Re: Hosta blooms

Thanks, Gene.  I'll have a look for the H. venusta.  That sounds very nice.
I think we'll be a long time waiting for red hosta flowers, unless people
start manipulating gene sequences as a matter of course.

Bob Campbell
-----Original Message-----
From: GeneBush <genebush@otherside.com>
To: perennials@mallorn.com <perennials@mallorn.com>
Date: July 21, 1999 11:31 AM
Subject: Re: Hosta blooms


>Hello Bob,
>    There are a lot of different Hostas out there under the name of
>plantaginea or the old August Lily which is a passalong plant. Probably my
>first hosta was the August Lily... which bloom in July for me. Just
>finishing up out in the garden and the blooms are a royal purple on mine.
>Have it growing in dry shade at the base of a mature cedar in a raised bed.
>Just where one should not place a hosta.
>    For bloom, H. venusta is one of my favorites with the little inflated
>bells and the royal purple veining. Hummers love it.. along with many of
the
>other hosta blooms in the garden.
>    When I first joined a hosta group I remember being promised red and
blue
>blooms on hosta. Have not hear anything out that one in a long time. Anyone
>heard anything of bloom color for hosta lately?
>    Gene Bush

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