Let’s have some fun! How about a Hosta Leaf identification challenge?
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Many of you are good at Hosta ID when you can see the entire Hosta. But how about when you see just the leaf?
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Comments (7)Great suggestions. I didnt think about the flowers. They are "just" opening and seem to have light lavender color stripes on the outside. The flowers seem to individually rotate around the stalk in thirds. The stalk is unusually long, BTW, at least 2' tall. The Gold Drops and Piedmont Gold are in full bloom. One Sum&Substance bloomed yesterday. None of my others have bloomed yet, if that helps. The veins of the Lancifolia pictures I found seem more pronounced and I count 7 pairs of veins on this one. It might be Fortunei Hyacinthina. That one has the right number of veins and the color looks right. I couldn't find anything about the flowers, though. Clausa or Clausa Normalis is an interesting thought. The Normalis leaves seem more pointed than this one, but the flowers may give more info when they open (or stay closed). Fujibotan seems very close, but the unopened flowers are very much more purple than mine are and my leaves seem less shiny. That might just be the photography, of course. I thank everyone for the suggestions. The next couple of days will tell me if the flowers open or stay closed. The flowers being arranged by thirds and the timing of them may be the best deciding factor. I couldn't find much about the timing order of the flowers. I must say that just by asking this question, I have learned a lot about how to identify hostas! It never occurred to me before to count the number of veins, examine the rotation of flowers around the stem, or look at the bottoms of the leaves... So even if I never identify this hosta accurately, I've learned something. I can say that I certainly did not ever order any hosta of these suggested names, so at least I didn't mix up a label (relieved). And I haven't had any that grew as hybrids or sports (I have always planted them very spaced and there have been no "volunteers". But, if any of the additional information provides some new suggestions (or confirmations of earlier ones), please let me know! Otherwise, I'm going to have to make a plant marker label that just says "uncertain". I suspect that my source of hostas mislabeled a hosta (which definitely happened with a 3-tray of "Middle Ridge"). And since they have been so good over the years, I will not mention their name. ;) But if you have any further idea of the name of this hosta, I sure would like to hear the suggestion... Yardenman...See MoreHaving fun with black and white hosta pics
Comments (37)When I saw the title for this thread, I thought oh-oh, maybe I better not have a look at it. Well you see, I like taking pictures of hostas, especially hosta with water drops, fall hostas and closeups. But I don't need to add another photo category---I can barely keep up with the photos that I have taken. And then it happened, I looked and love the pictures herein! So I have Beverly to thank for opening my eyes to fall hosta picture taking, Luuk for closeup photos and now Mac for black and white photos! Here I go:...See MoreIdentification Fun!!
Comments (19)Mooserider, I understand your reasonings and don't disagree completely. But, I work in ecological restoration. I am the one out there in these damaged abused public lands trying to restore them. The last thing we need (after ATVs and bulldozers and all that) is someone coming out and digging up plants that they think won't matter to anyone. You have no idea what research or restoration efforts might be going on and how your actions might be affecting that. You're removing food and shelter and erosion control and genetic diversity when you dig up plants to take home, even when they're not part of a restoration effort. Other critters are using those plants for something. Just because Seattle's been stripped, doesn't justify stripping other places to re-landscape Seattle. I've seen people pick flowers from rare plants. I've seen people cut trails (with a chainsaw!) through vegetative cover monitoring research plots. I see people let kids and dogs trample and dig and chase wildlife in reserves and parks. I've seen where our plants have been pulled up and removed after a big planting effort. People think, 'oh no one will care', but I care. And what about the animals and other plants that live there? they care too. The native plant nurseries propagate native plants by cuttings and divisions and seed and such, they don't go out and dig stuff up except for salvage efforts where land is going to be bulldozed for development. It's part of the code of conduct for ethical native plant propagation. The permit system for public lands was installed because too many people were digging up too much stuff. Rhodies and subalpine firs in particular were being stripped from the forests for landscaping Seattle gardens....See MoreLet’s have a little fun.
Comments (21)Frances Williams is my oldest hosta and still gets brown edges even when it's almost hidden by a large magnolia. Knowing what I do now, I probably would not buy it. My Linda Sue also burns and has been moved twice to shady and shadier spots. I don't know if I would buy that one again either....See Moredjacob Z6a SE WI
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