Hosta of the Day - 'Grand Marquee'

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Grand Marquee is a sport of 'Carder Blue'.

[There is a topic comparing this hosta to Touch of Class - viewtopic.php?f=1&t=53928
Touch of Class topic - viewtopic.php?f=1&t=54886
This hosta has a Tokudama heritage and seems to flower about a month earlier than the Halcyon types.]

Hosta Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... %20Marquee
MyHostas - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Grand+Marquee
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/g/grandmarquee.html

I have two of these growing in different environments - one in shade and one in sun.
This one is in shade:

Grand Marquee - May 8, 2012

Grand Marquee - June 18, 2012

This is the one in sun:

Grand Marquee - July 9, 2012 - with Lemon Frost in front

Grand Marquee - July 9, 2012

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Some other photos of the Grand Marquee I have in sun - these are from late 2011 when it tried to flower really late:

Grand Marquee - October 10, 2011 - with Lemon Frost in bud in front

Grand Marquee - November 20, 2011 - with Lemon Frost in bud again at the bottom edge of the photo

Grand Marquee - November 20, 2011

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Hard to beliive it is the same plant even you know they can change a lot and the h. June family do change very much.
Good pictures of the old knowledge, - they get fewer but bigger leaves in the shade... and more smaller in the sun
Never seen it that clear before.
Thanks for sharing
Pia

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Thank you for allowing (sp) me to use your pics for my hosta speaks