Moonlight madness

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Moonlight madness

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I had posted a picture of this hosta on the thread "What a difference a year makes". I was showing how small it is this year. I took a closer look at it today and it seems to be exploding with growth.
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Moonlight - July 12, 2012
Moonlight - July 12, 2012
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I find mine sometimes do that;emerge and grow then slow down come midsummer some of them then put on another spurt of new growth. See the post to summer dormancy I kind of agree with that.
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All the new hosta I got this year all of a sudden are putting out a lot of new growth and the older ones really blew up-My Holy Mole got humongous within a weeks time. Like they were sleeping during the horrid heat wave and when it was over they made up for lost time. :-?
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Judging from the second and the fourth picture, Ed, it looks as if you might have an issue with foliar nematodes with this one.....
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