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Re: Variegated hosta from seed

The plants that do produce variegated seedlings are rare and sell for $100
to 500 each. Then the variegated seedlings from those are rarely worth the
trouble unless you are a serious hybridizer. Don't let me put you off
because it is fun but slow.

At 09:05 PM 5/8/97 -0700, DAVID SIMS wrote:
>Variegated Hosta seedlings rarely occur with most parents.  Paul Aden,
>in "The Hosta Book" describes a situation where 15,000 Francis Williams
>seeds resulted in ONE variegated seedling.  There are certain parents
>that will give vareigated seedlings - those with a certain type of
>"splotched"  pattern in the leaves.  Hosta specialists generally list
>plants that can be used for  obtaining variegated seedlings.
>David Sims
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>Annette Guennemann wrote:
>> 
>> Hosta are very easy to propagate from seed (just keep them moist and
>> warm, they will spread after a week). Just for fun I grew some hosta
>> from my own seed, but I never got a variegated one. Although I collected
>> the the seeds from the variegated hybrids I grow in my garden, they
>> always produce only green seedlings. Is this because there is cross-
>> pollination with the green varieties I have in my garden too? Or is the
>> percentage of variegated seedlings only very small? Are there special
>> named cultivars having a reputation for being a good mother plant
>> because they produce a high percentage of variegated seedlings?
>> The only success I ever had was getting hosta with a yellow leaves.
>> Thanks for more information, Annette, Germany zone 6
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