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No, it doesn't look 'bad' at all. And I agree, if it is in contrast to those around it, it can either, really make them stand out, or it can be a stand out.

Well, I had to laugh about 'Heart's Delight,' Chris. People are always wowing about my seedlings but I think it's just because they have never seen so many in one place before. Ed, I don't have Rosedale Misty Magic either, so I really don't know what it looks like. I was buying seeds and hoping for ...

I've grown some Sum and Substance seeds and they have been small and not distinct.
When I read that there were no Blue Angel offspring registered, I figured it wasn't because there aren't any or the seed doesn't germinate, but because they just look like more Blue Angel.

Ed, it looks a lot like a 'Rosedale Misty Magic' seedling that I grew in 2010. I put it in the 'cull' pile, I take it out of the cull pile. I've done that for several years. It says nothing, it grabs me. Maybe it's something about the domed, rippled leaves with the slight red pets, but then again, w...

I get scapes and scapes of pods with lots of seeds on 'Blue Angel.' I don't know about 'Earth Angel.'
I've not kept any of the seedlings from 'Blue Angel,' though, because they are ho-hum and nothing special.

My 7 year old Paul's Glory had no margin this summer. I kept waiting for the center to lighten and the edges to darken and it never did. Has anyone had this problem with it? Could the whole thing have 'sported' in a season?

Thank you, LucyGoose.

This is one of my favorite hosta.

One of my favorites. Has some Crazy Quilt in its background.

Ringtail flower.

I'm surprised at how many pods are forming on Ringtail this year.

Is a hoax.
And the whole thought of 'who would do this?' fell into place perfectly when we knew who did. It was great!

Is she related to Marilyn Monroe?

That's what my son-in-law says. It's a pretty elaborate hoax, if it is. Lots of thought and energy went into it.

Our neighbor has property out by Mt. Rainier, where they grow pumpkins and corn. They are getting ready for the annual Pumpkin Patch and corn maze when they noticed that one pond that has never been dried up before had had an unusual visitor. On closer inspection, it's really rather intriguing or fr...

It was a long, hot, dry summer here in SWWashington and that is what most of my hostas are looking like at the moment.

Chris, I have grown several seedlings from Vivacious. Here is one from 2014 that was green but because of what it was, I kept it. This spring it sprout a 2 leaf sport that is streaked. I think that is very interesting. I have a bunch more seeds to grow this winter from Vivacious. 14 Vivacious x Indi...

I think it's because of where we live, Pieter! But it was also a play-on-words, that you could make a bunch of money on a hosta like this, as in 'to make a killing' !

Interesting Ed. If anything, I'd say mine will go to a green edge.

Just noticed how nice the petioles look on this Vivacious. Hosta Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.php?id=7378&Variety=Vivacious MyHostas Database - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Vivacious Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/v/vivacious.html Vivacious_0002.jpg Vivacious_0001.jpg