Hosta of the Day - ventricosa

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Hosta of the Day - ventricosa

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Here is my small ventricosa.

Registry - not registered - it is a species
MyHostas - http://www.myhostas.be/db/hostas/ventricosa
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/v/venticosa.html
ventricosa - June 29, 2012
ventricosa - June 29, 2012
ventricosa - July 2, 2012
ventricosa - July 2, 2012
ventricosa - June 30, 2012
ventricosa - June 30, 2012
ventricosa - June 28, 2012
ventricosa - June 28, 2012
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It is a hard to beat green hosta with a very nice edge, self seeding, cheap... what more to ask for :hmm: :D
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I love the flowers on these. I got some in in 2009 but planted them in too much shade and they don't flower. These are in mid-day sun and flower well.
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One of the most spectacular hosta sights I've ever seen was a huge swath of ventricosa in bloom in a high shade
established woodland area. Just amazing in flower. I've grown some seeds from it, and though it's supposed to
be one that will come true from seed, I have some diversity in the seedlings, including one very dark, almost
black one. I've yet to find just the right place for it...perhaps I need to give it a bed of its own with a surrounding
necklace of a little yellow edger hosta. :wink:
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And frosts are slain and flowers begotten.....
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A flower picture from last season

ventricosa
ventricosa - July 13, 2013
ventricosa - July 13, 2013
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ventricosa today - starting to flower:
ventricosa - July 3, 2017
ventricosa - July 3, 2017
ventricosa - July 3, 2017
ventricosa - July 3, 2017
ventricosa - July 3, 2017
ventricosa - July 3, 2017
ventricosa - July 3, 2017
ventricosa - July 3, 2017
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