does this plant have hvx? some other virus?
anyone have one?
pics?
what can you tell me about it?
kiwi forest
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Isn't that an interesting hosta, I'm thinking of adding one someday soon! From what I've read it's not HVX virus causing those color changes but might be a different virus not know or discovered yet. Do note that it changes color during the season and becomes a solid color all blue-green. Yet I'ld love watching it's changes over the spring/summer.
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Hi,
I've had them tested and no, it isn't HVX nor any other virus (had them tested by electron microscopy). So this is one with some normal mottling just in the spring, but then it turns blue after a month or so. If you are seeing one that keeps the mottling all summer long I would wonder about it, but the cultivar itself is fine.
I've had them tested and no, it isn't HVX nor any other virus (had them tested by electron microscopy). So this is one with some normal mottling just in the spring, but then it turns blue after a month or so. If you are seeing one that keeps the mottling all summer long I would wonder about it, but the cultivar itself is fine.
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I bought a small bagged Kiwi Forest [and I think Kiwi Canoe ] from Barry Sligh in 2004 at the National Convention in Des Moines. I debated & debated & finally settled on those 2. They were just small bagged dormant eyes since it was the opposite of spring in NZ then. And by the time I remembered I had them after the convention, they were too dried out. I tried rehydrating them, but they just rotted. I really liked this one. Glad to know it's not virused. I may try it again someday if I find it.