Daily Hosta #1 - 'Karin' - Add your pics

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Daily Hosta #1 - 'Karin' - Add your pics

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Name: H. 'Karin'

Description: Dark green leaves with wide yellow margins. Thick leaves. "Tetraploid".
Size: Medium
Origin: sport of H. 'Anne'
Flowers: Purple flowers in late July. Inflorescence leaves on scape.
Added to garden: spring 2006
Notes: This hosta is patented. Sun tolerant. Karin is the name of my elder daughter. Interesting since my name is Ann, albeit spelled differently. The Registry listings for size indicate a much larger plant than mine appears to be.

This hosta illustrates the pitfalls of choosing a hosta by name. This one has a tendency to drawstring and, in general, doesn't really appeal to me but I'll have to keep it in my garden. The drawstring seemed worse than usual this year because of the very wet May we experienced.

Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... iety=Karin
MyHostas - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Karin
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/k/karin.html
'Karin' - July 18
'Karin' - July 18
'Karin' flower July 24
'Karin' flower July 24
Ann
Pictures of Ann's Hostas:
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Dry year, this year and 'Karin' did well. Not so much drawstringing.
'Karin', July 14, 2012
'Karin', July 14, 2012
leaf - June 19, 2012
leaf - June 19, 2012
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'Karin' at 9 years in my garden is now mature and looking quite good. But I don't expect to see much change from year to year.
Karin-140716sx.jpg
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2015 - Aug. 02.
Karin-150802s.jpg
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2016 update -
Aug. 5, 2016
Aug. 5, 2016
Ann
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2017 update - July 27
Karin-2017-0727s.jpg
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