Pic of the Day--Emerald Necklace

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Hank Zumach
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Pic of the Day--Emerald Necklace

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Hi All--Emerald Necklace, with its unique, very interesting foliage is one of my top favorites. Only the outer rim of the leaves are corrugated, the only variety with this characteristic that I am aware of. Early in the season (1st pic) many of the leaves have central portions that are a bright cream color, adding to the appeal of the plant. By mid season (2nd pic) the contrasting colors are less distinct but the plant remains very attractive. Since buying the plant in 1999 it has been growing in a spot that gets about 3 hours of mid-day sun. Its size reached 37x20 in 2005 before I took two divisions from it but it has quickly rebounded by going 32x17 in 2006 and 37x17 last summer, just about matching Mark Zilis' listed size of 33x16 for a mature plant. Slugs have not been a problem but all of our plants get a routine application of Deadline MP.

Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... 20Necklace
MyHostas - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Emerald+Necklace
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/e/emneck.html
Emerald Necklace 6-25-07c 052.jpg
Emerald Necklace 5-29-02c 031.jpg
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So pretty! And I love the name. I did get it this last year and have it planted in a new bed. I'm hoping it (and all the others) will survive the winter. I don't have any decent pics of mine yet.
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Got it after wanting it for years in 2006 and so got Hans Hansen , min haven't grown much, have to ask Hans :wink:

Confused :-? :o :lol:

It is so lovely with the edges :wink:

Thanks for sharing pics and knowledge :D :D :D Hank
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Hank, I ordered this one. Do you or anyone else know if it is fertile?

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Laura--The Library says the seeds are viable.
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I put together a 4 page set of pictures of Emerald Necklace through the 2011 season and a few shots from this season.
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Emerald Necklace - April 26, 2011
Emerald Necklace - April 26, 2011
Emerald Necklace - April 28, 2011
Emerald Necklace - April 28, 2011
Emerald Necklace - April 29, 2011
Emerald Necklace - April 29, 2011
Emerald Necklace - May 7, 2011
Emerald Necklace - May 7, 2011
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page 2:
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Emerald Necklace - May 10, 2011
Emerald Necklace - May 10, 2011
Emerald Necklace - May 10, 2011
Emerald Necklace - May 10, 2011
Emerald Necklace - June 16, 2011
Emerald Necklace - June 16, 2011
Emerald Necklace - June 16, 2011
Emerald Necklace - June 16, 2011
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Re: Pic of the Day--Emerald Necklace

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page 3:
Emerald Necklace - July 11, 2011
Emerald Necklace - July 11, 2011
The heritage of this hosta is listed as "a sport of a tardiflora seedling". But these flowers show-up in mid-season and have well defined stripes which is totally different from tardiflora flowers.
Emerald Necklace - July 22, 2011
Emerald Necklace - July 22, 2011
Emerald Necklace - July 25, 2011
Emerald Necklace - July 25, 2011
Emerald Necklace - July 27, 2011
Emerald Necklace - July 27, 2011
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last page - some shots from this season:
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Emerald Necklace - June 2, 2012
Emerald Necklace - June 2, 2012
Emerald Necklace - August 6, 2012
Emerald Necklace - August 6, 2012
Emerald Necklace - August 6, 2012
Emerald Necklace - August 6, 2012
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Another Emerald Necklace with White Line fever to the right:
Emerald Necklace - July 23, 2015
Emerald Necklace - July 23, 2015
Emerald Necklace - July 23, 2015
Emerald Necklace - July 23, 2015
Emerald Necklace - July 23, 2015
Emerald Necklace - July 23, 2015
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Re: Pic of the Day--Emerald Necklace

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Emerald Necklace today in flower:
That's Brenda's Beauty on the left.
Emerald Necklace - August 10, 2017
Emerald Necklace - August 10, 2017
Emerald Necklace - August 10, 2017
Emerald Necklace - August 10, 2017
Emerald Necklace - August 10, 2017
Emerald Necklace - August 10, 2017
Emerald Necklace - August 10, 2017
Emerald Necklace - August 10, 2017
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