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'Mouse' Hostas

13 years ago

Just wondering if someone can tell me the names of some of the "Mouse" hosta. Already have Blue Mouse Ears and Mighty Mouse. Just found three more at the Herb Festival on Sunday-Country Mouse, Frosted Mouse Ears and Mouse Trap. I think I remember seeing a Green Mouse Ears and I think there are a couple more. Would like to get them all.

Becky

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Pieter zone 7/8 B.C.
13 years ago
You will find a complete list of all 'Blue Mouse Ears' sports @ the link below. Scroll down to BME on the left and you will find a total of 16 sports that can trace their heritage back to BME, 'Country Mouse' is NOT one of them, it's a 'Bill Dress's Blue' sport.

Pieter

Here is a link that might be useful: Sports listings
becky_ia
Original Author
13 years ago
Pieter,

Thank you! This was exteremly helpful and I bookmarked it for future references. I just love the "mouse" hosta and hope to have a special garden with them in it. Everyone always asks about blue mouse ears when they come to visit. I was happy to find Mighty Mouse earlier this spring and really excited when I found the others on Sunday. Now the search is on to find the rest once I know what I am looking for!

Again thanks for your help.

Becky
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FWIW, I wouldn't recommend full sun in your zone 7. Even if you water it enough, it will bleach out from the sun. Sunlight does promote vigour but it also melts the blue wax off hostas under prolonged exposure. Jo, I'm in zone 8 and most of my hostas get full sun, it's a matter of the angle of the sun, i.e. latitude and not the zone that makes the difference. I'm just north of the 49th parallel, don't know exactly where you are in Ontarario but I'll bet you closer to the 44th or 43rd parallel and the angle of the sun in your garden is steeper and therefor stronger than it is in mine in sunny Richmond, B.C. I like to grow mine in the sun as much as possible for the increased vigour, in particular the green ones... Your seedlings will probably be green...if anyone has BME seedlings, they will hopefully chime in. I have had a couple of BME seedlings, indeed they were all-green and from their leaf shape and texture there was no doubt of their heritage. BME is a poor seed-setter FWIW, I've had the variety for almost a decade and have had maybe a handful of pods over the years. Pieter
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donrawson
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Here's a link that may be helpful: Blue Mouse Ears sports
summermusicz4ia
13 years ago
Becky, I had to miss the Herb Fest for the first time in years. Do you remember who you bought your Mouse hosta from? I am still missing a few. Did get Holy Mouse, Frosted Mouse, Cat & Mouse from a vendor at the Cedar Falls Farmers Market last year, think she still has some plus a few others. If you are near by, check out the market on Sat mornings.
Marlene
flowerchild59
13 years ago
I am doing a "cat and mouse" bed, so am collecting others too. I have cats eyes, kitty cat, red kitty, too in addition to any of the "mouse" named hostas.
tepelus
13 years ago
The mouse named ones I have thus far are:

Blue Mouse Ears (of course!)
Green Mouse Ears
Frosted Mouse Ears
Holy Mouse Ears
Mighty Mouse
Cat And Mouse
Mouse Tracks
Country Mouse (as said, not a BME sport)
And coming within the next couple weeks, Royal Mouse Ears.

I plan to make a bed of miniature and small hostas sometime in the future, and mix in some miniature perennials and maybe some conifers as well, and maybe a dwarf Japanese maple too. The mice will get grouped together, the others just mixed about in the bed. The spot I have in mind will be between two silver maples, but it will be a raised bed, perhaps two-tiered, with a thick layer of landscape cloth to keep the tree roots from making their way into the bed. This may be next spring's project. The maples have been limbed up, so I'll get plenty of light shade, dappled with sun, so I think everything should be happy.

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franknjim
13 years ago
I had Blue Mouse Ears last fall and picked up Mighty Mouse this spring but I had to have more so I just ordered Blue Mouse Ears Supreme, Frosted Mouse Ears, Green Mouse Ears, & Holy Mouse Ears plus 67 other hostas through a co-op. Mice are nice. I picked up a CatÂs Eye to keep an eye on them. IÂll get a few more mice this fall.
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13 years ago
There's been a lot of mice on the Hosta Library Auction lately. Currently, there's a whole mouse family offerred for anyone who wants to get nearly all of the rodents at once.

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