'King Michael'
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'King Michael'
Looks better every year
Hosta Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... %20Michael
MyHostas Database - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/King+Michael
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/k/kingmichael.html
Hosta Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... %20Michael
MyHostas Database - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/King+Michael
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/k/kingmichael.html
Last edited by barbara on May 29, 2007 6:12 pm, edited 1 time in total.
King
Nice looking King Micheal.
I got mine last year off a plant about three times the size of the one shown and it was a must have.
I got mine last year off a plant about three times the size of the one shown and it was a must have.
What a shape
never heard of it before ... but....
never heard of it before ... but....
Against stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.
E-mail for pics hostapics@gmail.com
E-mail for pics hostapics@gmail.com
I looked up the registration last nite & it was listed under sport: H. montana form.
The additional description:
Bearing a strong resemblance to H. montana macrophylla, it has deeply impressed veins and the same graceful, elegant habit. White flowers.
It wasn't registered until 1992 by Peter Ruh, but was originated by Gus Krossa w/Alex Summers as nominant. So I'd say it's been around for quite a while.
The additional description:
Bearing a strong resemblance to H. montana macrophylla, it has deeply impressed veins and the same graceful, elegant habit. White flowers.
It wasn't registered until 1992 by Peter Ruh, but was originated by Gus Krossa w/Alex Summers as nominant. So I'd say it's been around for quite a while.
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Ginger, that's the plastic wrap Barbara has wrapped around the petioles to keep them looking like parading soldiers.
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Barbara, I think your pic is going to cause a run on this hosta, by whatever name it's called. It's a real beauty, and well displayed.
George, ...that was a good one!
Linda P
George, ...that was a good one!
Linda P
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And frosts are slain and flowers begotten.....
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And frosts are slain and flowers begotten.....
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Latitude: 41° 51' 12.1572"
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Darned if I can tell them apart. Officially, 'King Michael' should be a cloned plant where montana f. macrophylla would be a seed strain, but the reality likely is that there is only one clone of MfM in the trade, which is awfully redundant with KM. If you have enough space to have them both… But Niagara Falls is still better!
Darned if I can tell them apart. Officially, 'King Michael' should be a cloned plant where montana f. macrophylla would be a seed strain, but the reality likely is that there is only one clone of MfM in the trade, which is awfully redundant with KM. If you have enough space to have them both… But Niagara Falls is still better!
I really like that one Barbara!
The scapes on my Niagara Falls don't show like those on King Michael. Is that because of the saran wrap?
The scapes on my Niagara Falls don't show like those on King Michael. Is that because of the saran wrap?
Pat
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Keep your face always toward the sunshine and the shadows will fall behind you.
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Keep your face always toward the sunshine and the shadows will fall behind you.
~ Walt Whitman