Pic of the Day--Kifukurin Ko Mame
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Pic of the Day--Kifukurin Ko Mame
Hi All--Today's plant, Kifukurin Ko Mame was added to our garden this past summer. In reading Schmid's "The Genus Hosta" and the information in the Hosta Library, I learned how to speak Japanese!! (well, OK. I learned that KO means "small" and Mame means "pea" and Kifukurin apparently means "gold-margined") So, the name Kifukurin Ko Mame translates to "gold-margined very small hosta" and by golly, that is exactly what my plant looks like. (:-) The little thing measured 7x3 and might be expected to grow to 10x3.
Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... 0Ko%20Mame
MyHostas - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Kifukurin+Ko+Mame
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/k/kitukurin.html
Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... 0Ko%20Mame
MyHostas - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Kifukurin+Ko+Mame
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/k/kitukurin.html
Hank
Better Gnomes & Gardens
zone 4B-5A
Latitude: 43° 48' 51" N
Better Gnomes & Gardens
zone 4B-5A
Latitude: 43° 48' 51" N
NIce photo
Mine is about the same size, but I can't find the photo easily right now. I migrated a bunch of ohotos and Windows decided to rename them all so I have some detective work to do after the holidays trying to get them all named again
Mine is about the same size, but I can't find the photo easily right now. I migrated a bunch of ohotos and Windows decided to rename them all so I have some detective work to do after the holidays trying to get them all named again
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Kifukurin Ko Mame is one of my earlier Hostas - I acquired it about 1999 or 2000. I find it an enthusiastic grower. One which divides easily and grows rapidly enough to fill in as a great edger. Blooms just as enthusiastically.
Ann
Pictures of Ann's Hostas:
http://violaann.smugmug.com/Garden/Host ... 361_qL3gHS (SmugMug gallery now updated for 2016)
Pictures of Ann's Hostas:
http://violaann.smugmug.com/Garden/Host ... 361_qL3gHS (SmugMug gallery now updated for 2016)
Give it time and I bet it will be.
Ann
Pictures of Ann's Hostas:
http://violaann.smugmug.com/Garden/Host ... 361_qL3gHS (SmugMug gallery now updated for 2016)
Pictures of Ann's Hostas:
http://violaann.smugmug.com/Garden/Host ... 361_qL3gHS (SmugMug gallery now updated for 2016)
I saw this one in the rock garden section of the NY botanical garden, surrounded by gravel, late last August, and all specimens were perfect - not a single bug hole. A perfect little thing, and so easy to find a spot for.
Digs.
Digs.
...greening up the Great White North!!!
Digs' hosta list
45° 22' N 75° 43' W, 114 metres (374 ') above sea level.
Digs' hosta list
45° 22' N 75° 43' W, 114 metres (374 ') above sea level.
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I have a "thing" about KKM. I had it and about 10 other minis in a triple decker flower pot. Something (precious little neighbor dog) knocked the whole pot over one day & several of the hostas fell out. I wasn't sure if I ID'd them correctly when I repotted.
So for some dumb blonde reason I blamed it all on poor little KKM, probly cause I can't ever remember it's name. (Like that's a reason a dog would try jumping over a pot. Really, I have no idea what I'm talking about! )
I yell at it like I do at KOMODO DRAGON but since I don't know the name I call if Kifi KO Mommy, pretending that's japanese for "Your Mama!"
It responded to my yelling by refusing to grow. Hopefully this year it will have forgotten, I will hopefully refrain from calling it that silly name & it will start growing again and I will be able to actually tell if it is KKM or one of the other ones that fell out. And if it isn't, well, then, no wonder it refused to grow.
So for some dumb blonde reason I blamed it all on poor little KKM, probly cause I can't ever remember it's name. (Like that's a reason a dog would try jumping over a pot. Really, I have no idea what I'm talking about! )
I yell at it like I do at KOMODO DRAGON but since I don't know the name I call if Kifi KO Mommy, pretending that's japanese for "Your Mama!"
It responded to my yelling by refusing to grow. Hopefully this year it will have forgotten, I will hopefully refrain from calling it that silly name & it will start growing again and I will be able to actually tell if it is KKM or one of the other ones that fell out. And if it isn't, well, then, no wonder it refused to grow.
Cola
Freaking out do not help at all
Calm down and look at the hostas... if ýou have the bought list in your hand, they willl wisper their name
And if they refuge...someone here can telll you
Freaking out do not help at all
Calm down and look at the hostas... if ýou have the bought list in your hand, they willl wisper their name
And if they refuge...someone here can telll you
Against stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.
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Thy you're going to be proud of me coz I actually drew a map of that pot! There were several that looked alike and a few that died, so that's why I'm confused. It'll work out. I'll buy more! If I happen to buy a duplicate, who cares?
I'm not freaking out, I just love to be silly with my hostas! And with you guys!
I'm not freaking out, I just love to be silly with my hostas! And with you guys!
Freaky, don'tcha know that you can yell at the big, tough ones, but you have to talk nice to the little guys.
I had KKM, but lost it a couple years ago. Have to go see if the friend I shared it with still has it, but I have a feeling hers is gone. She planted it under a huge old maple tree that eats everything she puts there.
Linda P
I had KKM, but lost it a couple years ago. Have to go see if the friend I shared it with still has it, but I have a feeling hers is gone. She planted it under a huge old maple tree that eats everything she puts there.
Linda P
And time remembered is grief forgotten,
And frosts are slain and flowers begotten.....
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Latitude: 41° 51' 12.1572"
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And frosts are slain and flowers begotten.....
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Latitude: 41° 51' 12.1572"
My Hosta List
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