New in the garden H. Yin

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New in the garden H. Yin

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Fond a new hosta or at least new to me h. Yin- blue or green ovate and a bit cascading leaves with a white eedge, said to be creamy and the white color can be due to the time of year.
Nice thik leaves and a neat looking hosta
Do you know it, tell me about it :D
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Re: New in the garden H. Yin

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Hi Pia,

Yin is a plant from Jim Wilkins that was introduced several years ago through Bob Solberg and then Q & Z Nursery. For me it was always a really good grower that held up well through the year. I had them in two spots here, one was pretty bad soil, but they grew good in both places, never really gave me any trouble. Multiplied great! Not sure why but I ended up selling all of them and now I don't even have it any longer!

There is another plant that was introduced about the same time called Yang. Hosta 'Yang' is/was the reverse of Yin, with a cream to white center and a thin blue-green to green edge. Yang was not the least bit garden worthy. The first year I had it they were in pots and with some fertilizer they grew okay, not great, and then I put them into the ground. From there they shrank until I basically had nothing left. Last year I found one tiny little piece of Yang out there in the growing area and I moved it out of the way so we could plant a new crop and it never came back.

So now I don't have Yin or Yang - the first because it was a great grower and better seller - the second because it was a horrible grower and not the least bit garden worthy. Yup, they are definitely named correctly as they are pretty much opposites of each other :P

Thanks for sharing and letting me share ;)

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Re: New in the garden H. Yin

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:lol: Chris, when i Googled it, it cane up with : " Býe a h. Yin and have a h. Yang for free.... " :lol:

So you may need some Yin and find an other sort of Yang :-?
Think is is new here... and darn good looking :wink:

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Re: New in the garden H. Yin

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Yin and Yang is one of the most disappointing marketing/naming combos ever... maybe the worst. They say a picture is worth a thousand words... I put in the two of these side by side, either in 2004 or 2005... here they are in late in 2009

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Re: New in the garden H. Yin

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So Ying is a good looking small/medium hosta and Yang is a cute mini :wink:

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Re: New in the garden H. Yin

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I toured Wayne Guymon's garden again this week (featured in Martha Stewart Living over the summer), and Yin was one of the best-looking hostas for this time of year.

Paradise Joyce was another late-season standout.
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Re: New in the garden H. Yin

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Thanks :D

It found a new home just by the side of the driveway and got a new fellow close to it... h. Revolution looked great too this time of year and the opposite leaf colors apeal to me :D
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Re: New in the garden H. Yin

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That's a telling pic, Jim. I see Yin advertised in several online catalogs. But never see Yang in any of them.
Sounds like a great marketing strategy on paper. I wonder if Jim Wilkin's original Yang was a good plant
and it just lost its 'oomph' in tc. :???:
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