Hosta Seedlings and Sports 2020
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Old Dirt I hope you are feeling better.
This guy is just happy (Roseate Spoonbill)
Have a great day everyone!
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steve duggins(Z6a) - Central Ohio
3 years agoBeilstein seed - Front and center: Mango Smoothie x Lettuce Salad nothing too exciting, but I'm letting it grow up. (Yes, I'm just sneaking in another group shot)
from Blue Cadet
from Granny's Rouge - no red legs, but nice early yellow.
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peren.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada
3 years agoPaula those kittens are sooo adorable with their poop protection!
Nice sports & seedlings!
Christmas Tree seedlings. I will keep the blue and maybe the heavily textured one.
Gold Drop seedlings. These are keepers.
Independence seedling.
Another Indepedence seedling from a different location. Pretty excited about these.
Most Independence seedlings look like this. I potted this one for a friend that liked it.
Invincible had this baby. Very yellow in spring.
Ladybug with 3 seedlings to the left. Forget-Me-Not seeded in because I can never have enough blue.
Close ups of Ladybugs kids.
peren.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada
3 years agoA few more.
Lemon Lime seedling.
Established seedling that looks like Halcyon & Lancifolia were the parents.
Cherry Berry seedling ready to be dug out late season.
Niagara Falls babies on the right of mama.
Seedlings under Powder Blue infringing on Bridegroom. Dug them out and saved to watch them.
Hard to say who these came from. I saved the bluish one.
Venetian Star baby. I will dig and save this one next year or maybe wait another year.
Coming up under Winsome but likely from Powder Blue.
I never used to get seedlings but now that I don't cut back the scapes I get quite a few. I ditch most of them unless blue or yellow.
peren.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoPic of seedlings I forgot about.
Dug these out around June (the Hosta). The front 2 looks like Royal Standard seedlings. The only one I kept was the blue. A friend wanted the rest.
Gold Standard sporting. Have had this for years and it never looked like GS from the beginning. Have another GS heavily sporting but can't find the pics right now.
Leaf on Regal Splendor.
miles10612
3 years ago
djacob Z6a SE WI
3 years agohosta_maker
3 years agonice sport steve, don't you hate it when you've got something nice that's already out there.
peren.all looking good. the independence seedling is my favorite, probably a tet
here is an old sport from big daddy. it doesn't grow. over 10 years old now
a random streaker
a florence nightengale seedling.yellow red and seiboldiana is rare
a yellow seedling i got from rod keunsterprobably tokudama
hosta_maker
3 years agoa revolution sport
a cross using first blush
a cirrus cloud seedling
junes gold cross
hosta_maker
3 years agosome seed from bev stegman
has jade cascade genes
some brand new babies
the mother
brand new
the mother
undertheoaksgardener7b
3 years agoHow exciting to glimpse my future hosta purchases in their infantile stages! I have nothing to report for this topic seedling-wise. I bought 2 plants over the past couple years while sport-fishing at big and small nurseries.
The all green was sold as So Sweet. I think it is Sweetness. It is a strong grower, second year.
The big mediovariegated with nice white strip was sold as Striptease for $9.99. I call it Sportsball, thought it may be Erotica.
nicholsworth Z6 Indianapolis
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoPaula..I'm one of "your people"..passwords drive me crazy..Lol
all of you have quite a variety of seedlings!..
miles..my seedlings are solids..mostly green..some blue..
I've had more reversions than sports..
pic#1..a sport in 2019..last year it wasn't as pretty..maybe 2021 will be better..
pic#2,3,4..seedlings in the path..I couldn't bring myself to rip them out..time to move them..either plant or compost..
Beth (5b - SE-Michigan)
3 years agoGreat pictures, seedlings and sports are fun to see what they develop into. I only have one sport from Paradigm. I divided it from the mother plant, so I have two plants. Right now I am enjoying the sport mixed with Paradigm in the second plant.
Pieter zone 7/8 B.C.
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoHosta Maker, love what you have going on there with the red blush, way to go!
This is out of 'Sea Octopus', OP. It's a fairly early riser and it's viridescent but stays yellow for quite some time, I'll put it in a bit more shaded area this year and see how that influences the colour. It had an interesting inflorescence last year, the first time I saw it in flower, we'll see what this year brings.
Pietersteve duggins(Z6a) - Central Ohio
3 years agoExcellent! Hosta Maker shows up with some very promising youngsters. What's worse, having something interesting that's already out there, or having something interesting that just doesn't grow? Do you still use it for breeding?
Here's a pic of the Hosta Volunteer Nursery. I think a bunch are from Dancing Queen.
A seedling from a streaker found at Cory's Wildflower Gardens
It looks like I may need to split it already to save the streaky part. Or is it not worth the effort if it is stabilizing so quickly?
Kaleidochrome seedling
Valley's Top seedling planted in too much sun. Now where did I move that to?
Flash Of Light tet x Lakeside Sir Logan planted in full sun (and also moved later, but not because it needed it.
djacob Z6a SE WI
3 years agohosta_maker
3 years agomiles10612
3 years ago
windymess z6a KC, Ks
3 years agoperen.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada
3 years agowindymess it seems you and I (my friend too) are perhaps among the few who appreciate a good green! It could have been an Independence seedling or could have been from F. Aureomarginata. Either way it is a Fortunei seedling. I tossed dozens but kept a couple more just because I thought they had merit in their beautiful greenness lol!
This pic is from 2019 before I cleared out the seedlings. The one I gave to my friend might have been that very dark one behind the rock upper left.
old_dirt 6a
3 years agodjacob Z6a SE WI
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steve duggins(Z6a) - Central Ohio