Re: H. 'Something Different'plus Blue Sum and Sub

Hi Glen:
    I found one blue/green sport of H.'Sum and Substance' with a "bloom" in
the spring. The searchable database in the Hosta Library pulled up 26
match's for S&S but shows mostly yellow to cream margins. H.'Vim and Vigor'
Emerges blue-green, changing to dark green as the season passes. Huge leaves
with a waxy bloom in the spring that gives it a bluish-green cast, turning
to a shiny green in the summer. This sport of H.'Sum and Substance' could
match the parent size or possibly larger"
Pat

----- Original Message -----
From: "Glen Williams" <gw1944@vermontel.net>
To: <PHOENIX_HOSTA_ROBIN@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM>
Cc: <hosta-open@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 8:02 AM
Subject: H. 'Something Different'plus Blue Sum and Sub


> Two hosta questions/comments.
>
> I purchased H.'Something Different' years ago and it struck me simply as a
> mild theme and variation on H. 'Gold Standard'. I purchased one two weeks
> ago at Tri-Sate in Conn.  It was exactly like h. 'White Wall Tires'
(before
> it goes viridescent ) a beauiful white with bright green veins, but had a
> great non-bleeding green margin. Zilis describes the plant as gold/yellow
> centered, and does not mention any other charateristics.I can't find the
> registration information right now. Even when H. 'Gold Standard' has
burned
> out I have not seen it like this plant.I checked the hosta library and
> found a photo which is headed in the direction of what I have, but even
> from the photos there seem to be some differences in this sport that may
> not simply be a matter of the amount of sun it recieves. Maybe not
>
> Topic two. Once again as I used the library and a couple of the new bells
> and whistles that Bob has installed, I can't help but think how lucky we
> are to have Bob to do this labor of love for all of us.it has to be a
labor
> of love, for how else can one explain the altruism behind it? Let the day
> lily people turn green with envy.  It is incedible and I offer him nothing
> but praise for this enterprise. Many of the new photos are wonderful. The
> problem with the library is that it keeps me from the garden.
>
> Last thing. Is there a sport from Sum and Substance that has any bloom on
> it? Is there a case where bloom (wax) has appeared on a sport where it was
> not present on the progenitor? In  short is there, or can there be a blue
> sport from Sum and Sub?
>
> "Depression is just the anger without enthusiasm." Steve Wright
> Glen Williams
> 20 Dewey St.
> Springfield , Vermont
> 05156
> Tel: 802-885-2839
>
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