Not Pic of the Day 6-01-08 Cinnamon Sticks
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Not Pic of the Day 6-01-08 Cinnamon Sticks
The Quest For Red...
I talked in a previous post about surges in interest (fads, if you will) in the world of hostadom. Right now, I'd say the most dominant focus seems to be on "rippled" edges... rippled really doesn't really say it correctly. Look at the things Kent has been working on like Clovelly (or the nameless one he recently lost), or Queen of the Seas, or Sea Gulf Stream and you see the small, complicated ripples. We've gotten names like The Razor's Edge and Hacksaw and Ginsu Knife.
The big fad in breeding previous to this one was red. The race was on to get more and more red onto the leaves, leading, we assumed, eventually to a red-leafed hosta. I went with the craze. I've got some of the earlier red-petioled ones like Red October. I've got Katsuragawa Beni and Harry van der Laar which have the red dots to 1/3 or 1/2 the way up the midrib of the leaf.
Along the way, we may have lost sight of the real question - why would we want a red hosta? I think the real benefit of the breeding was primarily in generating some good plants in the yellow, green, and bluish categories that had nice red petioles, or red speckles, and often had nice white backs to the leaves as well. So we have Fire Island - incredible bright yellow leaves in the spring and upright enough to show off its bright red legs as well. The aforementioned Katsuragawa Beni and Harry van der Laar are nice green plants with reasonable vigor and the red spots up onto the leaf are just an added bonus.
In my garden, Cinnamon Sticks has grown well... no trouble, reasonable vigor, and it presents a very nice combination of bluish leaves, white undersides, and red spots. An added benefit is the interesting forms as the plant opens. We are having a late spring and we are noticing many of the plants not only opening slowly, but also opening oddly... I am theorizing below-ground frost damage as they sat for weeks beyond their normal date in wet, cold soil. The silver lining is when a cultivar opens like an O'Keefe painting... like Cinnamon Sticks is doing.
Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... n%20Sticks
MyHostas - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Cinnamon+Sticks
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/c/cinnamon.html
I talked in a previous post about surges in interest (fads, if you will) in the world of hostadom. Right now, I'd say the most dominant focus seems to be on "rippled" edges... rippled really doesn't really say it correctly. Look at the things Kent has been working on like Clovelly (or the nameless one he recently lost), or Queen of the Seas, or Sea Gulf Stream and you see the small, complicated ripples. We've gotten names like The Razor's Edge and Hacksaw and Ginsu Knife.
The big fad in breeding previous to this one was red. The race was on to get more and more red onto the leaves, leading, we assumed, eventually to a red-leafed hosta. I went with the craze. I've got some of the earlier red-petioled ones like Red October. I've got Katsuragawa Beni and Harry van der Laar which have the red dots to 1/3 or 1/2 the way up the midrib of the leaf.
Along the way, we may have lost sight of the real question - why would we want a red hosta? I think the real benefit of the breeding was primarily in generating some good plants in the yellow, green, and bluish categories that had nice red petioles, or red speckles, and often had nice white backs to the leaves as well. So we have Fire Island - incredible bright yellow leaves in the spring and upright enough to show off its bright red legs as well. The aforementioned Katsuragawa Beni and Harry van der Laar are nice green plants with reasonable vigor and the red spots up onto the leaf are just an added bonus.
In my garden, Cinnamon Sticks has grown well... no trouble, reasonable vigor, and it presents a very nice combination of bluish leaves, white undersides, and red spots. An added benefit is the interesting forms as the plant opens. We are having a late spring and we are noticing many of the plants not only opening slowly, but also opening oddly... I am theorizing below-ground frost damage as they sat for weeks beyond their normal date in wet, cold soil. The silver lining is when a cultivar opens like an O'Keefe painting... like Cinnamon Sticks is doing.
Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... n%20Sticks
MyHostas - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Cinnamon+Sticks
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/c/cinnamon.html
Last edited by jgh on Jun 02, 2008 10:50 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Lovely plant. Cinomine Sticks is one of mine that is still thriving, thank goodness. At least I think it is C.S., none of my markers are around anymore. Need to drag out my maps and hope that are current.
Tami
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It's fertile and good for hybridizing. I need to get mine in the ground so it can get bigger.
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Oh, I like Cinnamon Sticks! I seem to have overlooked it in the past. Very nice seedlings Dr. Dave! I'm keeping an eye on the Cinnamon Stick crosses that you brought to the Hallson's Happening last year.
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Re: Not Pic of the Day 6-01-08 Cinnamon Sticks
Some photos of Cinnamon Sticks from this past season and from the 2013 season.
Ed McHugh, Sicklerville NJ
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
Re: Not Pic of the Day 6-01-08 Cinnamon Sticks
Another cluster of photos of Cinnamon Sticks from this past season and the 2013 season. This deals with the flowers.
Ed McHugh, Sicklerville NJ
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
Re: Not Pic of the Day 6-01-08 Cinnamon Sticks
A photo of Cinnamon Sticks from a few years ago focused on the colorful bracts and the dark scape.
I was looking for a connection to one of its offspring - Almost - which also has a lot of color in its bract.
I was looking for a connection to one of its offspring - Almost - which also has a lot of color in its bract.
Ed McHugh, Sicklerville NJ
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
Re: Not Pic of the Day 6-01-08 Cinnamon Sticks
I was trying to ID a potted plant that didn't seem to have a tag. My garden map suggested it was Cinnamon Sticks. When I pulled the pot out I did find the tag - it was CS. I got some photos but the flower was partially eaten so not much good for showing except I noticed the style had some purple on it. I checked this topics photos but they didn't show it. I went back into my garden to get photos of flowers on another CS I have in a trough but they don't show it either. I have noticed that the style coloration is more prominent on the earlier opening flowers. The photo I got today showing the marking is the first flower to open. The other CS is well into its flowering cycle - I didn't think to get early photos of it.
And the one in a trough:
Ed McHugh, Sicklerville NJ
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.