Need help with an ID

[redcrx]

My neighbor has this bunch growing for decades. It sits in full sun all day. It's late in flowering. Petiole is plain green.

[Chris_W]

Hi Ed,

It is good old Lancifolia. At the very base the back of the petioles should be a little reddish, and looking out my window mine are flowering right now too.

[redcrx]

Thanks Chris.

I couldn't get a good photo of the base for comparison - I was reluctant to yank out a neighbor's plant.

[Chris_W]

I wouldn't worry about it. Lancifolia is such an old common one that I'm sure that's it.

[morgansrgr8]

Lancifolia Thats what came to my mind too. I used to have it in my garden before I moved. An old and reliable hosta.

[rockNhostas]

I agree....it's Lancifolia.

[ViolaAnn]

My first thought too!

[redcrx]

I was working on a topic today - clausa normalis - and while tracking back a couple of Pieter's threads I came across a one:
http://www.perennialnursery.com/forums/ ... is#p439192
that looked at lancifolia and cathayana.

The plant I was looking at in this topic put out tons of seed pods. I have planted some but haven't seen anything pop yet. Would seed pods indicate it's cathayana and not lancifolia?