Hosta of the Day - Lacy Belle

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Hosta of the Day - Lacy Belle

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I picked up a couple of these this season.

The database gives its parentage as ( x 'Neat Splash') x Halcyon.

Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... cy%20Belle
MyHostas - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Lacy+Belle
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/l/lacey.html

A couple in pots early in the season.
Lacy Belle - May 25, 2012
Lacy Belle - May 25, 2012
Lacy Belle - May 25, 2012
Lacy Belle - May 25, 2012
One late in the season planted in strong sun.
Lacy Belle - September 10, 2012
Lacy Belle - September 10, 2012
Lacy Belle - September 10, 2012
Lacy Belle - September 10, 2012
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This to mw is a lovely hosta, and a decent grower. very eye catching in early spring. Mine was similar in habit (and looks) to Wolverine but alas it died after a few years. Wolvering got similar but I managed to take some tint divisiond off her and save it. If I remember right Lacy Belle was a slug magnet for me, but was always one of the first up and made a very impressive spring/early summer show. one thing I did find with it though was not to ut it close to similar marked leabes as it lost its more outstanding appearance then.
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Paul in Mn..... looking at your picture of LB at first glance I would definately thought Wolverine, yet when I had my LB next to my W there was a striking differene LB was the more elegant and more striking of the two. Strange how having 2 very similar looking hostas with similar habits next to each other makes them look totaly different.
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Just got another shot of the flowers. Hurricane Sandy just came ashore about 40 miles east of me. It's a weird storm - been raining all day with a lot of wind but the rain just stopped and I went out to look around - no damage. The wind is supposed to pick up tonight but the storm is moving about 30 miles an hour in-land. It really accelerated from what it was doing all week.
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Glad to hear you are doing ok, Ed. I had to look up where Sicklerville was.
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Hi Carol - we were lucky.

We are about 20 mi. SW of Philadelphia PA and about 35 mi. East of Atlantic City.
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Just moving a couple of flower shots from a "Flower" thread to this focused topic.
Lacy Belle - October 28, 2012
Lacy Belle - October 28, 2012
Lacy Belle - October 28, 2012
Lacy Belle - October 28, 2012
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Some November shots - the last one was on another thread:
Lacy Belle - November 2, 2012
Lacy Belle - November 2, 2012
Lacy Belle - November 7, 2012
Lacy Belle - November 7, 2012
Lacy Belle - November 7, 2012
Lacy Belle - November 7, 2012
Lacy Belle - November 7, 2012
Lacy Belle - November 7, 2012
Lacy Belle - November 9, 2012
Lacy Belle - November 9, 2012
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Lacy Belle a couple of days ago in a group with Deliverance on the left (getting buried) and Lakeside Miss Muffett on the right. Some other along the edge are Moon Shadow, Lakeside Knickknack, Red October, Fujibotan.
Lacy Belle - May 11, 2015
Lacy Belle - May 11, 2015
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Lacy Belle is almost out of control. It's burying an azalea behind it.
Lacy Belle - July 10, 2015
Lacy Belle - July 10, 2015
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In full flower:
Lacy Belle - July 30, 2015
Lacy Belle - July 30, 2015
Lacy Belle - July 30, 2015
Lacy Belle - July 30, 2015
Lacy Belle - July 30, 2015
Lacy Belle - July 30, 2015
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This plant has gotten huge. This is the same plant shown at the beginning of this topic that went in my front lawn garden in 2012.
Lacy Belle - June 7, 2016
Lacy Belle - June 7, 2016
I didn't realize how big it was until I noticed it from the opposite side.
Lacy Belle - June 7, 2016
Lacy Belle - June 7, 2016
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Lacy Belle coming into flower:
Lacy Belle - July 15, 2016
Lacy Belle - July 15, 2016
Lacy Belle - July 15, 2016
Lacy Belle - July 15, 2016
Then I noticed a double flower - I think everything is nearly double - I counted 10 petals, there are two fused style, and I counted about 10 anthers.
Lacy Belle - July 15, 2016
Lacy Belle - July 15, 2016
Lacy Belle - July 15, 2016
Lacy Belle - July 15, 2016
And a small bee stopped by to see what i was doing.
Lacy Belle - July 15, 2016
Lacy Belle - July 15, 2016
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Lacy Belle this season - the three small things in front are weedlings.
Lacy Belle - May 14, 2017
Lacy Belle - May 14, 2017
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I was out this morning playing with my Front Lawn Garden Weedlings - one of them, I think, is a seedling off Lacy Belle. Lacy Belle is starting to open its flowers so I got a few photos. Looking at the close-up of the flower I noticed something "unusual" - there is some purple color at the end of the stigma. I never noticed before so I went back in this topic to see if flowers from past seasons had the same trait, and yes they do, even ones that are flowering out-of-season. The only one that didn't was a double flower photo I posted last season. So this is the fourth plant I have encountered with this "trait" - the others are Chariot's of Fire, Otter Point, and an unnamed plant out of Art Wrede's collection.
The really tall scape is coming from the seedling that I think belongs to Lacy Belle.
Lacy Belle - July 13, 2017
Lacy Belle - July 13, 2017
Lacy Belle - July 13, 2017
Lacy Belle - July 13, 2017
Lacy Belle - July 13, 2017
Lacy Belle - July 13, 2017
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Lacy Belle - July 13, 2017
Lacy Belle - July 13, 2017
Lacy Belle - July 13, 2017
Lacy Belle - July 13, 2017
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Lacy Belle this morning - the color is showing up better - my better phone camera seems to do that.
The plant at the bottom right corner is a weedling.
Lacy Belle May 10, 2018
Lacy Belle May 10, 2018
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Another photo of Lacy Belle. The 3 in front are weedlings or volunteers.
Lacy Belle - May 29, 2018
Lacy Belle - May 29, 2018
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