Hosta Sport Pics
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Hosta Sport Pics
Hope you don't mind if I share some pictures. I sort of took a day off today (don't tell my boss) and enjoyed working in the gardens and getting some pictures. I took about 150 pictures, but won't share them all at once
These are some of the hosta sports we've found, but these aren't all of them. Sometimes when I sit on them for a while they get found elsewhere, but they are still fun to watch grow.
Let me know what you think!
Chris
These are some of the hosta sports we've found, but these aren't all of them. Sometimes when I sit on them for a while they get found elsewhere, but they are still fun to watch grow.
Let me know what you think!
Chris
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- This is a pure white margined sport of Praying Hands. People ask for a piece of this one almost every day!
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- Streaked form of Hosta 'Celestial' (not all the leaves are like this one, but they all have some streaking)
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Here are a couple more:
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- This is a solid green sport of Hosta 'Warwick Delight'. Normally I will just cull the solid green ones like this, but I really like this one. I'm not sure if this has been registered yet - it is growing underneath Alex Summers.
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- This is a white centered sport of Hidden Cove that we've had for 3 years now. We won't be naming it since I found out Q & Z already has this one in production, but it is a great plant and a great grower for this color!
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- This is the sister sport to a plant that Helen has. It is a sport of Second Wind that comes up with a pure white edge in the spring and then the edge gradually greens up. We call this one Hosta 'North Wind'.
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One more picture of our Radiant Edger sports that we have finally decided to name Radiant Star and Malachite.
And another shot of the entire plant of the streaky Celestial.
We also have some other fun sports that we are watching such as a white centered sport of Old Faithful, a reversed sport of Pineapple Upsidedown Cake (via Pineapple Juice), a reverse sport of Darwin's Standard, and a cream centered sport of Olive Branch (that last one is very slow). These have all wintered over at least once, some several years, and all are growing except the Olive Branch sport. Oh, and I also have a margined sport of Niagara Falls!
After you have grown several thousand plants for as long as we have you are bound to find some sport eventually
And another shot of the entire plant of the streaky Celestial.
We also have some other fun sports that we are watching such as a white centered sport of Old Faithful, a reversed sport of Pineapple Upsidedown Cake (via Pineapple Juice), a reverse sport of Darwin's Standard, and a cream centered sport of Olive Branch (that last one is very slow). These have all wintered over at least once, some several years, and all are growing except the Olive Branch sport. Oh, and I also have a margined sport of Niagara Falls!
After you have grown several thousand plants for as long as we have you are bound to find some sport eventually
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- This is Celestial, for comparison.
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- The whole plant of the streaked Celestial.
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- Radiant Star on left, Malachite on right
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So, can we order some now? (hehe) I haven’t even seen the margined Niagara Falls but I really want one - and I don’t even care what color the margin is!!! Please show us that one?
And I really like that Radiant Star and Celestial!
I have Helen’s sister plant to Northwind here for now and it is very lovely. Sturdy, too.
wanda
And I really like that Radiant Star and Celestial!
I have Helen’s sister plant to Northwind here for now and it is very lovely. Sturdy, too.
wanda
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We won't tell the boss.....today anyway J/K. Glad you managed a day off, and what a nice one after the rain last night hey?
Love your sports! Looking forward to seeing more!
Sport of the day perhaps!
Love your sports! Looking forward to seeing more!
Sport of the day perhaps!
Jane (from the middle of the Mitten state)
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That margined Praying Hands is cool -- it's neat that it catches the eye of so many people.
My fav is the one you will name Radiant Star.
Neat sports! Now I want to go post a new thread to ask my questions about sports. lol!
My fav is the one you will name Radiant Star.
Neat sports! Now I want to go post a new thread to ask my questions about sports. lol!
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“If you never did you should. These things are fun and fun is good”
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Nice all of them, but I agree with Reldon... Get that praying Hands sport in TC
I still want it in blue
I still want it in blue
Against stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.
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Wow those are all great!
The Celestial one was my favorite, but want to see the Niagara Falls sport.
The Celestial one was my favorite, but want to see the Niagara Falls sport.
Dave
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