Hosta of the Day - Gone with the Wind

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Jul 21, 2014 8:40 am

I come across this hosta at a recent Del-Val Hosta Society meeting. The meeting was hosted by a member in their beautiful garden (I'll get pictures up eventually - I'm way behind). This beautiful plant was given as a gift to the hosts.

Hosta Registry - http://hostaregistrar.org/detail.php?id ... the%20Wind
MyHostas Database - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Gone+with+the+Wind
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/g/gonewiththewind.html

: Gone with the Wind - July 12, 2014

I thought it was a nice medium sized plant and ordered 2 from Chris. I got 2 "monsters" - boy they can get big.

I was going to pot them but I don't have big enough pots so one went into a small garden where I lost a couple of plants to voles. I put it in a cage - wire trash basket. The second went into my south facing garden where I just removed a holly bush that was chewing up some nearby hosta. I hope it can take a lot of sun - most hostas in this space can handle the amount of sun it gets.

: Gone with the Wind - July 16, 2014

: Gone with the Wind - July 16, 2014

: Gone with the Wind - July 16, 2014

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Jul 21, 2014 9:23 am

Photos of them in the garden.

First - where the holly came out.

: Gone with the Wind - July 21, 2014

: Gone with the Wind - July 21, 2014

Second - where voles roam but so many as before.

: Gone with the Wind - July 21, 2014

That little white tube at the bottom is a vole trap.

Tigger · Post by **Tigger** » Jul 21, 2014 11:28 am

Very nice, Ed. Olga used some nice bloodlines: ('Fascination' x montana f. macrophylla) x (('Zounds' x 'Niagara Falls') x 'Sea Dragon')

I'm sorry we didn't get a chance to chat at the meeting. We had a board meeting before, and then that auction!

If you're looking for even more hostas, have you been to Russell's Wholesale recently? I'm afraid the business may be going under; Alan is selling his reserve stock.

We picked up a dozen on Saturday (only one from the reserve).

David

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Jul 21, 2014 2:57 pm

No, I'll have to try to get up there.

Here is another garden photo I took when I noticed a similarity to Bridal Falls - they have similar parentage in their background.

The Gone with the Wind is at the top with Seducer in the middle and Bridal Falls on the bottom. (Two vole traps along the left edge and rabbit netting on the right side with the deer fence behind that - I always thought gardening was just dig a hole, put plant in and weed.)

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Jun 21, 2016 1:23 pm

Gone with the Wind in flower today.

: Gone with the Wind - June 21, 2016

: Gone with the Wind - June 21, 2016

: Gone with the Wind - June 21, 2016

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Jul 10, 2016 11:10 am

Interesting leaf on my one in bright shade - a little extra color.

: Gone with the Wind - July 10, 2016

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » May 09, 2017 7:40 pm

I have two of these but one was just crushed by a pine branch in the garden.

Here is the intact one from yesterday:

: Gone with the Wind - May 8, 2017

: Gone with the Wind - May 8, 2017

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » May 15, 2018 7:31 pm

Gone with the Wind growing in bright sun. I'm still clearing the chickweed toward the back. The little plant at the bottom left is Blue Striptease but the darn rabbits have taken a liking to it.