The Ephemeral Nature of Hosta
We all know how leaf changes that appear to be sporting usually come back the next year as normal leaves. This has proven to be true with my "Abby Normal" Striptease. Once appearing to be both sporting and reverting back in 2012 it looked like this...
This year, alas, it was quite...well, normal.
I guess I can't be upset about a nice looking hosta (except where I ran over some bottom leaves), but still...
Feel free to post any of your "back to normal" hosta.
tj
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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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zkathy z7a NC
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windymess z6a KC, Ks
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nicholsworth Z6 Indianapolis
8 years agozkathy z7a NC
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoMy Mango Tango went all green on me, but when I researched its heritage it didn't seem to be a reversion. i may have posted this before, but I rooted the two leaves that still had some variegation and it did grow into a small Mango Tango. Here's the pic of the rooted petioles.
Kathybrucebanyaihsta
8 years agoThe stable all green Striptease is fortunei hyacinthina. You could take it apart, soak it in bleach, beat it on a pole or tree, trash its roots on the driveway, then replant and see what comes out, but yes, if it has been all green for a couple of years it may stay that way. Or not.....
Does it look like the all green plant in this bed of Gold Standard? I planted all these from a couple of Gold Standard clumps I divided about 6-7 years ago; this one is all green and stable. I have yet to remove it. Striptease is at the top of the photo.
Bruce
nicholsworth Z6 Indianapolis
8 years agobrucebanyaihsta
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agotsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoUsually green is more vigorous than other leaves and takes over but the green on the Striptease above in 2012 was nearly the same this year. I have another Striptease that I need to remove the green from as it it is starting to take over. A third Striptease of mine is very stable.
@zkathy- LOL, no, my avatar was a pic I took on a northern Wisconsin lake while walleye fishing.
Original...
...and as it approached...
tj
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8 years agonicholsworth Z6 Indianapolis
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agotsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱
8 years agonicholsworth Z6 Indianapolis
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peren.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada
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8 years ago@nicholsworth- Yes, I have climbing hydrangea on the north side of my house. I trained it up through the existing ivy at first, but it has long since spread on its own. It is about 15 years old (a gift from a brother) and as I recall it took about 7-8 years before it bloomed. We have a two story house and keeping it off the wood trim and windows (there are four windows there, somewhere) is getting to be a chore, but its a labor of love.
tj
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