Hello! Yes, I have noticed this very thing on one of my plants in particular. During the Winter, the bracts are pure yellow, but during the Summer there is a pinkish tinge to the outside of the bract with yellow in the center. Josh

short answer ... yes .... go to the hosta library .... above the first pic of a plant.. is myhosta.net link.. hit it.. usually you can find the heritage of a plant... mom and dad ... and trace back thru the generations... and you will find that there are something like 20 species.. and they all come up at differing times ... so.. its all in the genes ... some extremely early .. some late.. most in the middle.. and a few weirdos like montana [discussed above] that come up.. go figure on this.. early and late... which never seemed right to me... something wrong with that logic ... or .. in the alternative... just accept the simple answer .. YES!! have a great day .... its crummy here .. cold and rainy.. and dont get me wrong.. that is a mile beyond snow and ice.. lol ... ken

"Times may have changed since I was young, but men haven't" Sorry, but that simply isn't true. No, I am not male, but I three brothers and many male friends, and almost all of them feel the "man is supposed to make the moves" rule is unfair and puts too much pressure on them, and they are thrilled when a woman takes the initiative to call them. Of course, I mean a woman they're interested in, they're not anymore thrilled than I am to hear from someone they really don't want to see again. If he is interested, he'll probably like it that you called. If he's not interested, he's not gonna call you anyway, so you have nothing to lose by trying. I believe it's probably different in Blueheron and Daisy's age groups (you're both retired, right?), and certainly I have no experience with men of that age so I am not in a position to question them on that point, but in my generation (30's) and younger, men as well as women certainly have changed in their expectations. Sure, there are young people of both genders who still want the "traditional" gender roles, but for the most part that is no longer the case.

The leucosceptrum at my house was immediately planted upon arrival, under the prunus mume tree but with considerable dappled sun due to sparse foliages of the tree. The one at my workplace was repotted and went through a whole season in a pot including the winter(2018-2019). It was the following spring I planted it at my workplace. During it’s time in the pot it did suffered a few wilts due to inadequate watering. But this plant was planted in a sheltered spot but in full shade. So a sunny area, non sheltered, provides a better macro climate than on a plant that is in a sheltered place with very minimal sunlight?