Hosta Leaves #1 - Dream Weaver
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Hosta Leaves #1 - Dream Weaver
I love taking pics of Dream Weaver, but I guess I need a better camera to get the coloring right. They always look more green than they actually are, but the texture & variegation keeps me taking more. A couple of these are not quite in focus, but the corrugation detail is pretty I think. These were taken Monday evening.
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Beautiful pics Reldon! I love Dream Weaver even if mine is only two eyes.
Pat
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So,is the only difference, in the corrugation? I don't have Dream Weaver, and my Thunderbolts are only a couple years old, so....should I get a Dream Weaver do you think?
Jane (from the middle of the Mitten state)
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So then what is the difference in them? I don't see it, other than the corrugation?
Jane (from the middle of the Mitten state)
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I've never been able to tell the difference either, Jane. But the center may be slightly narrower/more uniform in Thunderbolt. Dream Weaver is a sport of Great Expectations [which is a sport of Elegans] and Thunderbolt is a sport of Elegans. More or less the same sport occuring in 2 related plants. And there is a newer one - Dream Queen - that is another similar sport of Great Expectations. I think the center in it is sposed to be more yellow. [Mine didn't survive its 1st winter so I can't tell you for sure.] But it's more or less the same. Just sported for a different grower & got a different name & was marketed. Life as usual in the hosta~world.
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i think DW and TB are more or less the same, just developed in different nurseries. Jan van den Top (hosta nursery in Barneveld, NL) needs a label too, to tell the difference
Just my guess
i think DW and TB are more or less the same, just developed in different nurseries. Jan van den Top (hosta nursery in Barneveld, NL) needs a label too, to tell the difference
Just my guess
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Zone 6b (526 m above sealevel, 1,5 m above lakelevel )
"Ein Leben ohne Hosta ist ein Irrtum"
frei nach Karl Foerster
I found Dream Weaver for sale yesterday and got a couple, price was right. I'm not dividing any of my established Thunderbolts for people who want a piece! I expect it to be the same looking plant as Thunderbolt.
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Then I guess that answers it for me. I'll keep one to share and one to grow and forget getting the dream weaver or queen.
Thanks Guys!
Thanks Guys!
Jane (from the middle of the Mitten state)
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Beautiful pics Reldon!!! Of all these look-a-likes I only have Thunderbolt, but no recent pics. This is from May 7 and it's sending up a scape. Only 1 eye still, but if I remember right from seeing it yesterday it getting bigger. I'll take another pic later.
Debbie
Beautiful pics Reldon!!! Of all these look-a-likes I only have Thunderbolt, but no recent pics. This is from May 7 and it's sending up a scape. Only 1 eye still, but if I remember right from seeing it yesterday it getting bigger. I'll take another pic later.
Debbie