Re: Summer Joy question
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From: "Bill Meyer" <njhosta@hotmail.com>
To: <hosta-open@mallorn.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 12:00 PM
Subject: Summer Joy question
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I also have this plant , purchased at the convention , directly from Klehms.
I have had it growing now for three years. What it is not, is a sport of
Blue Moon, as stated. It could be a mix-up, but if it is, They ( Klehms)
have a responsiability to "fix" the problem. These were very expensive, and
should be what was represented. As you can see, when a problem like this
goes unaddressed, it is , of course "passed along" to others, as the plant
is divided & sold . We have purposly "held on" to our stock, because of the
questions.
Ran
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>
>
>
> > Hi Jim,
> > I do not want to accuse any retailers of trying to perpetrate a
hoax
> > in this matter. My first plant of this came directly from Klehm. I
> purchased
> > it from Maryann at the Indianapolis Convention where she sold them at
> > Klehm's vending table for $75. Other plants were purchased there by
people
> I
> > know, including the one in picture #2, and these have subsequently
turned
> > out to be 'Great Expectations'. The real 'Summer Joy' as described and
> > registered does not match very closely the description of GE. Every
garden
> I
> > visited that had a plant labeled SJ had GE in that spot. As Van Wade's
> > 'Great American Expectations' and Kevin Walek's 'Dream Weaver' show,
there
> > is nothing wrong with naming a sport or form of GE and introducing it as
a
> > new cultivar. SJ is supposed to be a different plant (white-centered
sport
> > of 'Blue Splendor') that does not resemble GE. If anyone has seen the
real
> > one I would like to purchase one. If Klehm is aware of the mix-up, I
agree
> > that they should say something, and after all this time they should be
> aware
> > of it.
> >
> > > Hi Bill,
> > >
> > > Thank you for the concern.
> > > The plant, H. 'Summer Joy', I have and am offering on the Hosta
Library
> > > auction came directly (I picked it up there myself) from the Klehm
> Nursery
> > > located in S. Barrington, IL, where the registered plant originally
came
> > > from. Roy Klehm also gave the Dubuque Arboretum a H. 'Summer Joy' 2
> years
> > > ago, sent from his late location in Champaign, IL. They look the same.
> > You/we
> > > can have questions as to its correctness but I have to believe the
> > > originator. Klehm Nursery will have to be the one to correct the
> > > problem, if there, is in a fact, a problem. :-)
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > > Jim Schwarz (zone 4)
> >
> >
> >
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