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Gold Standard sport leaf

16 years ago

Yeah,I know it was posted before,but I couldn't find it. And yeah,I know Gold Standards sport a lot,but just thought I'd share this pic with you. It has the usual gold center,and green margin,but this one also has a third color with a white edge. I'm hoping it will be back next year,but they doesn't always return,but it sure is different this year! Phil

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Janice
16 years ago
Nice one, Phil! Are you going to divide that eye out?

janice
hosta_freak
Original Author
16 years ago
I think I will leave it alone this year,and see if it comes back next year in the same place. I've had many GS's sport before,only to not be there the next year. Right now,it only has 2 leaves,and both of them have the white edge,but not all 3 colors. Phil
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maidofshade
16 years ago
Gold Standards sport alot but not always in your yard right???lol Nice I hope it stays for you.
Janice
16 years ago
Phil, I wonder if you were to divide it out, if it might have a better chance of retaining the sporting?
Seems like that has been discussed on here before and that was suggested! Hate to see it not
return like that!!!

Also, I think it was also suggested to remove any leaves on that eye that might come back as GS!

Hope you get to keep it that way!

janice
hosta_freak
Original Author
16 years ago
Janice,you'd be interested in that I separated the sporting eye from the parent plant today. I had to take the eye next to it,because they were so tight together,that they couldn't be separated! It was a good move because the other eye also had a sporting leaf! Hope I did the right thing! Phil
Janice
16 years ago
Whooohoo! I think you did the best thing in isolating it from the other non-sporting types,
or so I've discerned from many others!! It can't hurt it, anyway!

Do you find that dividing often encourages more growth and more eyes?
Hopefully any new growth with this one will be of the *sporting* kind! :o)

So what is it's name, now???

janice
hosta_freak
Original Author
16 years ago
Right now,it is just Gold Standard Sport. If it returns,maybe I'll name it a different name. I had one I separated a few years ago from Hoosier Harmony,and now it just looks like a division of HH,nothing special! My Francee sport is still alive,and still a sport,but the freeze made it a very small plant this year. Hopefully we'll have a "normal" spring next year,and I'll finally get to see what it can do. Phil

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