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H. 'Continental Divide'

11 years ago

This hosta attracted my interest while I was browsing the homepage of Olga Petryszyn. It seems to be a very special variety, sort of improved 'War Paint', but I never heard about it before and didn't find any discussions of it on this forum. Is it so new that it's too early to make an opinion about? Or am I wrong and there is nothing special about it? I'm thinking to try to get it here in Sweden, but no European hosta catalogs are offering it for sale, so if it's really worth it I'll try my luck and get it from US.

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Jagd51
11 years ago
I think Olga said that one proved difficult to clone, so unless you know someone with OS stock it is unlikely :(
paul_in_mn
11 years ago
Bought as liner last year so they must have figured out the TC on this one. Pic is from early May 2012, it has grown quite a bit from 2011 - leaves have gotten bigger, but no ripples yet. HL link below. I will probably grow it out another year in a pot before planting in the garden.

Paul

Here is a link that might be useful: HL: Continental Divide
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Gesila
11 years ago
I love Olga's hostas! Continental Divide has been a slow grower compared to all of her others. Here it is last year and then this year.

Gesila
swed_hosta
Original Author
11 years ago
That's a very helpful information! Thank you Jagd51, Paul and Gesila. I saw that hosta in the catalog of Land of Giants and I heard on this forum that they are selling field grown plants. But it's not incredibly expensive there so perhaps it's a small TC. May be contacting Jeff would be the best way to figure out this question. Otherwise, it might be better for me to wait a bit longer for this hosta to become more easily available in a reasonable size.

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