Hosta of the Day - Smokey

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Feb 02, 2013 12:16 pm

Smokey is a hybrid of 'Urajiro Hachijo'. The MyHostas database talks about Smokey being a sister plant of Candy Dish and Marilyn Monroe.

Hosta Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... ety=Smokey
MyHostas - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Smokey
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/s/smokey.html

I got this plant in 2010. The last few photos in the Hosta Library are mine from 2010. Here are some photos from 2011 and 2012.
This is the same plant that is in the Hosta Library:

: Smokey - August 7, 2011 - Miss Linda Smith is on the right

This is another plant that I put into a trough. It shows the underside of the leaf. This is where the name comes from:

: Smokey - August 9, 2011

Some flowers - this is from the original plant:

: Smokey - August 9, 2011

These flowers are on a plant in a trough:

: Smokey - September 1, 2011

: Smokey - September 5, 2011

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Feb 02, 2013 12:21 pm

Some photos of Smokey from 2012 - here is my main plant:

: Smokey - April 27, 2012

: Smokey - August 9, 2012

Here is one in a trough with its sister plants - Candy Dish & Marilyn Monroe:

: Candy Dish & Marilyn Monroe and Smokey

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Aug 22, 2013 9:41 am

I was getting some flower pictures of Smokey yesterday and found this example with Leopard-like spots:

: Smokey - August 21, 2013

I did notice spots on the other Smokey flowers but this was the best. I hadn't noticed in previous years because my camera wasn't as good.

Carol O · Post by **Carol O** » Aug 22, 2013 4:57 pm

Nice photos, Ed. These 3 in the dish sure show how sibs can be so different.

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Aug 23, 2013 9:57 am

Hi Carol, I got a photo of the trough grouping yesterday:

: Smokey & Marilyn Monroe & Candy Dish - August 22, 2013

Smokey is on the right. They all have the same scape and look like they will flower at the same time. The trough is in bright shade.

Here is another flower from that same plant with the "spotted" flowers: