Re: H. 'Chisima Iwa'
- Subject: Re: H. 'Chisima Iwa'
- From: &* G* S* <h*@Bellsouth.net>
- Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 11:44:44 -0400
Pat,
It is spelled Chishima, which is the Japanese name for the Kurile Islands. I
doubt that the Iwa (=longipes) is botanically correct, because H. longipes
is a southern species in Japan. Maybe this cultivar grows on rocks, hence
Iwa=rock. HTH George
W. George Schmid
Hosta Hill - Tucker Georgia USA
Zone 7a - 1188 feet AMSL
84-12'-30" West_33-51' North
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Mora" <patmora@comcast.net>
To: <hosta-open@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: H. 'Chisima Iwa'
> HI Glen:
> The below info is all I have for the "searchable database". I need a
> Japanese map to know how to spell, perhaps what I have in the database has
> been spelled wrong?
>
> Dwarf hosta selection from Chishima island in northern Japan. Very
vigorous
> and shiny ruffled leaf
> Pat Mora
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