Tsugaru Komachi Fukurin is a pretty little plant. But trying to research it is like chasing your tail.
In the Hosta Library Tsugaru Komachi Fukurin and Fukurin Tsugaru Komachi have a picture of the same plant. Tsugaru Komachi Fukurin and Tsugaru Komachi have a picture in common but the write-up for Tsugaru Komachi says it is a streaky plant. In the archives, here, there is a picture of Tsugaru Komachi viewtopic.php?f=1&t=43212 that looks different from my Tsugaru Komachi Fukurin until I dug out all my photos and found a couple of early season photos that match the Tsugaru Komachi that was posted.
Zilis list Tsugaru Komachi Fukurin as a sport of Tsugaru Komachi.
I tracked a translation for the name - "Tsugaru" is a city in Aomori Prefecture; "Komachi" means a beauty or a belle; "Fukirin" is variegated margin.
(Sources - http://www.giboshiarekore.com/japanesew ... escriptive
and http://www.rittenhouse.ca/hortmag/Hosta ... nter98.htm)
Hosta Registry - not registered
MyHostas - http://www.myhostas.be/db/hostas/Fukuri ... ru+Komachi
MyHostas - http://www.myhostas.be/db/hostas/Tsugaru+Komachi
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/t/tsugarako ... kurin.html
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/f/fukurin.html
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/t/tsugarakomachi.html
Here are some photos from 2011:
Here are some photos from early 2012:
Hosta of the Day - Tsugaru Komachi Fukurin
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Hosta of the Day - Tsugaru Komachi Fukurin
Ed McHugh, Sicklerville NJ
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
Re: Hosta of the Day - Tsugaru Komachi Fukurin
Tsugaru Komachi Fukurin later in the 2012 season:
Some late leaves:
Some late leaves:
Ed McHugh, Sicklerville NJ
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
Re: Hosta of the Day - Tsugaru Komachi Fukurin
Found a couple more shots from last season:
Ed McHugh, Sicklerville NJ
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
Re: Hosta of the Day - Tsugaru Komachi Fukurin
What a cute little hosta with some very lovely flowers
Against stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.
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