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Post by carross on Feb 18, 2017 10:11:23 GMT -5
Wondering if anyone has this hosta, maybe Larry. Looks so pretty in the catalog. Sorry no picture.
thank you
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Post by plantdoctor on Feb 18, 2017 13:03:05 GMT -5
Carol....well, you guessed right...Larry does have it. He got it a couple years ago at our local Amish Greenhouse. I don't have a picture of ours, but I borrowed this from the internet.  |
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Post by Angela on Feb 18, 2017 13:48:01 GMT -5
Now that is a pretty hosta. I can imagine it among Larry's colkection of different ones. Must be stunning!
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Post by carross on Feb 18, 2017 13:54:42 GMT -5
I guess I need to order some!
Thanks
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Post by Gayle on Feb 18, 2017 17:37:06 GMT -5
There was a discussion on this very plant about a week ago but I don't remember under what thread title.
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Post by nanatnzone6 on Feb 18, 2017 20:21:21 GMT -5
I have a crazy question::: With small hosta are you better to put them in a large pot? I leave mine outside year round & they do great. But, some are so small just wondering if a pot might be better. Hosta is one of favorites after helleborus. Just wondering. Thanks, Happy Gardneing, take care, nanatnzone6
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Post by iliz9 on Feb 18, 2017 22:07:25 GMT -5
It would look perfectly in a big container (like in the pic) close to your window, where you can enjoy it for a long time...JMO
Hostas don't do very good around here...
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Post by Gayle on Feb 19, 2017 0:14:00 GMT -5
I don't think they would grow any better in a container but maybe you might like the looks better of the smaller varieties potted up. I wonder if it would make any difference as to how well they would overwinter.
I really don't like the smaller varieties but I've thought about this one for a while.
I think it would look good planted front of larger ones.
But Charlene says it starts out white & then turns green. I'd want it to stay white. LOL
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Post by hostalover on Feb 19, 2017 6:23:59 GMT -5
Charlene is right about it NOT staying white....................as the season goes on, it turns a paler green. Almost variegated if you look real close. As far as putting any hosta in a container, (they say) that you can leave them in a container maybe 2 years or 3. Depending on how big your pot is, the roots need room to grow. Just a FYI.....................larry
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Post by carross on Feb 19, 2017 7:30:00 GMT -5
Hmm I don't remember seeing this discussion before, I have been seeing this hosta in a few catalog and really interested in it.
Thanks Larry for the infor.
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Post by flowerpowerz5 on Feb 19, 2017 7:49:35 GMT -5
Seeing as it's a smaller Hosta you could plant in front of the taller plants so it wouldn't get hidden. JMO
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Post by plantdoctor on Feb 19, 2017 8:27:54 GMT -5
Carol...we just talked briefly about it in the VSR, so that is probably why you didn't see it. Stanette...I guess Larry gave the info about containers. I kind of agree with Sandy to have the smaller hostas as a front border or else give them a garden all their own. Many of the people in the hosta society we belong to have miniature gardens since their are getting to be many smaller varieties. The picture I posted earlier is how it looks early Spring to mid summer. It then starts to get some variegation and looks like this:  By fall this is how it looks.  |
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Post by carross on Feb 19, 2017 8:32:14 GMT -5
It is pretty so I guess I will go ahead and order. Like Sandy said, can plant in front of other plants.
thanks for all the infor
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Post by plantdoctor on Feb 19, 2017 13:45:15 GMT -5
For those of you liking white hostas, here are some varieties you might like Dancing Queen: start white turn a creamy yellow  ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Fire and Ice : The leaves are mostly white with a dark green outline  And similar to Fire and Ice is Merry Christmas  |
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Post by plantdoctor on Feb 21, 2017 13:31:48 GMT -5
bumping up for Stanette
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