Hmmmm, might wanna hang on to that piece; maybe separate it and see if it'll stay yellow? Not trying to get your hopes up, Sandy, but how cool would a yellow/gold T-Rex sport be? Pretty cool indeed. I'D buy that version of T-Rex! Don B.

My DH looked at our T-Rex, which is nearly 5' across, and said, "I thought it would be bigger than that." Good grief! He said the same thing about the 6' wide Blue Angel. He's been saying the same thing every spring for the last 5 years. I keep telling him, they are still young yet and they can't all be Empress Wu! This T-Rex is about 7 years in the ground. Unfortunately it lost the color of the yellow leaves on the one eye it had this spring. I was hoping it would stay that way! That one leaf in the middle that looks as if it has a gold edge is just a trick of the light. Yours is beautiful! Sandy

Last year I planted a single eye of T-rex and a single eye of Nancy Gill within twelve feet of each other. They both get the same light, fertilizer, and have the same soil. T-Rex is now two eyes and rather boring to look at. Nancy Gill is a perky six eyes with a nice shine. I know what you mean Kines. All year I have been looking at T-Rex and saying. . .not very impressive. My grandson keeps going back and looking at T-Rex every time he visits... just wanting him to live up to his name. I can see the disappointment in his eyes every time. . lol I have a feeling that maybe T-Rex has the ugly duckling syndrome. Think I will take Ken's advise and buy more plants and ignore T-Rex until the swan stage is reached. Thanks Ken, I needed another excuse. . . lol

The early tissue culture batches of T-Rex produced many plants that are very slow growers. Originator stock or a piece from a mature plant will grow at a good rate, but most of the tc plants will take a long time to mature. This is also a variety that does best when planted directly into the garden, even at a very small size, so your plant may have been slowed even further by being potted for a long time. It's too early to tell if these tc 'slowbies' will eventually reach the same size as the original plant, or how long it will take. I have T-Rex from the first year they were put into tc, and they are only now starting to get some size, and are still slow growers compared to other very large hostas. This is a variety that will take full sun, which should produce a faster growth rate than a shady location. Blue Umbrellas is a good grower, but again, yours might have been potted long enough to slow the growth rate, at least temporarily. You should see better growth next year, and as a mature plant, BU is beautiful and very tolerant of almost any conditions. It will take full sun in northern areas if kept well watered, and holds the blue coloration longer than most blues under similar conditions. If you prefer a bluer plant with much larger leaves, plant BU in half shade or even full shade.