Name: H. 'Kifukurin Ko Mame'
Description: Shiny, dark green, wavy leaves with creamy margins. In Japanese Ko means "small" and Mame is "a pea"; so the name means "gold-margined, very small hosta."
Size: Mini (7"w x 4"h)
Origin: Unknown, Japan
Flowers: Purple flowers.
Added to garden: Late 1990's or around 2000.
Notes: fast growing, good edger - I have this in several spots of my yard and really like it as an edger.
Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... 0Ko%20Mame
MyHostas - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Kifukurin+Ko+Mame
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/k/kitukurin.html
Daily Hosta #1 - 'Kifukurin Ko Mame' - Add your pics
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Daily Hosta #1 - 'Kifukurin Ko Mame' - Add your pics
Ann
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Re: Daily Hosta #1 - 'Kifukurin Ko Mame' - Add your pics
Added this one in July
![Image](http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk42/jonda001/HostaKifukurinKoMame11-1.jpg)
![Image](http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk42/jonda001/HostaKifukurinKoMame11-1.jpg)
Paul
Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow.
Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow.
Re: Daily Hosta #1 - 'Kifukurin Ko Mame' - Add your pics
Ann: this was the one I got from you this spring. Thanks a bunch, this little hosta just survive in the shade, under the shade of Hosta Guacamole.
Janet is also growing nicely at the back of Heuchera Caramel.
![Image](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dN-UxEfrTHE/Toh5b2OqwLI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/nUOIvnTBeVM/s600/kifu-flowers.jpg)
![Image](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ONelUIm2jxU/Toh5m6JVF3I/AAAAAAAAAbY/eJ32XiQTvcY/s600/Kifu-Blooms.jpg)
Janet is also growing nicely at the back of Heuchera Caramel.
![Image](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dN-UxEfrTHE/Toh5b2OqwLI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/nUOIvnTBeVM/s600/kifu-flowers.jpg)
![Image](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ONelUIm2jxU/Toh5m6JVF3I/AAAAAAAAAbY/eJ32XiQTvcY/s600/Kifu-Blooms.jpg)
Angelina/Angie/Angel
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Re: Daily Hosta #1 - 'Kifukurin Ko Mame' - Add your pics
Still a wonderful edger. Grows fast, easy to divide.
Ann
Pictures of Ann's Hostas:
http://violaann.smugmug.com/Garden/Host ... 361_qL3gHS (SmugMug gallery now updated for 2016)
Pictures of Ann's Hostas:
http://violaann.smugmug.com/Garden/Host ... 361_qL3gHS (SmugMug gallery now updated for 2016)
Re: Daily Hosta #1 - 'Kifukurin Ko Mame' - Add your pics
Mine came in labeled as "Gracillima Yellow Edge".
Ed McHugh, Sicklerville NJ
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Re: Daily Hosta #1 - 'Kifukurin Ko Mame' - Add your pics
Ed - is yours really the same plant? The margins seem wider.
At any rate, I have this in four places and in two of them it's doing really well. I have a garden in the back yard which is close to the neighbour's Linden Tree and the bits of it that are in that garden seem stunted.
At any rate, I have this in four places and in two of them it's doing really well. I have a garden in the back yard which is close to the neighbour's Linden Tree and the bits of it that are in that garden seem stunted.
Ann
Pictures of Ann's Hostas:
http://violaann.smugmug.com/Garden/Host ... 361_qL3gHS (SmugMug gallery now updated for 2016)
Pictures of Ann's Hostas:
http://violaann.smugmug.com/Garden/Host ... 361_qL3gHS (SmugMug gallery now updated for 2016)
Re: Daily Hosta #1 - 'Kifukurin Ko Mame' - Add your pics
2016 update - no real change
Ann
Pictures of Ann's Hostas:
http://violaann.smugmug.com/Garden/Host ... 361_qL3gHS (SmugMug gallery now updated for 2016)
Pictures of Ann's Hostas:
http://violaann.smugmug.com/Garden/Host ... 361_qL3gHS (SmugMug gallery now updated for 2016)
Re: Daily Hosta #1 - 'Kifukurin Ko Mame' - Add your pics
2017 update. Still have four borders, but the two in the back yard still don't do as well.
Ann
Pictures of Ann's Hostas:
http://violaann.smugmug.com/Garden/Host ... 361_qL3gHS (SmugMug gallery now updated for 2016)
Pictures of Ann's Hostas:
http://violaann.smugmug.com/Garden/Host ... 361_qL3gHS (SmugMug gallery now updated for 2016)