Hosta of the Day - tardiflora

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Hosta of the Day - tardiflora

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tardiflora is a small hosta species with thick leaves that flowers late in the season as you can tell by its name. It has a tendency to put up branching scapes.

Hosta Registry - not registered - it is a species
MyHostas Database - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/tardiflora
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/t/tardiflora.html
tardiflora - March 21, 2012
tardiflora - March 21, 2012
tardiflora - August 25, 2012
tardiflora - August 25, 2012
tardiflora - August 25, 2012
tardiflora - August 25, 2012
tardiflora - September 14, 2012
tardiflora - September 14, 2012
tardiflora - September 22, 2012
tardiflora - September 22, 2012
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Some more shots from this season:
tardiflora - September 22, 2012
tardiflora - September 22, 2012
Here you can easily see the branching scape:
tardiflora - September 22, 2012
tardiflora - September 22, 2012
tardiflora - September 22, 2012
tardiflora - September 22, 2012
tardiflora - September 23, 2012
tardiflora - September 23, 2012
tardiflora - October 1, 2012
tardiflora - October 1, 2012
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Re: Hosta of the Day - tardiflora

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Some photos from the 2013 and 2014 seasons focusing on flowers and scapes

In the 2013 season
Flower head
tardiflora - September 13, 2013
tardiflora - September 13, 2013
Branching scape
tardiflora - September 13, 2013
tardiflora - September 13, 2013
In full flower
tardiflora - September 25, 2013
tardiflora - September 25, 2013
And the 2014 season
Individual flower showing the simple light purple "swoosh" coloration
tardiflora - September 16, 2014
tardiflora - September 16, 2014
And multiple flower heads
tardiflora - September 29, 2014
tardiflora - September 29, 2014
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