Hosta of the Day - Collector's Banner

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Feb 04, 2013 7:27 am

Collector's Banner is a sport of Gold Standard.

Hosta Registry - not registered
MyHostas - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Collector's+Banner
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/c/collector.html

I have shown this plant in another topic. viewtopic.php?f=1&t=54401

Here are some photos from last season:

: Collector's Banner - May 13, 2012

: Collector's Banner - May 22, 2012

: Collector's Banner - July 2, 2012

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Feb 04, 2013 7:32 am

Some photos of Collect's Banner in 2010:

: Collect's Banner - June 14, 2010

: Collect's Banner - June 18, 2010

Here it is, late in the season, as it starts a second flowering cycle:

: Collect's Banner - August 30, 2010

: Collect's Banner - September 8, 2010

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Jun 24, 2014 5:10 pm

Collector's Banner this season. It flips it's colors and leaves some white streaking.

: Collector's Banner - May 4, 2014

: Collector's Banner - June 16, 2014

: Collector's Banner - June 16, 2014

: Collector's Banner - June 16, 2014

: Collector's Banner - June 24, 2014

Post by **Chris_W** » Jun 24, 2014 6:10 pm

That is a neat one I haven't come across before. It really seems to be coming along nicely, Ed, and you have some great pictures showing the color changes!

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Jun 25, 2014 7:41 am

Thanks Chris, it's hard to catch them at the right moment. I think photo number 4, the real dark centered one, is the leftmost leaf in the first picture when they just emerge.

I hadn't noticed the "white lightning" before. I'll have to add it to my collection of that type.

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » May 19, 2016 1:52 pm

I was cleaning out one of the gardens behind my house today. It has many Gold Standard sports.

This one is always fun to watch. I wonder how does the plant decide what leaf-color variations it will put up in a season. I don't think I have seen the light center dark edge variation before - it's on two of the sprouts.
Off to the right is one of my Gold Standard sports Standard's Bands - it's overwhelming Collector's Banner so I will need to "trim" some hunks off of it..