RE: Fall Gold Hostas

Ran everything you say about bud development certainly seems to be true. To
me that simply says the leaves have probably stopped growing for the year
but it does not mean that they have to go down. In other words simply
disappear as some do or turn yellow as others may. There are varieties that
will go dormant for us by mid July. I have some that are rather new
introductions which I paid good money for that only had dried flower scapes
left buy mid July. I feel cheated. My feelings are that we should breed to
reduce or remove these characteristics. By carefully selection, it can be
done. This week I selected my breeding stock for next year from the plants
that still looked exceptional in mid Oct. If I continue to do this type of
thing, I hope to have a good looking garden until killing frost comes.
Sometimes that is in Nov.

Mary

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Glen
George has given some very good answers to this question.  There is a
physical condtion that is, I believe a clue to the process.  I am sure
there is a direct relation ship to bloom time and basel bud devlopment.
In other words, ( in general) the sooner the bloom cycle is completed,
the sooner the new base buds devlope.  If you examine a hosta plant, you
will find that ( and this is pretty much true of all plants) the newly
devloping bud is actually splitting and pushing aganst the base of the
petiole .  this forces a partial "disconnect" and the leaf tends to stop
functioning.  As the inner buds devlope this process continues, to move
center of the plant.  Plants with later bloom, have later bud devlopment
so the whole process is not as early
Thanks
Ran Lydell
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>
> So, I am asking you botanists out there, what factors are at work here
> in
> keeping some hostas looking good, while other are on the way to their
> late
> fall oblivion?Perhaps some hosta names have greater staying power?
>
> Hebdomad  n: a week; seven days
> Glen Williams
> 20 Dewey St.
> Springfield , Vermont
> 05156
> Tel: 802-885-2839

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