Wally's Bullfrog

Talk about hostas, hostas, and more hostas! Companion plant topics should be posted in the Shade Garden forum.

Moderators: ViolaAnn, redcrx, Chris_W

New Topic Post Reply
User avatar
Phil
Posts: 188
Joined: Jun 02, 2012 12:21 pm
USDA Zone: 5b
Location: South Kent, CT
Contact:

Wally's Bullfrog

Post by Phil »

Jeff White just posted this on the AHS Facebook page. Wow, I love it! Is this available yet?

Registry - not registered

MyHostas - http://www.myhostas.be/db/hostas/Wally%27s+Bullfrog

Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/wx/wallysbullfrog.html

Image
User avatar
ogrefcf
Posts: 801
Joined: May 29, 2011 12:06 am
USDA Zone: 5-6
Location: Springville Utah

Re: Wally's Bullfrog

Post by ogrefcf »

Wow, that's a cool looking Hosta.
Owen
User avatar
redcrx
Posts: 4872
Joined: Jun 23, 2008 4:39 pm
USDA Zone: 7
Location: Camden, New Jersey
Contact:

Re: Wally's Bullfrog

Post by redcrx »

Hmmm, reminds me of H. Quiet Waters.

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=46974
Ed McHugh, Sicklerville NJ
ImageMockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
User avatar
redcrx
Posts: 4872
Joined: Jun 23, 2008 4:39 pm
USDA Zone: 7
Location: Camden, New Jersey
Contact:

Re: Wally's Bullfrog

Post by redcrx »

And Totally Awe Sum comes to mind also - it's on my wish-list.


Totally Awe Sum in the Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/t/totallyawesum.html
Ed McHugh, Sicklerville NJ
ImageMockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
User avatar
ViolaAnn
Posts: 3005
Joined: Oct 02, 2005 10:32 pm
USDA Zone: 5a
Location: Ottawa, ON
Contact:

Re: Wally's Bullfrog

Post by ViolaAnn »

It reminded me too of H. Quiet Waters.
Ann
Pictures of Ann's Hostas:
http://violaann.smugmug.com/Garden/Host ... 361_qL3gHS (SmugMug gallery now updated for 2016)
Don Rawson
Posts: 171
Joined: Jul 11, 2006 10:03 pm
Location: West Michigan Z5

Re: Wally's Bullfrog

Post by Don Rawson »

Here's another posting which may be helpful:

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load ... 28353.html
User avatar
redcrx
Posts: 4872
Joined: Jun 23, 2008 4:39 pm
USDA Zone: 7
Location: Camden, New Jersey
Contact:

Re: Wally's Bullfrog

Post by redcrx »

Would this be considered a double margin or a two-toned center?

Don, would this be another "list" group? Like Wally's Bullfrog, Quiet Waters, Royal Tiara/Royal Wave. There must be others out there - I was thinking Striptease variants but they don't fit this "look".



Royal Tiara/Royal Wave = viewtopic.php?f=1&t=55404
Ed McHugh, Sicklerville NJ
ImageMockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
JoshS
Posts: 1134
Joined: Oct 11, 2001 8:00 pm
USDA Zone: 4
Location: Independence, IA
Contact:

Re: Wally's Bullfrog

Post by JoshS »

I forget who I originally heard it from, but I've heard this central pattern called "feathers".
Image
User avatar
thy
Posts: 9047
Joined: Sep 23, 2002 8:00 pm
USDA Zone: 7
Location: Denmark - 7B/8A Lat. 55,23

Re: Wally's Bullfrog

Post by thy »

When if ever will they be out for sale, been waiting for years now... and I'm not good at waiting :wink:
Against stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.
E-mail for pics hostapics@gmail.com
Linda P
Posts: 6212
Joined: Oct 15, 2001 8:00 pm
Location: N W Illinois, zone 5

Re: Wally's Bullfrog

Post by Linda P »

That pattern is very hard to reproduce in tissue culture. I heard that there are very high numbers of culls as they grow on, even after they've been sent out from the labs to grow on. Wally's Bullfrog may no longer exist...I'm not sure. Hopefully someone has it somewhere.
And time remembered is grief forgotten,
And frosts are slain and flowers begotten.....
Algernon Charles Swinburne

Latitude: 41° 51' 12.1572"


My Hosta List
User avatar
thy
Posts: 9047
Joined: Sep 23, 2002 8:00 pm
USDA Zone: 7
Location: Denmark - 7B/8A Lat. 55,23

Re: Wally's Bullfrog

Post by thy »

:D Linda, think you are just telling me what I do not want to know :wink:

Sure they have to be careful not to loose the entire plant :D

I just want a tiny, tiny bid of one :beer:
Against stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.
E-mail for pics hostapics@gmail.com
Don Rawson
Posts: 171
Joined: Jul 11, 2006 10:03 pm
Location: West Michigan Z5

Re: Wally's Bullfrog

Post by Don Rawson »

Wally's Bullfrog still exists and is in a few gardens (both in the U.S. and Europe). It's a slow grower and isn't currently available.

Quiet Waters is a slow grower also...and I have my doubts that it will ever be successfully produced by tc.
User avatar
Lessadragon
Posts: 1376
Joined: Jan 29, 2002 8:00 pm
USDA Zone: 5b
Location: SW Ontario
Contact:

Re: Wally's Bullfrog

Post by Lessadragon »

Yes, Quiet Waters still exists :lol: And you may be right Don... It may never be successfully tc'd. Not sure when or if I will ever try it again. If you want to see it, you will have to come here and visit my gardens. I love to have garden visitors!
Wally's Bullfrog does look somewhat like 'Quiet Waters' though. Sure are nice plants! :D
Lynn
Linda P
Posts: 6212
Joined: Oct 15, 2001 8:00 pm
Location: N W Illinois, zone 5

Re: Wally's Bullfrog

Post by Linda P »

Thanks Don! I'm glad to know it's still around. Lynn, I sure hope I can come to visit your garden one day! Gotta remeber to get my passport updated and get one for the old man. :lol:
And time remembered is grief forgotten,
And frosts are slain and flowers begotten.....
Algernon Charles Swinburne

Latitude: 41° 51' 12.1572"


My Hosta List
User avatar
ViolaAnn
Posts: 3005
Joined: Oct 02, 2005 10:32 pm
USDA Zone: 5a
Location: Ottawa, ON
Contact:

Re: Wally's Bullfrog

Post by ViolaAnn »

Lynn - how far are you from London? I might play hookie from the handbell festival next May to some see your garden if it's close enough.
Ann
Pictures of Ann's Hostas:
http://violaann.smugmug.com/Garden/Host ... 361_qL3gHS (SmugMug gallery now updated for 2016)
New Topic Post Reply