Hosta of the Day #2 - Grand Slam

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Hosta of the Day #2 - Grand Slam

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Grand Slam is thought to be a "select form of H. longpipes var. latifolia". (Hmm, this seems to be a variant spelling of longipes - I never noticed the "p" in the middle but it seems to be all over the Web.)

There has been discussion on this forum about a similarity to Marilyn Monroe viewtopic.php?f=1&t=55132&p=477251&hili ... am#p477251
since MM is a type of longipes latifolia seedling. I think Marilyn Monroe has a more rippled edge than Grand Slam.

Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... and%20Slam
MyHostas - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Grand+Slam
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/g/grandslam.html

I have had Grand Slam growing in my garden since 2009.

Here it is in 2011.
Grand Slam - July 15, 2011
Grand Slam - July 15, 2011
Grand Slam - July 15, 2011
Grand Slam - July 15, 2011
Grand Slam - September 12, 2011
Grand Slam - September 12, 2011
That's Mr Blue in the background.
Grand Slam - September 12, 2011
Grand Slam - September 12, 2011
Grand Slam - September 12, 2011
Grand Slam - September 12, 2011
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Re: Hosta of the Day #2 - Grand Slam

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Grand Slam late in the 2012 season
Grand Slam - September 16, 2012
Grand Slam - September 16, 2012
Grand Slam - September 16, 2012
Grand Slam - September 16, 2012
And Grand Slam late in the 2013 season
Grand Slam - September 3, 2013
Grand Slam - September 3, 2013
Grand Slam - September 3, 2013
Grand Slam - September 3, 2013
Grand Slam - September 14, 2013
Grand Slam - September 14, 2013
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More of Grand Slam late in the 2013 season
Grand Slam - September 14, 2013
Grand Slam - September 14, 2013
Grand Slam - September 14, 2013
Grand Slam - September 14, 2013
Grand Slam - September 14, 2013
Grand Slam - September 14, 2013
Grand Slam - September 14, 2013
Grand Slam - September 14, 2013
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Grand Slam late in the 2014 season
Grand Slam - September 22, 2014
Grand Slam - September 22, 2014
Grand Slam - September 14, 2014
Grand Slam - September 14, 2014
Grand Slam - September 14, 2014
Grand Slam - September 14, 2014
And a comparison of the flowers of Grand Slam and longipes latifolia - I was curious.
Grand Slam on the left with longipes latifolia in the center and rupifraga on the right
Grand Slam flower comparison - September 22, 2014
Grand Slam flower comparison - September 22, 2014
Grand Slam flower comparison - September 22, 2014
Grand Slam flower comparison - September 22, 2014
Grand Slam and longipes latifolia have the same flower.
I was comparing with rupifraga because the database write-up mentioned something about rupifraga "in the trade" being longipes latifolia. This flower is definitely different.
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Re: Hosta of the Day #2 - Grand Slam

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Not really a Grand Slam point but I felt I left something undone in the last post. I didn't have a good photo comparing the 3 flowers from the front only from the side. Here is longipes latifolia and rupifraga from the front. longipes latifolia looks the same as Grand Slam so that's not an issue.
longipes latifolia & rupifraga - September 22, 2014
longipes latifolia & rupifraga - September 22, 2014
Clearly a difference - rupifraga is lighter and the central color swath does not descend into the center of the flower the way it does on longipes latifolia.
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