Hosta of the Day - Green Mouse Ears

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Hosta of the Day - Green Mouse Ears

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Green Mouse Ears is an all green sport of Blue Mouse Ears. Same characteristics as its parent.

Hosta Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... use%20Ears
MyHostas - http://www.myhostas.be/db/hostas/Green+Mouse+Ears
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/g/greenmouseears.html

I have two clumps of this. They were planted on 2009.

Here they are in 2010:
Green Mouse Ears - June 10, 2010
Green Mouse Ears - June 10, 2010
Green Mouse Ears - June 16, 2010
Green Mouse Ears - June 16, 2010
Green Mouse Ears - June 17, 2010
Green Mouse Ears - June 17, 2010
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Re: Hosta of the Day - Green Mouse Ears

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Here are some other photos of Green Mouse Ears.
Green Mouse Ears - May 7, 2011
Green Mouse Ears - May 7, 2011
Green Mouse Ears - June 16, 2011
Green Mouse Ears - June 16, 2011
Green Mouse Ears - June 16, 2011
Green Mouse Ears - June 16, 2011
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And here is late in 2012:
Green Mouse Ears - September 27, 2012
Green Mouse Ears - September 27, 2012
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Re: Hosta of the Day - Green Mouse Ears

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We see these from time to time within batches of Blue Mouse Ears. Normally it would be something culled out of a batch, but they did get introduced and sold so I suspect there was a group of Blue Mouse Ears in tissue culture of these that was so big that it would have been too expensive to just throw them all away. Still, I've had a couple people tell me they like it a lot.
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