Is this really Baby Bunting?

party_music50 · Post by **party_music50** » May 27, 2008 9:31 pm

I got this in 2006 as 'Baby Bunting'. I've just always wondered if it was marked correctly. Everyone talks about how "cute" 'Baby Bunting' is -- so I expected it to be the size of Pandora's Box. It's much larger than that! (though I guess it matches Zilis' description). Is this Baby Bunting or not? and, if it is, why does it usually get described as a cute mini??? lol!

And for size reference, it's planted next to Heuchera 'Amethyst Mist' that I got at the same tiime:

LucyGoose · Post by **LucyGoose** » May 27, 2008 9:33 pm

I have that one, and I think the leaves are more round.....like really cute round...not pointed.....I can take a picture tomorrow.....

ladybug · Post by **ladybug** » May 27, 2008 9:35 pm

i had it where i lived before and it looks too pointed to me. my guess would be no.
ladybug

party_music50 · Post by **party_music50** » May 27, 2008 9:43 pm

I should have mentioned that the leaves seem extra pointy this year. LOL! It had looked like a greenish Blue Cadet, but this year it's quite different -- note that it is still early in the season here, and most of my hostas aren't completely up/open yet.

I'm not sure what to do with it, but thanks for confirming what I've been thinking all along!

DBoweMD · Post by **DBoweMD** » May 28, 2008 8:26 am

I think it is not BB, The leaves should be more heart shaped. BB is a little bigger than Pandora's Box, but not much.

jgh · Post by **jgh** » May 28, 2008 8:34 am

I just peeked out my kitchen window at a couple of BB that are over 10 years old... leaves are distinctly rounded and have never gone to a pointy look. I'd say definitely not BB...

party_music50 · Post by **party_music50** » May 28, 2008 8:48 am

Thanks for confirming my suspicions! Maybe someone will admire it and it can go home with them.

oh! I know! I'm running a charity Memorial golf tournament in August for my niece, so I think I'll pot it up as a doorprize!

jgh · Post by **jgh** » May 28, 2008 9:41 am

just stepped out and took a picture

party_music50 · Post by **party_music50** » May 28, 2008 10:03 am

Thanks for the photo, jgh! yours is "cute", and I can tell from the pinecones that mine is much larger and more blue-ish.

Any ideas what my pointy small hosta might be? (other than unwanted? lol!)

loisf · Post by **loisf** » May 30, 2008 5:26 pm

Could be Blue Dimples.

LucyGoose · Post by **LucyGoose** » May 30, 2008 6:05 pm

Here is mine....

morgansrgr8 · Post by **morgansrgr8** » Jul 07, 2008 11:02 pm

Did you ever figure out what you have. I have one just like it.

party_music50 · Post by **party_music50** » Jul 08, 2008 6:02 am

Nah... I don't think I'll ever know what it is, other than a small bluish hosta.

It should flower soon... the leaves don't look nearly as pointed now as they did in that earlier photo. I'll try to remember to get updated photos.

BTW: I wish mine looked like the ones posted by others.

morgansrgr8 · Post by **morgansrgr8** » Jul 09, 2008 3:25 pm

Well the only mini greens that I can remember getting are Tiny Tears, Thumbnail and Teaspoon so why am I having such a hard time placing them.

Probly because of trades and not writing down new ones I might have gotten. LOL go figure.

jgh · Post by **jgh** » Jul 09, 2008 10:23 pm

uh, Linda... if you have Teaspoon planted as a mini, you are in for a surprise. I tookfour large divisions off mine for my sale and it is still easily 30¨ in diameter this year! Leaves are smallish, but the plant is proving to be closer to medium than small and certainly not in the mini category!

love from Peru
Jim