Name those Hostas!!!

baja220 · Post by **baja220** » May 28, 2007 12:40 am

I don't have their name anymore. This first one has been struggling for a couple years. Last year I dug him up and he almost had no roots.
Noid #1

This last pic was taken before the Easter Freeze

baja220 · Post by **baja220** » May 28, 2007 12:47 am

This poor girl, I dug her up last year to ammend the soil in the bed, got sick and didn't get her(or the rest) back in for 2 weeks. And now she's dug up again expanding the bed. Anyway, she had a name. I found part of the tag, but not the right part.
I was gonna go back and measure before I posted these, but I forgot and now it's dark.

She's a great grower and is usually beautiful if I'd leave her in the ground without cutworms.

Noid #2

baja220 · Post by **baja220** » May 28, 2007 12:53 am

This one is tiny. Again, I'll measure in the morning, but I'm gonna guess the tiny clump is about 4" across max.

Noid #3

buff24 · Post by **buff24** » May 28, 2007 10:13 am

Could #2 be Wolverine?

ademink · Post by **ademink** » May 28, 2007 10:26 am

#2 looks like Dark Star or Gay Blade maybe?

eastwood2007 · Post by **eastwood2007** » May 28, 2007 2:14 pm

#2 looks like my Dark Star, maybe not the right color for Wolverine...?

renaldo75 · Post by **renaldo75** » May 28, 2007 2:25 pm

I considered all 3 of those [Wolverine, Dark Star, & Gay Blade] when I looked at #2. I've got each. It's not gray enough to be Gay Blade. I don't think it's Wolverine - maybe Dark Star. Dark Star leaves are considerably more narrow when the plants are immature. But the margin on yours seems to be more regular - not much streakiness into the center. I'll see if I can find a pic of my Dark Star when I 1st planted the garden its in.

Wolverine

Wolverine leaf detail

Dark Star

Dark Star leaf detail

baja220 · Post by **baja220** » May 28, 2007 3:35 pm

OK, I found pics of Noid #2 from April 28-06 before I dug her up and had been in the ground about 4 year. So pretty mature.

renaldo75 · Post by **renaldo75** » May 28, 2007 5:48 pm

It sure looks like Dark Star to me in those last 2 pics.
I found a couple of older pics of mine.

Here it is in 2003 just after being planted in this spot behind the heucheras.

Here it is in 2005.

Neither is the best of pics, but you can see how quickly it has changed & the leaves started taking on their mature character.

baja220 · Post by **baja220** » May 28, 2007 10:40 pm

The leaf on your Dark Star looks wider at the base than mine does. Mine seems to be pretty narrow all the way back. Mmmmmm

baja220 · Post by **baja220** » May 29, 2007 11:36 pm

Well, I keep looking at my old pics and your pics and they do look about the same. I also counted the veins and that also matches. The HL doesn't give a vein count, but yours is 9 pair.
Do the new leaves on yours come out with a limey yellow margin? And you may not know this cause I don't think you've dug yours up, but I replanted mine today and it separates really easy. Does yours?

Debbie

renaldo75 · Post by **renaldo75** » May 30, 2007 12:49 am

I'll have to look at the newer leaves tomorrow. I can't answer that about separating easily. I repositioned it slightly last year, but made sure I got as much soil as I could so I didn't disturb anything. Other than that it's stayed put.

MAC_MN · Post by **MAC_MN** » May 30, 2007 7:00 pm

Wolverine from 2006
Also have DarkStar, but no recent photos.
MAC

baja220 · Post by **baja220** » Jun 04, 2007 9:12 am

Thanks for the pic Mac!!

Bumping back up!!

Debbie