Hosta of the Day #2 - tsushimensis

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Oct 22, 2014 9:43 am

tsushimensis is a species that is mentioned in the latest Hosta Journal in an article about Korean Hosta.

I have two different forms of the plant - a wide leaf and a thinner leaf. ( I may have lost the wide leaf form this season.)

Hosta Registry - not registered - it is a species
MyHostas - http://myhostas.be/db/view/%3Ci%3Etsushimensis%3C/i%3E
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/t/tsushimensis1.html

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Oct 22, 2014 9:50 am

More tsushimensis flower photos

Flowers of the thin leaf form

: tsushimensis thin leaf - September 1, 2013

: tsushimensis thin leaf - September 2, 2013

Flowers of the wide leaf form

: tsushimensis wide leaf - August 30, 2013

: tsushimensis wide leaf - August 30, 2013

: tsushimensis wide leaf - September 1, 2013

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Oct 22, 2014 9:53 am

Some photos of the thin leaf form very late this season.

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Aug 28, 2015 5:59 am

I caught this one at the end of its flowering cycle with two scapes and some seed pods. This is the one I have been calling "thin leafed" but this season it's not much different from the other one (just to the left). The main difference is this one has a shiny leaf back while the other one is frosted.

: tsushimensis 2 - August 27, 2015

: tsushimensis 2 - August 27, 2015

: tsushimensis 2 - August 27, 2015

: tsushimensis 2 - August 27, 2015

: tsushimensis 2 - August 27, 2015

Darn, I was just noticing the "odd" marks in the veins. Hope it's not the X-virus. Could be just some left-over frost damage.

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Aug 20, 2016 11:32 am

tsushimensis today:

: tsushimensis - August 20, 2016

: tsushimensis - August 20, 2016

: tsushimensis - August 20, 2016

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Aug 19, 2017 8:33 am

tsushimensis -1 yesterday - that's 'Delicious' on the right and "Red Twizzler Sticks" above.

: tsushimensis #1 - August 18, 2017

: tsushimensis #1 - August 18, 2017

: tsushimensis #1 - August 18, 2017

: tsushimensis #1 - August 18, 2017

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Aug 22, 2017 11:21 am

I have been posting these plants for a few years. I have one labeled #1 wide leaf and the other #2 thin leaf. This season the #1 version seemed to have thin leaves and I can't tell the plants apart. This morning I noticed they have different colored anthers. The #1 has darker anthers. Looking back at past seasons flowers, I can see the difference.