What does your Undulata look like?

jobranch · Post by **jobranch** » Jul 12, 2007 6:27 pm

I have about 30 H. Undulata Albomarginata in my yard. Over the years their color has changed to what you see below, which is OK to me. They look streaked or misted with some petals that are have white with two shades of green. I would be interested in seeing pictures of other mature Undulata's...

Jeff

Hank Zumach · Post by **Hank Zumach** » Jul 12, 2007 6:35 pm

Hi--It looks like the clump has sported. However, it is hard to believe all 30 plants would produce the same sport, so this is just a long way of saying "I don't know".

jobranch · Post by **jobranch** » Jul 12, 2007 9:06 pm

I know what you mean. These hostas are probably 8 or 9 years old and I divided them all from just a few plants which was given to me by my mother in law - with no indentification. This year, I have seen identical hostas (identical leaf) at both a local nursery and The Home Depot. These hostas were marked as Undulata Albomarginata and were new plants, or at least recently put into inventory. So they have sported the same way. I emailed Bob Axmear of the Hosta Library and he said these hostas are extememly unstable. So, I think I have identified it correctly. But, I could be wrong. There are so many hostas that look like Undulata...

jobranch · Post by **jobranch** » Jul 12, 2007 9:07 pm

PS - I have weeded my hosta beds since this picture was taken.

MollyD · Post by **MollyD** » Jul 12, 2007 11:04 pm

Jo,

Here's mine. First picture is a closeup of the leaf. Second of the plant in early spring and last group shot taken 6/20/07.

These guys are about 10 years old.

Sorry but reducing them makes the edges have ripples and the pictures get gritty.

MollyD

adlesma · Post by **adlesma** » Jul 12, 2007 11:30 pm

That is really pretty, Jeff.

MollyD · Post by **MollyD** » Jul 13, 2007 2:24 pm

Jeff,

Here's a better way to see my undulata bed!

please ignore the dying grass as I was in the process of killing lots of it off!

jobranch · Post by **jobranch** » Jul 13, 2007 2:42 pm

Molly D - looks great, so good that I may want to get some new ones now that mine have changed so much.

MollyD · Post by **MollyD** » Jul 13, 2007 2:53 pm

And already I've changed it some. I moved some of those large clumps to another bed and made room for some of my new additions. They never seem to notice that they were moved. Heavy buggers too! Those clumps are about 2' to 3' across. I love them but there are so many that I use them as fillers when I make a new bed and have young plants in. Later when the young plants get bigger I move the undulatas to a new area

since they're so willing. They never get really bad looking for me unless they're getting too much sun where they are. Then the edges get a little 'crispy'

MollyD

Primroselane · Post by **Primroselane** » Jul 14, 2007 11:42 pm

I put all of mine together in this mass planting.

adlesma · Post by **adlesma** » Jul 15, 2007 12:25 am

WOW!!

MollyD · Post by **MollyD** » Jul 15, 2007 11:47 am

Holy Smokes! That's some mass of undulatas!!!

MollyD

whis4ey · Post by **whis4ey** » Jul 15, 2007 1:35 pm

Mine looks more like this

Primroselane · Post by **Primroselane** » Jul 16, 2007 10:54 pm

wow that is beautiful

Linda P · Post by **Linda P** » Jul 17, 2007 9:23 am

Jeff,
The picture you show doesn't appear to be Albomarginata. That ungainly word translates to white (albo) edge (margin). Yours is probably Undulata, but not Albomarginata. There are many, many hostas mislabeled out there. I visited a garden yesterday where many of her hostas are mislabeled, not due to any fault of the gardener, but because she purchased them with the wrong labels.
The typical Undulata comes up with white centered foliage in the spring, and then begins to green up. Mark Zilis says in his Hosta Handbook that many people think they are seeing a sport.
I'll try to get a pic of my old Undulata Univitatta if it stops raining anytime soon!
Linda P

Hank Zumach · Post by **Hank Zumach** » Jul 17, 2007 10:41 am

Sam--I don't think that plant is any of the Undulattas.

whis4ey · Post by **whis4ey** » Jul 17, 2007 12:12 pm

That wouldn't surprise me Hank, as my knowledge of hosta names is non existant
I was given that name somewhere
What do you think it is? Can I get on the right track here at last?

Is it AlboPicta?

Tigger · Post by **Tigger** » Jul 17, 2007 12:16 pm

Yes, Sam, that could be 'Fortunei Albo-picta' if the center turns green as the season (even your cool one) progresses. My Albo-picta is almost all the same color by now. The Undulatas I've seen always have WHITE variegation, except where the centers have gone green/misty green.

whis4ey · Post by **whis4ey** » Jul 17, 2007 12:16 pm

and is THIS an undulata?

MollyD · Post by **MollyD** » Jul 17, 2007 12:24 pm

Sam,

On DSC00856.JPG YUCK! None of my undulatas look like that!!
As for the other photo I can't say .

MollyD

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What does your Undulata look like?

What does your Undulata look like?

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