏽

debra

ps agree with utog……..OBL, created by Alex Summers, called this FW look alike, grows better and does not have the margin burn characterized by FW.

Please note ====>>>>> this is my feeble attempt to beat ken before he spews this info out! lol….lol

actually.. i wasnt going to bother.. since i cant tell them apart ... lol ...

bob.. here is a link to the hosta library O page.. you are going to have to find the link to OBL yourself ...

but bobs plant ... the blue is wearing off due to too much hot sun .. it can be better in more afternoon shade .... he could MOVE A FULLY LEAFED OUT HOSTA ... if he wanted to ....

ken

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

Well ken, you can tell them apart……..the one with the burn is FW. 😆

debra

I've got FW, OBL and Linda Sue ( a sport of FW). Linda Sue is the worst. Only the 3rd picture in the Hosta Library is even remotely close to the burning on the leaves. My FW is in the shade, under a star magnolia which is under pin oaks and is flanked by a hydrangea. It still burns if the any sun shines on the leaves. My OBL is next to large hostas, Fat Cat, Brother Stefan and Liberty. Yes, I know it's buried but that's where I had room when I got it. I would never recommend either FW or Linda Sue to anyone unless they have lots of shade without any direct sun.

This is OBL I think that the light green margins are wider than FW but that's my opinion.

Linda Sue has been moved 3 times since I got it back in 2015. It really needs its own umbrella permanently over it shielding it from any sun. It's nice for about 3 days in early spring but sometimes its leaves burn while still unfurled.

Wow, Miles! OBL is beautiful!

Thank you all for this active discussion. I am from Europe and cannot really tell which part of the US is best comparable to my home. Usually it is given as 5b hardiness zone. This specific hosta is planted next to a south facing fence and gets huge amount of sunlight. We’ve had now a week long heatwave with 95F day temperature and my hosta has only very minor burn marks on 2-3 leaves.

PS. When I planted it there it was in a shade of a big maple tree, but it had to be cut down last fall.

I am in zone 5b/6a--I live in northern Ohio about 5 miles south of Lake Erie. if my FW got that much sun it would be mostly brown. I just don't think it's FW, from my experience FW needs filtered not direct light. The only reason that mine doesn't burn a lot is because it's under trees and shrubs that shield it from direct sun. Robert, I think that you have another hosta, one that tolerates sun. I think that Ken's right and the blue would be a lot bluer in the shade however, you may not have or want that in your yard, If you have a nursery nearby that sells hostas, you could take a leaf there and ask them their opinion. Your plant is very healthy and seems to tolerate sun. Utog, OBL is a very pretty plant, I saw a large one in a garden several years ago and that's why I got mine.

i have 4 FW around the yard an OBL and a coupl other look alikes Out of those i have one FW that refuse to burn from the sun the last two years Its in full afternoon sun and is watered every two days. Main differce with this FW and the others are the leaves are smaller in the sun but still have correct colors and shape