Seedlings in the "vault" and around the yard

HostaDesigner · Post by **HostaDesigner** » Jun 03, 2008 7:47 pm

Three hosta from my friend Olga. The original 'Viva Las Vegas' in the center with 2 unnamed seedlings on each side. Viva wants to be green! It'll take some work to keep her variegated.

Seedlings in the vault. The small ones are my new ones.

My favorite (((Dorothy Benedict x m. macrophylla) x Niagara Falls) x Sea Dragon) x Open) and my favorite breeder.

Another of the same cross:

Seedlings from 2005

Some interesting open-pollinated F2 seedlings of 'Hatsushimo'. I'm going to try and use these this year as pod parents.

An interesting seedling of a streaked 'Gold Standard' F2 seedling.

The most uniform streaking I have. Niagara Falls is the bulk of the genes.

More in the vault.

'Fragrant Blue' x 'Maekawa'

(((Dorothy Benedict x m. macrophylla) x Niagara Falls) x Sea Dragon) x Open) again

Mainly 2005 seedlings.

Planting them in the yard

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'Dorothy Benedict' x 'Elatior' x Open

Voodoo's are about to bloom

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Thanks for looking!

maidofshade · Post by **maidofshade** » Jun 03, 2008 7:57 pm

wow

largosmom · Post by **largosmom** » Jun 03, 2008 8:21 pm

Ditto WoW

pretends_to_garden · Post by **pretends_to_garden** » Jun 03, 2008 8:27 pm

Drooling

JoshS · Post by **JoshS** » Jun 03, 2008 9:21 pm

That 'Fragrant Blue' x 'Maekawa' is a interesting plant.

Some beautiful plants you have! And you know I love Viva Las Vegas

greenguy · Post by **greenguy** » Jun 03, 2008 9:33 pm

nice setup
great looking plants

pauhaus · Post by **pauhaus** » Jun 03, 2008 9:40 pm

Wowee, wow, wow. I could spend hours at your place drooling over your plants. Very, very nice. That Viva Las Vegas looks like a spectacular plant.

jobranch · Post by **jobranch** » Jun 03, 2008 9:45 pm

Hosta Designer - I will finally have to start messing around with growing hosta from seed after seeing these photos. Very cool.

Arlene · Post by **Arlene** » Jun 03, 2008 11:09 pm

My eyes are popping! Absolutely beautiful!

Patrushka · Post by **Patrushka** » Jun 03, 2008 11:28 pm

I hate to be redundant but...Wow!!!

party_music50 · Post by **party_music50** » Jun 03, 2008 11:49 pm

I see a MASSIVE amount of work there.

renaldo75 · Post by **renaldo75** » Jun 04, 2008 12:02 am

That's one AMAZING bunch of seedlings in the vault!!

I have a question about the 12th pic. There is another seedling to the left behind the seedling from the cross you're showing. Huge leaf with a lighter center & a dark green margin. Looks like it's stabilized already with a nice upright form. I was curious about its parentage. Thanks.

I sure wish I had someplace for a bunch of seedlings like you have... Hosta Vault Envy.

baja220 · Post by **baja220** » Jun 04, 2008 7:26 am

Wow!!

What beautiful seedlings and what a set up!!

Reldon, I noticed the same one. I also noticed how the ones in that picture are holding their leaves out horizonally. Very pretty!!

mum2knm · Post by **mum2knm** » Jun 04, 2008 7:49 am

WOW! Those are gorgeous!

Nathalie23 · Post by **Nathalie23** » Jun 04, 2008 7:51 am

I think you are addicted....

Gorgeous!

jgh · Post by **jgh** » Jun 04, 2008 8:04 am

amazing!

jerry_br · Post by **jerry_br** » Jun 04, 2008 8:29 am

Picking my jaw up from the desk. There are some amazing looking plants in there.

Jerry

DBoweMD · Post by **DBoweMD** » Jun 04, 2008 8:46 am

This should inspire anyone to be a hybridizer. You get stuff that you just can't buy.
The Maekawa or hypoleuca gives the offspring that floppy big leaf look most of the time, it is really odd compared to most hostas. I have a bunch like that, but most are so floppy that they don't look good in the garden. Those would be the ones to plant in a ravine on rock and moss walls. Now I just need to get a ravine.

Canadian-hosta-girl · Post by **Canadian-hosta-girl** » Jun 04, 2008 9:10 am

well it aleready been said but here it goes again WOW and DROOLING ....beautiful hostas , i am green with envy

playinmud · Post by **playinmud** » Jun 04, 2008 9:30 am

Sigh, I am in awe.

Okay, I'm going to show my ignorance...How do you keep track of all the plants' parentage and remember what's what? Also, in the 9th picture on the bottom left hand corner is a beautiful golden ruffled floppy leafed hosta that caught my eye as different from most others you have. Is that related to the surrounding hostas and just isn't streaked?