Hosta of the day -'Teeny-weeny Bikini' - post your pics
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Hosta of the day -'Teeny-weeny Bikini' - post your pics
'Teeny-weeny Bikini' is, perhaps, the smallest hosta I have. I've had it since spring of 2006 and keep it in pots which get buried in my veggie garden for the winter. Very small indeed and this year I had a couple of rogue leaves, but that's all. Not a real sport. This year, the earwigs and slugs have made mincemeat of it which doesn't usually happen.
Ann
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Re: Hosta of the day -'Teeny-weeny Bikini' - post your pics
I had to move mine this spring, asit was completely overshadowed by other plants around it. I planted a group of minis
along a walkway, and then the moles came along and nearly buried all of them. I got them all reset, and Teeny Weeny Bikini
is just now looking like it will make a recovery. So, no pics of it from me, but I love this little plant. Despite the tiny size,
it seems to be quite vigorous.
along a walkway, and then the moles came along and nearly buried all of them. I got them all reset, and Teeny Weeny Bikini
is just now looking like it will make a recovery. So, no pics of it from me, but I love this little plant. Despite the tiny size,
it seems to be quite vigorous.
And time remembered is grief forgotten,
And frosts are slain and flowers begotten.....
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Latitude: 41° 51' 12.1572"
My Hosta List
And frosts are slain and flowers begotten.....
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Latitude: 41° 51' 12.1572"
My Hosta List
Re: Hosta of the day -'Teeny-weeny Bikini' - post your pics
Name: H. 'Teeny-weeny Bikini' REST IN PEACE!
Description: Tiny hosta composed of long, shiny, tapered leaves, each creamy white with a dark green border. Dark purple flowers in late August.
Size: Mini (7"w x 4"h)
Origin: offspring of H.'Tsugaru Komachi'
Flowers: Tubular, deep purple in late August
Source: Patrick Studio (Gardens Galore)
Added to garden: Spring 2006
Notes: Came back quite small in 2012 and the death knell was dealt when squirrels dug it out of its pot twice in one day. Anyone know of a source for this in Canada?
Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... y%20Bikini
MyHostas - http://www.myhostas.be/db/hostas/Teeny-weeny+Bikini
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/t/teeny.html
Description: Tiny hosta composed of long, shiny, tapered leaves, each creamy white with a dark green border. Dark purple flowers in late August.
Size: Mini (7"w x 4"h)
Origin: offspring of H.'Tsugaru Komachi'
Flowers: Tubular, deep purple in late August
Source: Patrick Studio (Gardens Galore)
Added to garden: Spring 2006
Notes: Came back quite small in 2012 and the death knell was dealt when squirrels dug it out of its pot twice in one day. Anyone know of a source for this in Canada?
Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... y%20Bikini
MyHostas - http://www.myhostas.be/db/hostas/Teeny-weeny+Bikini
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/t/teeny.html
Last edited by ViolaAnn on Nov 19, 2012 5:46 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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)
Re: Hosta of the day -'Teeny-weeny Bikini' - post your pics
ViolaAnn---I noticed that Handlebar Hosta Farm in Uxbridge, Ontario have this hosta available on their site. Their website is www.handlebarhostas.ca Telephone no. (905)852-7024. Also Giboshihill Hostas in Cobourg, Ontario have it. Their website is www.simplyhostas.ca. Telephone no. (905)342-3153. I have not ordered with either of them, so I can't give you any opinion.
Re: Hosta of the day -'Teeny-weeny Bikini' - post your pics
Thanks. I have a couple of hostas I got from Giboshihill Hostas when they hosted the hosta picnic a couple of years ago. I'll check that out.
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)
Re: Hosta of the day -'Teeny-weeny Bikini' - post your pics
I got a new 'Teeny-weeny Bikini' in 2013 but it did not make it through last winter.
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)