The Perfect Storm is a hybrid of Sailors' Warning. It is very streaky and (in my opinion) unstable. The plant has bright red petioles with color going up the back side of the leaf. There is as all green form called Eye of the Storm.
This plant comes out of Arthur Wrede's work. He had one clump and broke it into 4 pieces and gave them away. Mark Zilis got one of the pieces and has been tissue culturing it so new pieces are available. My pieces are all TCs.
Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... ct%20Storm
MyHostas - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/The+Perfect+Storm
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/t/theperfectstorm.html
I have 3 different forms - one is, I think, the way it should look; the second is dark with very little streaking but it flowered; and the third looks like a stabilize piece with a white margin (really neat - in my opinion).
Here is what I think is the "correct" form.
The Perfect Storm in 2013
The Perfect Storm in early 2014
And later in the month the yellow has switched to white - the left leaf in each photo is the same leaf
Hosta of the Day #3 - The Perfect Storm
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Hosta of the Day #3 - The Perfect Storm
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Ed McHugh, Sicklerville NJ
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
Re: Hosta of the Day #3 - The Perfect Storm
A few more photos of The Perfect Storm in 2014
Showing the petioles And color up the back of the leaf The front of the leaf
Showing the petioles And color up the back of the leaf The front of the leaf
Ed McHugh, Sicklerville NJ
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
Re: Hosta of the Day #3 - The Perfect Storm
My second piece of The Perfect Storm has with very little streaking.
Here it is in late 2013 And in early 2014 And later
Here it is in late 2013 And in early 2014 And later
Ed McHugh, Sicklerville NJ
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
Re: Hosta of the Day #3 - The Perfect Storm
More of the darker The Perfect Storm in late 2014
And the flowers And the flowers were on a twisted/fused scape
And the flowers And the flowers were on a twisted/fused scape
Ed McHugh, Sicklerville NJ
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
Re: Hosta of the Day #3 - The Perfect Storm
The third piece of The Perfect Storm looks like it has stabilized to a white edged form. If it holds this form I'll name it "The Edge of the Storm".
When it came in in 2013 The plant was put in a trough
When it came in in 2013 The plant was put in a trough
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Ed McHugh, Sicklerville NJ
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
Re: Hosta of the Day #3 - The Perfect Storm
The Perfect Storm / "The Edge of the Storm" in 2014
Leaf back Leaf front
Leaf back Leaf front
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Ed McHugh, Sicklerville NJ
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Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
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Re: Hosta of the Day #3 - The Perfect Storm
Still some streaks there, and looks good any way you slice it.
Q and Z doesn't show this in their current (last ) catalog. Is it a hidden offering?
David
Q and Z doesn't show this in their current (last ) catalog. Is it a hidden offering?
David
Re: Hosta of the Day #3 - The Perfect Storm
I got one from an auction and one at Hosta College. Jim's is selling them. I think I saw one from Naylor Creek at the last National Convention in Iowa - that surprised me because they are hard to find (at least I think it was Naylor - I know it was somebody besides Jim's). So they are around.
Just remembered Jim had a couple at the Milwaukee convention last season.
They kind-of stick out when you see them on the vendors' table. Sparkle stands out the same way - at least to me.
Just remembered Jim had a couple at the Milwaukee convention last season.
They kind-of stick out when you see them on the vendors' table. Sparkle stands out the same way - at least to me.
Ed McHugh, Sicklerville NJ
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
Re: Hosta of the Day #3 - "The Edge of the Storm"
"The Edge of the Storm" looks pretty stable this season. I hope it decides to flower this season.
Ed McHugh, Sicklerville NJ
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
Re: Hosta of the Day #3 - The Perfect Storm
I just noticed a registered stable-edged form called Polar Vortex in the MyHostas database. But I can't find any photos to see if it's the same as mine.
Ed McHugh, Sicklerville NJ
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.