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redcrx
Posts: 4872 Joined: Jun 23, 2008 4:39 pmUSDA Zone: 7Location: Camden, New Jersey
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by redcrx Jul 16, 2017 10:32 pm
capitata is a medium sized plant with a slight wave in the leaf. It is a species. The flower-head forms a "ball" shape.
Registry - not registered - it is species
MyHostas -
http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/capitata
Hosta Library -
http://www.hostalibrary.org/c/capitata.html
I have had this plant for at least eight seasons. It has stayed small and survived the deer fence being put on top of it.
Here it is in 2010.
capitata - June 21, 2010
And in 2011 with flowers and seed pods.
capitata - June 10, 2011 capitata f 11 0854.JPG (29.6 KiB) Viewed 2046 times
capitata - June 13, 2011
capitata - June 27, 2011
And this season.
capitata - July 16, 2017
Ed McHugh, Sicklerville NJ
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
Tigger
Posts: 2727 Joined: Oct 14, 2001 8:00 pmUSDA Zone: 6b - 7aLocation: SE Penna Zone 6b (7a?), lat. 39°50'
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by Tigger Jul 17, 2017 10:33 pm
There was some discussion about a white-flowered H. capitata on FB recently. Seemed odd to me.
waldo
Posts: 72 Joined: Jan 03, 2015 11:45 amUSDA Zone: 6aLocation: Central PA (Bellefonte is almost dead center)
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by waldo Jul 04, 2018 6:24 pm
My capitata started blooming this morning. These are pictures of the purple and lavender flowered capitata.
capitata
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waldo
Posts: 72 Joined: Jan 03, 2015 11:45 amUSDA Zone: 6aLocation: Central PA (Bellefonte is almost dead center)
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by waldo Jul 04, 2018 6:32 pm
I also have the white flowered one (capitata 'Albiflora') in a pot because I'm attempting some crosses on it. I personally find it more beautiful than the purple/lavender one.
capitata 'Albiflora'
and the flower 2018-07-04 capitata albiflora flwr.jpg (27.67 KiB) Viewed 1842 times
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.
