Hosta of the Day #3 - Quill

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Hosta of the Day #3 - Quill

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Quill is a small wavy edge hosta that comes form a cross of pycnophylla x yingeri. The write-up in the MyHosta database says it puts up a second scape out of the first scape - I haven't seen this. It would be interesting to see how much different it is from "normal" branched scapes.

I have Quill growing in a trough. It was one of the hosta that got me into troughs when one of my new gardens got destroyed by tree roots back in 2011. It was just a tiny fragment that's come back.

Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... iety=Quill
MyHostas - http://www.myhostas.be/db/view/Quill
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/q/quill.html

Here it is in 2013
Quill - August 3, 2013
Quill - August 3, 2013
Quill - August 3, 2013
Quill - August 3, 2013
Quill - August 3, 2013
Quill - August 3, 2013
And it's flowers in 2014
Quill - August 11, 2014
Quill - August 11, 2014
Quill - August 11, 2014
Quill - August 11, 2014
Ed McHugh, Sicklerville NJ
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Re: Hosta of the Day #3 - Quill

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Some photos of Quill today with lots of flowers. It's still in a trough - growing with Cheesecake (dark green with random white stripes) on one end and Hacksaw on the other (top of the photo). There is supposed to be a Crystal Chimes in there but I don't see it in the photo.
Quill - July 18, 2018
Quill - July 18, 2018
Quill - July 18, 2018
Quill - July 18, 2018
Ed McHugh, Sicklerville NJ
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