Hosta of the days -'Twist of Lime' - post your pics

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Hosta of the days -'Twist of Lime' - post your pics

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Oops. Was out the door at 9 am this morning and just got home. Am volunteering at and attending the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival. So I forgot about getting a new pic up before I left this morning. Let's make this one for Thursday and Friday.

So, while I have 'Venus', I 'll have to resize pics of it and it's too early to have pics of bloom from this year. So I suggest waiting a bit on it and going on to 'Twist of Lime'. This is a fast-growing, easy to divide mini. Related to the 'Lemon-Lime' family. A good bloomer as well.
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Hi Ann,

Thanks for posting these. I'm reading them, but don't have the pictures handy to share but will get out in the garden one of these days to do it ;)

Twist of Lime is one of my favorite border plants, and yes, the flowers are terrific on this one too. The Lemon Lime family is also a reliable reblooming hosta, having two distinct sets of blooms each summer.
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I have this one, purchased in 2001. Got it for the name, kept it because it is a cute, tidy little hosta.
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Love these one. They are already on the list for next year. Wife wants to put them in pots on the front porch.
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We just got ours this year so I'm glad to hear that others like it too. This is what it looked like just a few days after planting.
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Name: H. 'Twist of Lime'

Description: A new 'twist' to the already popular 'Lemon Lime'. The same bright gold lance-like leaves as its parent, but is also has a narrowing green edge.

Size: Tiny (10"w x 6"h)
Origin: Sport of H. 'Lemon Lime'
Flowers: deep violet, tubular on 20" scape
Source: Fundy Beauties
Added to garden: Spring 2008
Notes: not much growth on mine and it turns green quite quickly.

Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... 0of%20Lime
MyHostas - http://www.myhostas.be/db/hostas/Twist+of+Lime
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/t/twistoflime.html
'Twist of Lime', June 13, 2012
'Twist of Lime', June 13, 2012
leaf June 19, 2012
leaf June 19, 2012
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New this month in my garden, its a cutie

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I have two pieces of Twist of Lime - one in the ground in sun and one in a trough in shade.
Twist of Lime - April 18, 2012
Twist of Lime - April 18, 2012
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Twist of Lime - June 23, 2012
Twist of Lime - June 23, 2012
Twist of Lime - September 14, 2012
Twist of Lime - September 14, 2012
Twist of Lime - September 16, 2012
Twist of Lime - September 16, 2012
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'Twist of Lime' division I tried this year in the sun, got sunburned later on:
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And some divisions in another bed that had repeated bunny buffet visits after this pic:
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Tracked down a really late flower for Twist of Lime:
Twist of Lime - October 8, 2012
Twist of Lime - October 8, 2012
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2014 - I'm not seeing a lot of change in mine. I had a second division in a pot which turned totally green during the summer - gave it to a friend who needed one. Picture July 8, 2014. BTW, you'll see a bit of 'Lemon Frost' at the right. The two sort of blend together in the garden.
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2015 - July 03. Does anyone else have difficulty photographing this one? I take regular pictures of my garden - the entire collection every week or 10 days. And THIS is the one which is always out of focus. At any rate, it chugs along, growing well.
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2016 update
July 23, 2016
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