Daily Hosta #2 - 'Lakeside Elfin Fire' - Add your pics

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Daily Hosta #2 - 'Lakeside Elfin Fire' - Add your pics

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Name: H. 'Lakeside Elfin Fire'

Description: Fast growing mound. Leaves white with green speckling. Dark green margin. Petiole red at the base.
Size: Mini (10"w x 5"h)
Origin: H. ‘Little White Lines’ x H. ‘seedling’ (Mary Chastain 2000)
Flowers: Pale to deep purple striped, tubular flowers on a short white scape in mid-summer.
Added to garden: Spring 2007

Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... fin%20Fire

MyHostas - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Lakeside+Elfin+Fire

Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/l/lelfin.html

Notes: This one is an enthusiastic mini - with a fast growth rate for a white-leaved plant. BTW, this is just one clump of it. At one time I decided to make a border of it and divided it. However, I've rethought that and will move it back to a large clump.
'Lakeside Elfin Fire' - July 18
'Lakeside Elfin Fire' - July 18
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I had a bright idea to divide this one and make a border, but it didn't work well. Have replanted all the divisions close together and hope it recovers well.
'Lakeside elfin Fire', July 21, 2012
'Lakeside elfin Fire', July 21, 2012
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This one had a lot of solid green in 2013 and even though I never cut it out, there is much less in 2014. Still pretty small, but hanging on. Photo from July 16, 2014.
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2015 - July 25. Hanging on, but not showing much growth.
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2016 update - I think I need to put this one back in a pot.
July 23, 2016
July 23, 2016
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2017 update. Not much change although some parts of it try to sport to all green. Aug. 5
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