Odd Hosta - Hosta 'Goober'

hostahillbilly

11 years ago

Having seen a mature specimen, I 'conned' my wife into letting me get one of these.

See other sources for just how 'rugose' this lil' devil gits:

as so often, you may use the plant label to judge teh size of this one...

waiting,

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Cricket_Love
11 years ago
Nice pebbling!
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11 years ago
This is the first time I've really LOOKED at Goober. Not a fan of the name so much, but I can see how it came about. The pebbling is very similar to a peanut shell texture wise. Not the right color, but close on the texture.

And there is one really PERFECT heart shaped leaf in the middle of the plant which is totally beautiful. Thanks for showing it to us, HH. I will have an open mind now instead of rejecting Goober outright based on "what's in a name."
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peggy_hosta
11 years ago
Here's my Goober which sported from Peanut. (this picture posting is FUN!)

She's only 3 summers old
Steve Massachusetts
11 years ago
Isn't Hosta 'Peanut' from which Goober sported really supposed to be Lakeside Dot Com.

It's amazing to me that Peanut can be marketed and sold as is without people acknowledging that it is actually Mary Chastain's plant.

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Here is a link that might be useful: The Peanut Controversy
hostahillbilly
Original Author
11 years ago
Thanks for the reminder about the controversy regarding 'Peanut' v. 'Lakeside Dot Com', Steve.

I'll go to my database and see if we have H. 'Peanut' and if so find it and re-label it. Last reading I know of the claimed originator of 'Peanut' hadn't responded to the other experts conclusion that it is actually LS Dot Com. Do you know further?

It's sort of why our label for H. 'Empress Wu' is, here at least, H. 'Xanadu Empress Wu' to honor Brian and Virginia . . . not technically proper, but you understand, I bet.

hh
Steve Massachusetts
11 years ago
Of course. I'm sure the name change for the Empress was for marketing purposes. AFAIK, there has never been a response regarding the determination that the submission of H. 'Peanut' at First Look was actually Lakeside Dot Com, a plant bred by Mary Chastain. What is remarkable is that H. 'Peanut' continues to be a relatively popular Hosta while Lakeside Dot Com languishes in obscurity. Maybe it's in the name. It's all about marketing.

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