Color variation on Hosta Stained Glass
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ConnieMay ON Z6a
8 years agoDo you have Guacamole? It would look more the way you have described. Even in a lot of shade my Stained Glass gets pretty bright. Both plants are in the pic below - Guac is just to the right of SG.
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8 years agoThank you for the picture, Yes-I just purchased both Guacamole and Stained Glass. Neither have been planted yet. I was hoping to find a few new hosta to place within the Creeping Myrtle in the front of our home (facing east). Thought SG was a bit too yellow...Not sure Guacamole has enough contrast. Any suggestions out there?
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Comments (11)Dear Karen, Ken and Jbranch. Thank you for the responses. Ken, I only have 3 fragrant hosta at the moment. Although I want more.. I look for foliage first and if it has fragrance... bonus. So maybe .... I should get ... Jbranch, Thank you for taking the time and looking at the Hosta Libary and your beautiful Stained Glass. That's sort of what I was thinking. I was concerned that Blue Ivory and Guardian Angel might be too similar. By the same token I just don't want the Stained Glass and Guardian Angel to clash. I am waaayyyy overthinking this. LOL. Alexis...See MoreStained Glass Hosta
Comments (7)Yes, it is the sun... but that doesn't necessarily mean you need to move it to a shadier spot... Stained Glass has been a slower grower for me than the original Fragrant Bouquet / Guacamole family. Still, it is a steady grower. It will tolerate full deep shade, but prefers bright light and can tolerate quite a bit of direct sun. My largest one grows in full direct midday sun. In direct hot sun, SG does bleach out quite a bit in midsummer. Parts of mine are pretty white right now, while those in deep shade remain yellow. But anytime you make a move like you did this year, you really can't tell too much from the first year. The plants seem to take a year to adjust to changed light conditions. Many hostas will burn up the first year when moved from darker to lighter areas... but then the next year the foliage emerges under the new light conditions and the plant may be perfectly happy in the new spot....See MoreGuacamole or Stained Glass?
Comments (19)Ah well, this is the time of year when the fragrants are beginning to SHINE. And, Don, speak softly when you mention certain "smarty pants" who might like Holy Mole and Emerald Charger and Jade Stone. Which is of course MOI....among other hosta I like em. Guacamole is a highly creative sporting hosta. I have most of its sports with few exceptions because it is a great growing hosta for warmer locations. How I missed getting Heart of Hearts (Invincible x Guacamole) I haven't any idea, but I plan to correct that deficiency. I have Avocado, Fried Bananas, Fried Green Tomatos, Holy Mole, Hot Green Chilies, Jade Stone, Mariachi, Paradise Sunshine, Quesadilla, AND Stained Glass. They are all great. Except, I do have trouble growing Stained Glass. I much prefer Mariachi to SG. I also love Jade Stone, which has stout scapes which stand up better than Fried Bananas does. But don't get me wrong. FBananas was my first gold green love. Mariachi in May Jade Stone with Paradise Sunshine behind it on the 7th July Then later this year another favorite with blooms the same 6 inches long that Mama plantaginea makes, look for them on Doubled Up. One of Mama's sports. Which her sports are not all that common, you know. Hard to find some of them. I have Doubled Up, Aphrodite, Ming Treasure. I'd give anything to have more of her sports. I have a lot of her hybrids as both pod parent and pollen parent. Old Faithful (Olga's fragrant hosta) is so vigorous. I recommend it on both counts...it's an Olga, and it's a fragrant from Mama as pod parent. Doubled Up will bloom later in the year, with Mama and the other of that line. The Guacamole crowd (except Stained Glass) are blooming now, the leading edge of fragrance in the hosta garden. Is this typical? Who knows. I am learning as I go and keeping notes on families of hosta blooming together. Maybe not the same time as other latitudes, which is what I had originally expected. But when it isn't just ONE variety blooming earlier than expected, but the whole family dynasty, then I take notice. And that is happening with Guacamole and its sports. Doubled Up July 7 2014...See MoreStained Glass color in full shade ?
Comments (19)Guacamole Hey look, its sporting. Stained Glass Not sporting, but scaping. Was a well shaded spot, but Winter Moth Caterpillars have it looking like Winter as they have defoliated the oaks and pines around here. Sprayed the eggs with horticultural oil, but the caterpillars just kept drifting in. I have tried to kill as many as I can with Captain Jacks as they glob to lay eggs. Next year, oil, BT and Captain Jacks. Shoveled out the driveway with a snow shovel after a one inch deluge that washed the poo to one end of the driveway. Jon...See Moremegnmike
8 years agoHere is my Stained Glass...(which is more yellow in person)
and my Guacamole (below).
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8 years agoThere's also Parthenon, that grows well for me but is
also a double flower and hasn't blossomed for memegnmike thanked garyz6ohiomegnmike
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