H. 'Night Before Christmas'

don_in_colorado

9 years ago

With photography influenced by LUUK! : )

Don B.

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don_in_colorado
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9 years ago
Cathedral Windows. It's purdy.

Don B.
don_in_colorado
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9 years ago
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Welcome Elizabeth, from one Canuck to another.... you'll find plenty of enablers here. Pandora's Box has been on my most wanted list for some time and I would love to trade in the spring. I'm on the Left Coast however, which would mean Express Post, but that's something I'm certainly not adverse to. Send me an e-mail in the spring once yours are up and we'll talk about doing some trading, you show me yours, I'll show you mine so to speak and we'll see where there's mutual interest. Send me an e-mail through here or from my website you see linked in the previous sentence. FWIW, don't know if you have ever checked out Hallson's Hosta Forum. Typically twice a year someone on the list volunteers to do what is called a 'Secret Trade' where names are thrown into a hat and the coordinator draws a name for each participant to send them at least one Hosta you have and they don't. Most participants do send more than one (my gracious donor actually sent me EIGHT) and some will send more than just Hostas, since most of us grow more than just Hostas. While most participants are in the US, last year's was organized by a Montreal gal and there was Canadian participation a-plenty. BTW, not to be nitpicky, but you cannot have 114 species of Hostas, there aren't that many species -seems to me the total number is around 35 to 40 or so- you do have 114 varieties though and I'd bet that with the possible exception of perhaps one or 2 all of what you have are cultivars,which have come about as a result of hybridizing and/or sporting and originated as a result of gardening practices/activities rather than come from the wild. Here is a link that might be useful: Hallson's Secret Trade progress
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Let me quibble a bit more... two quibbles Night before Christmas is a sport from White Christmas. NBC is often described as an improvement over its parent as it has thicker leaves and wider margins. (Those traits make me wonder if it is a tetraploid, though nobody says it is... wonder if anybody has checked.) So quibble number one - NbC can only "revert" (I really wish we'd never started using that word...) to its parent plant, which is White Christmas. White Christmas is a plant with lots of white center and narrow green margins and is typically a very poor grower. If that is what you are seeing, you are correct by current standards in calling it a reversion. You don't say so, but I suspect from your Revolution comments that what you are seeing is a solid colored sport. If that is the case, then... Can a plant "revert" to its grandparent? I think the answer to that question is "no" but I would prefer to ask the question "What is the genetic heritage that my sport is likely to have... what will it likely resemble... what might it be identical to?" Going back an additional generation, we find White Christmas came from Gus Krossa, who said it is derived from an unregistered,unstable, streaky Fortunei-type he called 'Krossa Variegated' (aka [incorrectly] H. fortunei 'Krossa Variegated.' So we can expect a solid colored sport from NbC to be a Fortunei-type plant... most typically green... most typically similar to Hyacinthina... BTW - Gus Krossa (Livonia, Michigan) was a pioneer in modern hosta development. He imported many hostas from Japan from the 1950s-1970s and often gave them names starting with Krossa. Sometimes is was a letter-number, like Krossa A-1, sometimes a registered name like Krossa Cream Edge. He is best known for importing "Krossa A-3" which was registered in his name after his death by Alma Krossa as H. 'Krossa Regal.' In Japan it is known as "Ginba Giboshi." A great hosta - a great tribute. now to quibble number 2 - one that has resulted in no end of aggravation to me, since I like my labels to be correct but I'm also cheap and hate replacing them if they don't need it... You described your plant as Night Before Christmas. It was in fact originally registered as Night Before Christmas. But international naming conventions have clarified that prepositions used in plant names should not be capitalized. I think most of us automatically used non-capitals for of... like Queen of Islip... but before is also a preposition. Thus, the correct name of the plant is Night before Christmas. Yes... people have referred to me as Cliffy... PS Cliffy is a reference to the Cheers character, Clifford C. (Cliff) Clavin, a character co-created by the actor who played him, John Ratzenberger. Ratzenberger originally tried out for the part of Norm. The producers told him they were impressed with him but that he didn't really click for them as Norm. He pointed out that the cast didn't have a "bar know-it-all" - the guy who always seems to know obscure stuff that he enjoys sharing with people, even when they aren't terribly interested in acquiring the additional information. Cliff appeared in 273 episodes of Cheers between 1982-1993. He appeared as an animated character on The Simpsons and made a guest appearance on Frazier. He is now primarily known for his voice work in Pixar animated films - he has a role in every one - but interestingly enough, when he had a speaking role in Richard Attenborough's "Ghandi" his voice was over-dubbed by Martin Sheen. Another interesting tidbit... "Ratz" not only attended Woodstock, but helped build the stage. But I digress...
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Coll, it was a lot more than one leaf. It was also not the first hosta from that particular source to exhibit virus which tested NEGATIVE FOR HVX. (I keep my hosta together by source.) I would rather sacrifice the one hosta than risk losing all my other hosta. I'm not experienced enough to make informed choices, or have another hostaphile come over to look at it for a diagnosis....I am at the far outpost of hostadom...the Hosta Forum is a major source of help and referral. Jonny, I tell you I do not mind the pots. They are not important, it is what goes in them I want to keep safe. When I get more confident with hosta culture, I'll probably get more blase about it and skate closer to thin ice. I still consider myself a beginner. Oh yes, my neighbor goes through the trash. We've taken to putting it to the street at the last possible moment to avoid tempting her. She isn't the only one...there are "pickers" who drive by before trash day, scanning for metal to recycle..... anything residential goes, you know, from refrigerators and stoves to mattresses to chairs to you name it. We pile it so the recycle items might be removed w/o destroying the pile itself. It is a great service in an area where the growth of vegetation is subtropical. I had no idea she found this particular pot, it was in a heavy black contractor bag tied up and out with tree limbs and bags of weeds.
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Ode to a Winter Hosta Bed Thou ravish'd fields of quietness! Once swirls and whorls of rapturous ecstasy Winter’s icy cold breath has taken hold Leaves once filled with life still throbbing Withers, browns to cold surrenders Parched tongues once licked the sun Life suspended not quite dead Silent souls now trodden weeds Soulless winter sucks all life Yet in the ground remains a glimmer The dance of life then death continues No death no life exacts the rule.
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don_in_colorado
Original Author
9 years ago
Silk Kimono
don_in_colorado
Original Author
9 years ago
Cathedral Windows super-duper close up.

Please feel free to add your pics, everyone.

Thanks,
Don B.

This post was edited by Don_in_Colorado on Thu, Jun 19, 14 at 5:28
don_in_colorado
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9 years ago
What the heck, I have a few more. Got some wicked insomnia tonight/this morning.

This is 'Unforgettable'.
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9 years ago
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9 years ago
A fern, I believe it's a Ghost Fern, but I may be wrong.
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9 years ago
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9 years ago
Inside the cup of Big Daddy.
newhostalady Z6 ON, Canada
9 years ago
Keep up the good work Don!

The next best thing to sleeping in the early morning is taking hosta pictures!

My favorite are Great Arrival and Big Daddy. I love the drops and fanning out of the leaf of Big Daddy.
hostas_for_barb
9 years ago
Don, love your dream queen!
josephines167 z5 ON Canada
9 years ago
Love your shots, Don! Unforgettable and LK got me!

My shots are nowhere near what they could be, but practice makes perfect so I just keep taking pics and saving those that come close to acceptable. Here are a few practice shots. Hope they don't hurt your eyes! Lol

Spilt Milk is interesting...
josephines167 z5 ON Canada
9 years ago
Silver Star...has winter bumps where none existed before.
josephines167 z5 ON Canada
9 years ago
Ann Kulpa
josephines167 z5 ON Canada
9 years ago
Fingerprint
josephines167 z5 ON Canada
9 years ago
Dark Star leaves
josephines167 z5 ON Canada
9 years ago
Striptease
josephines167 z5 ON Canada
9 years ago
Marilyn Monroe
josephines167 z5 ON Canada
9 years ago
So Sweet
josephines167 z5 ON Canada
9 years ago
Twilight
luuk
9 years ago
Don, I'm flattered! ...bravo, your pictures are amazing, I like in particular the green tones of All That Jazz.

Josy, your Split Milk looks like a no signal TV with "snowy" noise pattern :-) ...interesting.

I can't resist to macros, ...like chocolate.
luuk
9 years ago
...I forgot to write the names, Rare Breed, Parisian Silk, Naked Lady.
luuk
9 years ago
WOW I like Fingerprint! ...must have, must buy.
josephines167 z5 ON Canada
9 years ago
Thank you, LUUK! I must complete the sale (enable, lol) so here is the intro pic when I brought it home...you may have missed it in my post. It is taking on more gold since then as I have it in 1/2 day sun. Here to assist! :-)
don_in_colorado
Original Author
9 years ago
Nice pics, thanks for adding to the thread, Luuk and Jo.

Don B.
hosta_freak
9 years ago
Don,this is not a recent pic,but it is the best one of Northern Exposure I ever took. Phil

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josephines167 z5 ON Canada
9 years ago
WOW!!! Perfect leaf, perfect colour, perfect pic!! Got any more?
hosta_freak
9 years ago
Also,Queen of the Seas. Sorry,I can't post more than one at a time. Phil

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hosta_freak
9 years ago
Just one more. This is Earth Angel,from a few years back. It doesn't look this good this year. Phil

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don_in_colorado
Original Author
9 years ago
Nice, Phil! Glad you are still hanging out with us! Thanks for the pix...

Don B.
Babka NorCal 9b
9 years ago
Geez guys...I was viewing and enjoying my hostas like that after a couple glasses of wine WAY before macro cameras. They all look so wonderfully hand painted with a water colour brush. That is why I love then so !much. Thanks for the photos...it will save on my liquor bill.

-Babka
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9 years ago
Luuk, What do you say to a Naked Lady? It has the Striptease look I think.

And Jo, I really like your Marilyn Monroe flippy skirt shot.

And Babka, did you realize that 4 hours of time at sea (on a boat) is the same as consuming 1.25 oz of alcohol? So says the brochure given with a BO/BoatOperator endorsement on your drivers license in Alabama. I wonder what consumption level I reached when I was on a boat 24/7 for 4 months at a time? That's how the expression "drunken sailor" originated--it is hard to adjust to solid ground again.
A little nautical trivia.

Don: Love the pictures coming out of your insomnolent dreams.
don_in_colorado
Original Author
9 years ago
Thanks, Mocc! : )

Don B.
josephines167 z5 ON Canada
9 years ago
Glad you picked that up, Mocc - we think alike! :-)

Babka - great sense of humour and wine! :-)

Phil - QOTS photo is equally stunning - perfect leaf. :-)
User
9 years ago
I've often thought we think alike too, Jo.
It seems I'll keep Naked Lady in the back of my mind as a companion to Tony Avent's Get Nekkid. And I guess that means I need to put a streaker in there at the third plant. :)
Maybe there is a streaker called Skinny Dipping. hmmm. names are interesting. WORDS are interesting to be honest.
Kate1970
9 years ago
Ok I want to play along.

Edited to add: Spilt Milk and Fingerprint...Must. have. Ohmygawd!

Ghost Spirit, its quickly becoming my favorite.

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Emerald Ruff Cut

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The King (flash washed it out a bit, will try again when the rain stops)

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This post was edited by Kate1970 on Sat, Jun 21, 14 at 14:40
josephines167 z5 ON Canada
9 years ago
Kate, right back atcha!!! That Ghost Spirit is haunting me - I've seen a couple of pics of it already but this leaf shot of yours did me in. I gotta have it! Can you tell me something about it? Would you consider starting a thread? Thanks for considering this request! :-)

Jo
Kate1970
9 years ago
Jo, your wish is my command! :)
luuk
9 years ago
Mocc, I have Naked Lady from 2011. Is an eye catching hosta with small/medium size. The colors change during the season, ...an exciting plant :-)
Mine gets full sun until noon, the growth rate is medium to slow .

Here a picture from a few weeks ago.
luuk
9 years ago
...and yes, is a sport of Gypsy Rose.
User
9 years ago
Well good! I like Gypsy Rose and this one seems to be a neat plant like her mama. I guess that means......a new wish list to begin the fall order for spring delivery.

Only "critical" "urgent" "life or death" orders for the rest of the summer. ....

H. 'Night Before Christmas'

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