Unstable Hostas

Several remarks have been made on this robin about hostas that seem to 
change.  I have quite a few Francee and Gold Standard that I 
propagated looking for sports, and found a few, but there are so many 
others that are not really sports, but they look different.  I 
hesitate to sell them because I'm beginning to wonder just which ones 
are the true types.  However, Charles Purtymun probably has the hosta 
that sets the record for changing from year to year.  It's just a 
seedling and nothing special.  One year it will have a large white 
center with a green edge, another year it will have a small center and 
some sometimes its almost all green, and some times the same plant 
will have all the different forms in the same year.  If Ben were smart 
he would figure out that this is a clue to figuring out why hostas 
sport so much.  

Speaking of Ben, has he abandoned hosta-open?  I'm still waiting for 
him to quote the pertinent passages from the book that he claims 
supports his view that hostas have true first leaves and not 
cotyledons.  He may be correct, but he sure doesn't make it easy for 
us.

Joe Halinar
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