Hostas with double flowers

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Jun 27, 2009 10:07 pm

I know some hostas are known for having double flowers but is it normal for "ordinary" hostas to have them once in a while? Last season I found one on a Whirlwind. This morning I was getting some pictures of a streaked Sum and Substance that was in flower and I noticed a double flower on it. Are these common?

: Whirlwind double flower 2008

: streaked Sum and Substance 2009

: S&S double flower 2009

: S&S normal flowers 2009

ViolaAnn · Post by **ViolaAnn** » Jun 28, 2009 1:03 pm

That's really cool! I guess you can only wait and see if you have it again next year.

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Jun 28, 2009 1:21 pm

There was a topic on conjoined leaves. I'm wondering if this is a conjoined flower.

jgh · Post by **jgh** » Jul 02, 2009 5:16 pm

I've never seen a double flower on any of my S&S family... but I'm not terribly attentive4 to flowers. I do grow Fujibotan, which is known for its double flowers... which is something of a novelty but really not such a big deal...

so that is really cool and maybe pretty unusual - and if it happens in an additional year I'd sure be dividing and trying to get a pure strain of double flowers...

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Jul 02, 2009 5:46 pm

I'm thinking it is a conjoined flower. Looking at the photos both "double" flowers have a lot more than the normal six anthers of a regular flower. I never seen Fujibotan up close but it probably only has six anthers. So these are just mutant flowers.

DBoweMD · Post by **DBoweMD** » Jul 03, 2009 4:55 pm

I get that on Guacamole family a lot at the top of the scape.

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Jul 03, 2009 5:13 pm

Thanks, mine are just starting to bud.

Post by **Chris_W** » Jul 03, 2009 6:05 pm

Wow, those are wild! Yes, I think you are right that they are just mutant flowers. Definitely not normal. Have you used any type of herbicide or weed preventer on the gardens that might be causing some weird growth? Sort of odd to have so many of these on different plants... Pretty cool though. Reminds me of the polytepal flowers that you sometimes see on daylilies.

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Jul 03, 2009 7:14 pm

I haven't put anything on them. But they were both "first year in my garden" so I don't know if anything happened to them before. Just some interesting variations.

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Jul 15, 2009 9:59 am

I was getting some photos of seed pods the other day and took a closeup of this plant. I didn't realize until I saw the photo on a large screen that the scarp had two branches on it. The whole thing was twisted and forked at a point to put up two bunches of flowers. I took some photos today showing the twisting and the split.

jgh · Post by **jgh** » Jul 16, 2009 9:18 am

Is it possible you built your garden over an ancient Indian burial ground?

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Jul 16, 2009 6:20 pm

No, when I dig down in this area it's sand and round stones - stream deposits. But funny you should mention Indians - Sunday I was looking around and found Indian Pipes growing at the end of a row of "blue" hostas. I have not seen these growing in my yard in about 20 years.