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
Pia
New in the garden H. Yin
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Re: New in the garden H. Yin
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
Thanks for sharing and letting me share
Chris
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
Thanks for sharing and letting me share
Chris
Re: New in the garden H. Yin
Chris, when i Googled it, it cane up with : " Býe a h. Yin and have a h. Yang for free.... "
So you may need some Yin and find an other sort of Yang
Think is is new here... and darn good looking
Pia
So you may need some Yin and find an other sort of Yang
Think is is new here... and darn good looking
Pia
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Re: New in the garden H. Yin
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
Re: New in the garden H. Yin
So Ying is a good looking small/medium hosta and Yang is a cute mini
Great pic
Great pic
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Re: New in the garden H. Yin
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.
Paradise Joyce was another late-season standout.
Re: New in the garden H. Yin
Thanks
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
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
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Re: New in the garden H. Yin
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.
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.