4 new hosta's - Anyone growing these?
beverlymnz4
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Does anyone grow these? I'd like to here Your experience with them.
CCW from lower left: Kinbotan, Lakeside Looking Glass, Beet Salad and Brave Attempt.
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peren.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada
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Anyone growing Quercus nuttallii in zone 4?
Comments (14)pteroceltis, Yes I'm 100% sure of the name change. As Pam noted, Guy is not found of this name change and neither am I. Quercus texana most commonly referred to Texas Red Oak(Texas Shummard Oak or Rock Oak are a couple of it's other "common" names) in the past and still does in 90% of the nurseries in the state of Texas. Texas Red Oak now goes by Quercus buckleyi. Historically Quercus texana was mistakenly used in a description of Nuttall Oak also, and this was the oldest published record and in 1985 this was purposed by a botanist as the valid name for Nuttall Oak, even though it appears the original publication of Q. texana used for Nuttall Oak in 1860 was done mistakenly. And I believe in 1993 at the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Tokyo, this name change was officially made, but it didn't come into common scientific used until the past 10 years or so and just within the past 4 or 5 years has it become widely used in the nursery industry(mostly outside of the state of Texas). Q. texana wasn't published as the scientific name for Texas Red Oak until 1873, so this is why this a botanist 100 years later decided it needed "correcting". Q. texana has also been published as the scientific name for Chisos Red Oak(aka Graves Oak) in 1918 but this was quickly declared invalid and the accepted and very clear scientific name for that species is Quercus gravesii. The thing that bothers me the most about this, besides the obvious confusion the scientific name change caused, is that now scientific publications, like the Flora of North America, are changing the "common" names to match their new scientific names! If you look up Texas Red Oak in the FNA, you'll find it's "common" name is supposedly Buckley's oak! This is indeed a name used for this tree in parts of Southern Texas, but it's much much more "common" name is Texas Red Oak which is the most widespread vernacular name for this Oak, but it's not even listed as a secondary name for the tree in FNA and other scientific publications! If you look up Nuttall Oak in the FNA, you'll find it's "common" name is Texas Red Oak now! At least they kept Nuttall Oak as a secondary "common" name. I have yet to find a living human being anywhere in the USA that does or has ever called Nuttall Oak by the name of Texas Red Oak! It's completely ridiculous! Just because they changed the scientific names and in that old (1860) publication it's called Texas Red Oak, does not mean that's it common name nor the name in the common vernacular and it shouldn't be changed at all! This is where worse confusion has set in, in my opinion. Now some non-scientific sources and publications are going to these new scientific publications and using the "common" name that's listed there. It's so bad that I virtually have no idea of what Oak someone is selling or talking about if they say it's "common" name is supposedly Texas Red Oak, or if they list it's scientific name as Quercus texana! I think Quercus texana should be declared nomen confusum and just be dropped altogether, thus changing Nuttall Oak back to Quercus nuttallii and keeping Q. buckleyi for the REAL Texas Red Oak. OK, I got to rant on one of my biggest pet peeves, thank you for enduring. :-)...See Moreshading new hostas until perennials grow in
Comments (7)welcome.. great to see some new names .... just guessing here.. if you already have the remay .. why not put that on the fence .... if you have an old screen from the house... you can use that .... i would use 50% shade cloth if available ... but.. hosta are only shade tolerant.. they will do just fine in more sun ... especially spring sun which isnt as hot as summer ... the bigger concern is that the seller had them in shade.. and now you are blasting them into the sun .... why not just pot them ... keep them protected.. and plant them out when the perennials get high enough.. hardening them off to the sun prior ... SG is a plantaginea.. and can probably take a lot of sun ... with enough water .... but TB has a waxy coating that wont like summer heat & sun ... all hosta grow more vigorously in sun .. but they get pretty ugly later in summer.. but next year the plant will be bigger than if it were in total shade ... good luck ken...See MoreBeginner hosta lover - new bed b4 & after
Comments (42)My guess for #1 is Lakeside Hoola Hoop. Its been on my list to buy so I've looked at a number of pictures. Now I'm going back to read the rest of this thread. (long one) Beverly OK now I read it. Nice house and plenty of room to garden. I like the front of your house, nicely landscaped. Good luck with the goutweed. It took me nearly 5 years to remove landscaping rock from around my house and I still have some under the yew in the front yard. However it was worth it and surprisingly satisfying. Removing the goutweed may be similarly satisfying. Happy digging Beverly This post was edited by BeverlyMN on Sat, Jun 15, 13 at 8:42...See Moreanyone have luck growing prime ark blackberries in zone 4 ?
Comments (0)hey folks! just planted 6 prime ark freedom blackberries in my raised bed in may. didn't show any growth for a month but now they're over 6ft. and throwing out shoots like crazy! they even have 6 berries and 6 flowers with more coming out daily! i got these from nourse farms out of mass. and their people said they didn't think they would produce a fall primocane crop in zone 4. well they did it in their 1st. year of growth! I'm ecstatic as before now, we weren't able to grow any blackberries up here. was wondering if anyone else has had success with this cultivar in zone 4? theres nothing about growing them up north on all the searches I've done because they're such a new cultivar. thanks!...See Morebeverlymnz4
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steve duggins(Z6a) - Central Ohio
5 years agoThere's a few tall red stemmed Hostas around. So far, Stephen King has been the most impressive to me. Since it seems to grow somewhat sparser (for me) it shows off the dark red legs better.
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