Hi All--Today's plant was named for Alex Summers, the founder of the American Hosta Society. I got the plant in 2002 and have it planted in a spot that gets about 2-3 hours of afternoon sun. It's attractive foliage has rapidly increased from 15x6 in 2002 to 24x11, 30x15, 39x15, 53x23 and 59x24 this year. That puts the plant I have at two and half times the diameter of 24x20 given in the registration information. It is interesting to see the changes in the leaf appearance as the plant has matured in the photos from 2002, 2004 and 2007.
Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.php?id=154
MyHostas - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Alex+Summers
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/a/alex.html
Pic of the Day--Alex Summers
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