help identifying this hosta

2 years ago

About 12" tall with leaves about 4". Appears to be stolonoferous. Leaves have variety of patterns, some with much more white than others.

Thanks, Diane

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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5

2 years ago

antioch?

there was a group of such plants.. with a half dozen or so names.. i wondered if they werent all the same.. years ago ... maybe i will come up with a few of those names later ... all i recall right now.. is that walters gardens had a named version ... i can even remember where it was in my garden ... for what that is worth.. lol.. nothing ....

but you might have to grow out the plants... the white edges are extremely variable... especially when young.. so the width of that on single division plants might be misleading ...

ken

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djacob Z6a SE WI
2 years ago
That last leaf picture looks a bit like Undulata Albomarginata. Those other pictures just look like variations in the leaves that sometimes occurs. Someone else will probably nail this one. I am just guessing……
debra
dianefw
Original Author
2 years ago
Debra, Thanks for your suggestion. I do have Albomarginata and the presentation is quite different from the plant I have pictured. This hosta is taller and not tightly formed like albo. The last picture does look very similar to Albo but most of this one's leaves are heavier on the white markings. (I have more in pots) When it came up this spring it was quite impressive with all the white markings., especially through the center parts. Edge is also not as crisp as Albo.

Any further thoughts are appreciated.

Diane
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bkay2000
2 years ago
Looks like one may have foliar nematodes. I'd think twice about planting it in the ground before I see if that streak between the veins come back.

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BK - I hope that is not the case. It will be staying in the pot through the winter so will see what it looks like next year.

Ken - Any name suggestions are appreciated and I will then check out the library. The plants are not really young but have been living under larger hostas for many years. I dug some up this spring and potted them, then moved them to a brighter location. I was pleased with the white patterns I was seeing. I should probably give the plants a little more pot to grow in so maybe more stems next spring. Thanks for your thoughts.

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Ken - I just checked out the hosta library. Names I found beside Antioch were Shogun, Spinners and Moerheim. All are apparently the same hosta. The pictures of Shogun really show the white through the center and all have very ragged white edges. Will keep these in mind for next year.

Thanks, Diane
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
2 years ago
Names I found beside Antioch were Shogun, Spinners and Moerheim.

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as i have said before.. there are days where i nearly forget to put on pants before i run errands.. but i have all this rather useless hosta knowledge at my finger tips.. whats that all about.. lol ...

yes.. that was the group i was thinking about ...

and why i remember.. because back in my name buying days.. some chucker sold me all 3 of them in the same order without telling me they were all the same ... [you can spell check chucker.. im sure its not hard ...]

and in the same order i think i bought 3 different names of yellow splash ...

i really got a hate on for that guy.. and quit ordering from him ...

now im mad again ...

ken

ps: the really hard part was he would come up to me at shows and try to be my best friend.. because of all the money i used to send him ... and dont get me wrong.. i should have known better... but there was no web or hosta library back then in the stone age of the 90s and 2000s.. lol ... im not that old ...
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
2 years ago
hey-zeus ..... i got so wound up... i forgot about bkays nem thing...

the slice in both leaves .. might have caused that damage .. but who really knows.. its not a plant worth spending money on to find out.. imo ...

ken
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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
2 years ago
and to be clear... bkay could be entirely correct... i was just noting the slice/hole ...

ken
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