Re: Best Yellow Hosta?

Karen,

7 miles from Wade-Gatton!!!  I am SO jealous!  My daughters are in college in Cleveland and Alliance - we stop at WG in the fall and spring on trips up and back.

I will check out your suggestions!  Thanks!

Louise

> Other ideas would be Crown Prince, just bought this. Looks to have a hint of lime color suffused through the
> yellow - just kind of a gentle blending, not streaked/variegated. Also just purchased a David Stone - yellow
> with a very minimal lime green edge. When young has slightly lance/elongated shaped leaves. The mature plant
> we saw had more rounded leaves. Along this line, my sister just bought an August Moon which is doing the same
> - slightly lance shaped, where my more mature one is rounded.
>
> As to two of the earlier suggestions - I've seen sources list the size for Golden Sculpture at 36"H x 72"W.
> Hostas take 3 to 5 years to reach mature size. Also, my Lemon Lime is kind of a golden color early in the
> season but turns to a medium dark lime green. It is a nice, small hosta that right now has lots of scapes.
>
> Just looked again at Crown Prince through the door and it is not a bright gold, such as the very large Sun
> Power, but tends slightly to the lime. It's one of those that no two leaves are quite alike in their
> coloring/shading.
>
> On the chance a variegated one would work, try Summer Music - white center (about one quarter to one half of
> the leaf) with both yellow and some lime variegation on the outer edges.
>
> Karen
> z5a, north central Ohio and about 7 miles from Wade and Gatton (hostas!!!!!!!!!!!!)
>
>

--

_______________________________________________
Talk More, Pay Less with Net2Phone Direct(R), up to 1500 minutes free!
http://www.net2phone.com/cgi-bin/link.cgi?143
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index