Korean Snow putting out sport called Frostbite

[redcrx]

I was looking at an offering on the "Building a Dream in the Country" auction called Frostbite - a sport of Korean Snow. I thought it looked familiar and a i took a look at my Korean Snow.

Korean Snow - May 30, 2013

Korean Snow - May 30, 2013

Frostbite sporting from Korean Snow - May 30, 2013

Something else I need to take apart.

[ViolaAnn]

A solid green sport? Why keep it and name it? Don't we have enough of them?

[kaylyred]

A solid green sport? Why keep it and name it? Don't we have enough of them?

My thoughts, too. It's not that there aren't some very attractive solid green hostas, but....

[redcrx]

Why not stamp out all green hosta then? We will have more space for the blues and the yellows and variegated, misted, streakers.


But seriously this is not "a green" hosta. I agree if you are looking at a green sport of Gold Standard (fortunei) then you are right but this has shiny leaves, a thin gold edge, and will have nice "spidery" flowers in a while.

From the MyHosta database:

As stable as misted 'Korean Snow' is, you grow enough of them and eventually you will find one with a white margin. Its narrow white margin on glossy green leaves will play tricks on the eye. Larger, medium-sized, than its parent, it has the same numerous small spider flowers in August
Winner of Best of Section at 2004 First Look!

[ViolaAnn]

Around here, the flowers are in September IF we are lucky.

[redcrx]

I have lots of buds - only lost 1 to rabbits so far.

[sweetee]

Wow, I didn't know there were too many solid green ones. I'm new to hybridizing, but would love to get a slick, invincible leaf, with the texture of black hills, with purple/red scapes. Maybe never happen, but who knows. I'm a wimp when it comes to culling, but I probably wouldn't throw out frostbite. Would I name it? Who knows?