Spilt Milk Sport?
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Spilt Milk Sport?
Is my Spilt Milk sporting to a solid edge version? I think most of the medium green edged leaves are from the same eye.
Laura
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Hi Laura,
Yup, that's what it looks like to me too. I didn't know it was that common, but I have one of these versions of Spilt Milk too and I think its a neat looking plant.
But yours is larger than the one I have, so I'm sure you found it before I did
Heck, they call the solid, non-streaked version Hosta 'Green Milk' and this is a lot cooler than that plant so maybe this one deserves a name too?
Yup, that's what it looks like to me too. I didn't know it was that common, but I have one of these versions of Spilt Milk too and I think its a neat looking plant.
But yours is larger than the one I have, so I'm sure you found it before I did
Heck, they call the solid, non-streaked version Hosta 'Green Milk' and this is a lot cooler than that plant so maybe this one deserves a name too?
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Thanks, that's news to me Kent. I'll have to take a closer look at my older plants to see if those are developing this yet too. My stock plants are now in their 5th and 6th growing seasons and I hadn't noticed it, but the one that I did notice it on is a 3rd year TC. Perhaps do you think if these show a wide blue/green margin at a young age they will then have an even wider margin when they mature?
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Very hosta!
How interesting Kent. Thanks for sharing that info.
How interesting Kent. Thanks for sharing that info.
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Hmmm, I wonder if this is in any of my hosta books.
I don't know if this one is one I would call "well grown", unless neglected is "well known". It is is about 5 years old and not all that large. I've heard it can be a slow-grower, however.
I planted it originally down on a slope near my road and it had about 2 eyes for the first couple of years, and seemed to be regressing from its original size. I moved it last fall into a different spot still in the shade and it seems much happier now.
I'm gradually moving hostas out of that bed altogether so that they can get better soil with fewer roots to fight. It's under a pair of large oaks at the moment.
Laura
Hmmm, I wonder if this is in any of my hosta books.
I don't know if this one is one I would call "well grown", unless neglected is "well known". It is is about 5 years old and not all that large. I've heard it can be a slow-grower, however.
I planted it originally down on a slope near my road and it had about 2 eyes for the first couple of years, and seemed to be regressing from its original size. I moved it last fall into a different spot still in the shade and it seems much happier now.
I'm gradually moving hostas out of that bed altogether so that they can get better soil with fewer roots to fight. It's under a pair of large oaks at the moment.
Laura
Yours sure looks good, Laura.
Until I get another one, having wide green margins on a well grown specimen won't be a problem for me. Crab apple tree roots took a huge toll on mine over several years - kept getting smaller & smaller even after I dug it up & moved it. Then it got zapped by the cold this spring. It still had 3 tiny eyes starting to send up tiny leaves when I moved it to another spot. But when I looked the other day, they've all dried up. I'll dig it up & see if anything's there, but I'm doubtful. It went from very shaded to significantly more sun & that's not been good for several I moved there.
Until I get another one, having wide green margins on a well grown specimen won't be a problem for me. Crab apple tree roots took a huge toll on mine over several years - kept getting smaller & smaller even after I dug it up & moved it. Then it got zapped by the cold this spring. It still had 3 tiny eyes starting to send up tiny leaves when I moved it to another spot. But when I looked the other day, they've all dried up. I'll dig it up & see if anything's there, but I'm doubtful. It went from very shaded to significantly more sun & that's not been good for several I moved there.
I also have a SM that looks just like that. I thought it was a sport too. Oh well, I really do liike it though.
I do have a SM that I believe is unique. The margins are quite wide with just a narrow marking in the center. Some of the leaves don't have any markings at all. I'll have to post a pic of it...both last year and this year.
cheers!
I do have a SM that I believe is unique. The margins are quite wide with just a narrow marking in the center. Some of the leaves don't have any markings at all. I'll have to post a pic of it...both last year and this year.
cheers!
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I finally got a picture of that odd Spilt Milk I mentioned before. This is a 3rd year plant from TC, so it is younger than most of our Spilt Milk, but I thought the pattern was unique and thought it was different from the norm. Some of the older ones show a little bit of a margin, but others have streaking all the way out to the edge so I maybe they are just really variable from plant to plant?
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