Pic of the Day--El Capitan

Hank Zumach · Post by **Hank Zumach** » Oct 24, 2007 11:22 am

Hi All--I am surprised that today's variety, El Capitan, is not mentioned more often on the garden lists I belong to, particularly since it has been available for at least 20 years. I am expecting ours to develop into a very attractive plant. It certainly is off to a nice start since it was added to our Friendship Garden this past summer. At a size of 17x11 it has a ways to go to reach an expected mature size of about 50x24.

Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... %20Capitan

MyHostas - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/El+Capitan

Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/e/elcap.html

thy · Post by **thy** » Oct 24, 2007 8:57 pm

One of my favs.
It is perfect every year and a no problem hosta

Linda P · Post by **Linda P** » Oct 25, 2007 8:52 am

I have to say I passed on it several times, until I saw a mature plant somewhere. Sitting in the pot at a nursery, it looks so very much like many other cream edged greens.
When it grows up, it's a whole different story. Mine is just a couple years old, but doing well so far.
Linda P

Mary Ann · Post by **Mary Ann** » Oct 25, 2007 10:28 am

Just another pretty hosta, easy to grow and looks better every year . . . .nice mound form, upright leaves. This one has been in a pot for 5 years now. Everything gets bigger except my yard. ~sigh~