flower size defines the species .. ken

According to schmidt the species leaves are rounder. variants like aphrodite can have a slightly smaller flower, but doubled and a fickle bloomer. hosta journal 35-1 pg46 has a good story on the quest to aquire aphrodite from china.

other than the double there probably werent alot of the variants for sale in the US.

although they apparently exist.

So I am going to assume I have plantagenia and not a variant. Will be interesting to see when it flowers. Thanks all!

we had plantaginea back in the 60s when we bought it with the house ... i see them everywhere ... as they arent even hard to miss at 55 miles per hour with those huge white august flowers ...

odds are ... unless you buy some variant from a very high end collector that is what you have.. and even if you did ... it still might just be the old standard ....

if it matters one whit in your life.. note the correct spelling and compare it to the pic above.. and if it doesnt matter to you ... .. then i apologize for bringing it up .. lol ...

ken

and BTW: i did buy them from various peeps who claimed variants.. and frankly i was never convinced they werent all the same.. and i got ripped off ... im not talking about multi flowers or any of that ...

ken, it does matter and thank you for the correction.