Hostas with double flowers
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Hostas with double flowers
I know some hostas are known for having double flowers but is it normal for "ordinary" hostas to have them once in a while? Last season I found one on a Whirlwind. This morning I was getting some pictures of a streaked Sum and Substance that was in flower and I noticed a double flower on it. Are these common?
Ed McHugh, Sicklerville NJ
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Re: Hostas with double flowers
That's really cool! I guess you can only wait and see if you have it again next year.
Ann
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Re: Hostas with double flowers
There was a topic on conjoined leaves. I'm wondering if this is a conjoined flower.
Ed McHugh, Sicklerville NJ
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Re: Hostas with double flowers
I've never seen a double flower on any of my S&S family... but I'm not terribly attentive4 to flowers. I do grow Fujibotan, which is known for its double flowers... which is something of a novelty but really not such a big deal...
so that is really cool and maybe pretty unusual - and if it happens in an additional year I'd sure be dividing and trying to get a pure strain of double flowers...
so that is really cool and maybe pretty unusual - and if it happens in an additional year I'd sure be dividing and trying to get a pure strain of double flowers...
Re: Hostas with double flowers
I'm thinking it is a conjoined flower. Looking at the photos both "double" flowers have a lot more than the normal six anthers of a regular flower. I never seen Fujibotan up close but it probably only has six anthers. So these are just mutant flowers.
Ed McHugh, Sicklerville NJ
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Re: Hostas with double flowers
I get that on Guacamole family a lot at the top of the scape.
Dave
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Re: Hostas with double flowers
Thanks, mine are just starting to bud.
Ed McHugh, Sicklerville NJ
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Re: Hostas with double flowers
Wow, those are wild! Yes, I think you are right that they are just mutant flowers. Definitely not normal. Have you used any type of herbicide or weed preventer on the gardens that might be causing some weird growth? Sort of odd to have so many of these on different plants... Pretty cool though. Reminds me of the polytepal flowers that you sometimes see on daylilies.
Re: Hostas with double flowers
I haven't put anything on them. But they were both "first year in my garden" so I don't know if anything happened to them before. Just some interesting variations.
Ed McHugh, Sicklerville NJ
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I was getting some photos of seed pods the other day and took a closeup of this plant. I didn't realize until I saw the photo on a large screen that the scarp had two branches on it. The whole thing was twisted and forked at a point to put up two bunches of flowers. I took some photos today showing the twisting and the split.
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Ed McHugh, Sicklerville NJ
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Re: Hostas with double flowers
Is it possible you built your garden over an ancient Indian burial ground?
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No, when I dig down in this area it's sand and round stones - stream deposits. But funny you should mention Indians - Sunday I was looking around and found Indian Pipes growing at the end of a row of "blue" hostas. I have not seen these growing in my yard in about 20 years.
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Ed McHugh, Sicklerville NJ
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