Hosta of the Day - Gunther's Prize

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Oct 03, 2012 8:39 am

Gunther's Prize is a streaky sport of Sum and Substance.

I got two little pieces of this in 2009. They took a beating this season.
The first was nibbled by rabbits and then totally devoured by deer.

Registry - not registered as of Nov. 2012

MyHostas - http://www.myhostas.be/db/hostas/Gunther%27s+Prize

Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/g/gunthersprize.html

: Gunther's Prize - April 30, 2012

: Gunther's Prize - July 16, 2012

The second, I think was damaged by frost and never came up. I thought I had lost it. I dug up the remnant to put it in a pot and found it had 5 late sprouts coming in.

: Gunther's Prize - September 8, 2012

Linda P · Post by **Linda P** » Oct 03, 2012 9:01 am

Well, of course the deer and rabbits would want to go after this one! They'd probably skip over an entire bed of green volunteer
seedlings to get to one like this!
I got a nice start from a hosta friend last spring, and it's held up well in this horrid dry hot summer, and is still looking decent.

gesila9 · Post by **gesila9** » Oct 04, 2012 8:04 am

I potted my Gunther's Prize up to keep it from the rabbits. I sat this one out in full sun this summer. It grew three new shoots. I'm looking forward to it being a nice sized plant next spring.

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Jul 03, 2017 1:11 pm

Gunther's Prize today:

: Gunther's Prize - July 3, 2017

: Gunther's Prize - July 3, 2017

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » May 20, 2018 7:44 pm

Here is Gunther's Prize today.

: Gunther's Prize - May 20, 2018

: Gunther's Prize - May 20, 2018

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Aug 30, 2018 10:36 pm

This Gunther's Prize showed something "different" this season - an edge. Putting it in a lot of sun let the edge show up as the center became white. Looking back at the photo of this same plant from late in the 2012 season there is a hint of an edge. In this season's early photo the edge is invisible.

In the Hosta Library there is a plant from Danny Van Eechaute that he named Gunther's Framework that may be very similar to this plant.
http://www.hostalibrary.org/g/gunthersframework.html