Hosta of the Day #3 - Devil's Advocate

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » May 21, 2014 10:40 pm

Devil's Advocate is a sport of Blue Angel. It's been in my garden since 2010. I have one in a trough because I almost lost it to root competition.

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: Devil's Advocate - May 14, 2014

: Devil's Advocate - May 19, 2014

This is a close-up of some leaves in the previous photo:

: Devil's Advocate - May 19, 2014

morgansrgr8 · Post by **morgansrgr8** » May 22, 2014 6:02 pm

Does it grow faster than Blue Angel?

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » May 22, 2014 10:11 pm

I think slower but it's all about conditions. The leaves are a lot smaller on DA. The one I have in the ground was a single eye in 2011 and is still a single eye today - it's in shade and some root competition. The one in the trough has taken off - good sun and no root competition. Here are some old photos of the one in the trough. I salvaged a fragment from a garden torn up by tree roots.

Here it is at the end of 2011:

: Devil's Advocate - September 15, 2011

Here it is early last year:

: Devil's Advocate - May 21, 2013

morgansrgr8 · Post by **morgansrgr8** » May 23, 2014 11:29 am

Thanks, Was just wondering since my BA took forever to mature. Now its huge. lol

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Jun 03, 2016 9:06 am

Devil's Advocate today. This is one I had in a trough for a while and put it in my "New Garden" last year. Actually this is the same one that's shown above as a single leaf in 2011 that came out of a garden that overrun by tree roots.

At the moment it's the biggest hosta in there.