Arc De Triomphe

MollyD · Post by **MollyD** » May 16, 2007 5:14 pm

Anyone know this one? I got to see a picture of it on another forum and it's gorgeous!
Chris doesn't have it in the lineup and neither does Naylor's Bridgewood or Plant's Delight. I used Garden Watchdog to check on the one place I found it and I'm not going to use them after what I read and their response!

MollyD

Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... 20Triomphe
MyHostas - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Arc+de+Triomphe
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/a/arcdetriomphe.html

hostavalley · Post by **hostavalley** » May 16, 2007 5:47 pm

Hello Molly...I bought this hosta last year and I love it!! It's a great hosta and it grow's very well....i have some pictures on my Hosta valley website from my own plant!!!!

You can use the search engine on my website to find the pictures.....I would say buy this hosta!!!

MollyD · Post by **MollyD** » May 16, 2007 5:56 pm

Thanks Jeroen.

So glad to hear what you have to say. It's always nice to know they're not just a pretty face!

MollyD

JoshS · Post by **JoshS** » May 16, 2007 6:02 pm

It is a beauty...it really surprised me when it came up last spring! Of course, we've had a strange spring with a good deal of frost and cold damage, so it isn't looking its finest this spring

MollyD · Post by **MollyD** » May 16, 2007 6:08 pm

That picture just makes me melt.........

MollyD

newtohosta-no more · Post by **newtohosta-no more** » May 16, 2007 6:41 pm

That is truly gorgeous!!!

bengal · Post by **bengal** » May 16, 2007 7:24 pm

Absolutely. Must. Have. That. One.

It is incredible.

caliloo · Post by **caliloo** » May 16, 2007 7:26 pm

I *NEED* one too!

Alexa

bengal · Post by **bengal** » May 16, 2007 7:30 pm

Absolutely. Must. Have. That. One.

It is incredible.

thy · Post by **thy** » May 16, 2007 8:10 pm

Come on with the color... my source say green, but the pic say brilliant blue

or rather not.. I do have more hosas than space ... but....

bengal · Post by **bengal** » May 16, 2007 8:23 pm

I'd say I was of two minds about this hosta, except I'm not! So why do I have yet another double post?

But I would prefer it in blue!

MollyD · Post by **MollyD** » May 16, 2007 8:27 pm

Every picture I've seen of it is blue!

MollyD

nanny_56 · Post by **nanny_56** » May 16, 2007 8:49 pm

Wow!!

Claudia

Nathalie23 · Post by **Nathalie23** » May 16, 2007 9:59 pm

OMG!!! OMG!!!

baja220 · Post by **baja220** » May 16, 2007 10:48 pm

I found it at a couple of places. Jim's has it for 17 and Mason Hollow for 20.
Can't wait for mine tiny one to grow up like JoshS. Beautiful pic!!

Debbie

Arlene · Post by **Arlene** » May 16, 2007 11:29 pm

Oh my gosh that's pretty! Guess it goes on my list, too.

MollyD · Post by **MollyD** » May 17, 2007 8:44 am

Now you can see why this plant made such a strong impression on me!!! I took one look and it left me breathless!
Last night I kept dreaming about it. I was pairing it up with Love Pat (got to get that one) in my dream.
Well now you guys know I dream about plants and gardens most of the time

MollyD

renaldo75 · Post by **renaldo75** » May 17, 2007 11:18 am

Great pic, Josh!!

Jaspersail · Post by **Jaspersail** » May 17, 2007 11:29 am

One concern I have... I believe Ed Elslager registered 'Arc de Triomphe' as a streaked plant and now it is being sold in the trade as a margined hosta. This has happened with many of Ed's plants, including 'Teeny Weeny Bikini', 'Celestial', 'Rhinestone Cowboy', and others.

If someone has the AHS registration guide, please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

--John

renaldo75 · Post by **renaldo75** » May 17, 2007 11:59 am

John - I just cked the online registration site & it says its dark green with a yellow margin.

http://hostaregistrar.org/detail.asp?se ... 20Triomphe

Interesting that the streaked plants would be registered instead of the stable ones since so many of the streaked plants are never registered. I'll have to do a little more cking & see what the registrations says about the others you mentioned.

Well curiosity got the better of me...

Celestial - dark green w/a greenish yellow margin [Dorothy Benedict x hypoleuca]

(But there is Celestial Lightning that is 'medium green streaked with greenish-yellow, pale yellow, yellow, creamy white' that is listed as a sport of Celestial]

Rhinestone Cowboy - medium green streaked w/a 1.25" pure white margin [Sea Prize x H. maekewa]

Teeny Weeny Bikini - pale yellow w/a medium green margin [Tsugaru Komachi selfed]

I had no idea until I did that search that Ed Elslager had so many hostas registered. 240 altogether - but a relatively small percentage that are available commercially.