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Hosta hybrids |
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| | First year to bloom for this one, grown from seed labeled 'Aureomarginata'. Clearly, it's not! |
| Common name |
plantain lily |
| Family |
hostaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
blue, white (late spring-summer) |
| Size |
various |
| Light |
shade-sun |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil |
From seed  |
germinate at room temperature
detailed seed-starting info below
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Hostas come in so many color variations, sizes, leaf shapes and textures, it boggles my mind. No wonder there are gardeners who specialize in and collect hostas, and are willing to shell out big bucks for the newest (best?) varieties. Me, I have a much more modest hosta appetite. I have separate pages for some favorite named varieties, including Whirlwind, Undulata Mediovariegata, and Sun Power. This page covers a few other purchased varieties, as well as the assortment of seed-grown varieties that have no names of their own. Over the years I've tried growing several from seed; most of these don't match the glowing descriptions of the people with whom I traded for the seed, which is to be expected. Still, I'm always curious how they will turn out,and sometimes I get a nice surprise.
Every once in a while I add a new (to us) named variety to the garden. Among the more recent additions are 'Fire and Ice', a miniature whose leaves are creamy white with an irregular dark green edge, and 'Golden Tiara', an old standard selected for its gold-margined variegation and vigorous growth.
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| | Seed labeled 'Blue Umbrellas'. First year to bloom... |
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| | ...and the next year. |
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| | Grown from seed labeled 'Let's Streak', this is a second-year plant |
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| | offspring from 'Abba Dabba Doo', pretty in bud |
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| | Another seedgrown one, a nice two-tone green |
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| | 'Fire and Ice' |
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| | I believe this patch hails from a seed-grown plant, the details of which are gone with the wind |
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| | 'Stiletto' is the narrowest-leaved variety in our garden... |
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| | ...with large blue flowers in late August |
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| | This one came from a HPS/MAG member's plant sale years ago. No name, but brightens up our front perennial border nicely. |
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. About my plant portraits
PlantLinks to other web pages about Hosta hybrids
Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Elizabeth Runge | May 21, 2008 | Are green & white varigated hostas hybrids & if so do they eventually revert back to those with solid green leaves?
Yes, most fancy hostas are hybrids. Their seedlings will probably not look like the parents, but the plants themselves do not revert back - and you can make more hostas easily by dividing the plants - each piece will be exactly like the original. |
| marje | Aug 27, 2010 | Here in the northeast zone 3 many hosta varieties do revert back,, sadly. |
| Lori | Jan 17, 2012 | These are awsome. I have a Guacamole It looks alot like your Abba Dabba Doo. It has almost the same flower. It has been with me 2 years now. The first year I had no flowers and the people that gave me the plant said it never flowered , however mine did this past summer. Awsome. I think it needs alot of space as mine was inside, It got to big for the living area, I move it out and the leafs began to drop off. But it flowered. And seems to be resting now for the winter. Strange this one. |
| Sharon | Mar 19, 2012 | About the question on reverting I have 3 Revolution plants that are in different parts of my yard all planted the same year. They all have reverted or developed shoots all over the plant with huge blue green leaves. I have dug them all up and seperated them. I read on other website's this happens in year 3 or 4 on Revolution and is common. |
- 'Blue Umbrellas' from '02 trade. Pot 70F (92%G, 17+d)
'Abba Dabba Do' from '02 trade. Pot 70F (100%G, 16+d)
- 'Sagae' from '06 trade. Pot 70F (45%G, starting 18d)
I've found hosta does better sown directly into a pot than germinated by baggy method.
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