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Re: [SG] Hosta Maturity?

-- [ From: Dale Neil * EMC.Ver #2.5.3 ] --

> Hi All!
> Hosta 'Janet' is not as stable as 'Gold Standard'. Expect all-green
sports.
> The true Janet should have a near-white center about now.
> Clyde Crockett z5 ccredux@aol.com  Indianapolis IN
>

Thanks for the information about "Janet" . That is definately something
good to know. The one that is showing variegation now is heavily
variegated. In fact, it is almost what geranium folks call "ghost" . A
few leaves have a few streaks of green in them but it is almost totally
white.


> From:    MR FORREST G JOHNSON <JSKG09A@PRODIGY.COM>
> Subject: Hosta Maturity?
>
> Hi Neil:
>
> I am far from being an expert, but if you do not have a variegated
leaf,
> typical of the variety, you do NOT have a good specimen. If you have a
plain
> green leaf of 'Janet' it has reverted and, in my opinion,
>  it will not get the desired variegation with maturity. I've had
divisions Gold
> Standard revert to all green. I divided those out and it makes a
lovely all
> green plant but it is no longer 'Gold Standard'.

Hi Forrest,

Hmmm thanks for the warning about "Gold Standard" . I haven't
experienced that but it is good to keep an eye out for those revertions.
I see it in the scented geraniums that I raise but didn't realize it
happens very often with Hostas also.

> I would hesitate to "down" buying from Lowe's or K-Mart or other such
places,
> but wherever you buy, you should have a good idea of what the cultivar
your are
> buying should look like and if it is not, don't buy it. Maturity does
bring


Thanks again. I am a little suspicious of things that don't look like
they are supposed to ( I run into mislabeling even in reputable places
sometimes)  but then I had heard that some plants don't get full color
until atleast the 2nd year. I don't expect that from 'Emerald Tiara' but
I didn't know.


> major changes in leaf size and texture but the variegation should be
apparent
> right away. Our K-Mart is selling plants that have Klehms labels on
them so you
> see those should be true to type. Just recently I bought some nice
large plants
> of Great Expectations at a Wal-Mart in Muscatine. They are excellent
plants and
> have leaves typical of that name.

Wow!!!! That certainly beats the Walmarts around here. Did the Muscatine
Walmart get their plants locally from that one nursery that I hear about
in that area? I sure would have liked to see large "Great Expectation"
plants around here. I bought one from Linden Terrace that the Slugs did
in (fortunately I had credit from there because I provided Peggy with a
few Scented Geranium plants) and then got a nice small plant from Bob
Axmear for a real reasonable price. It is doing well in a pot and I have
gotton the slugs under control.. working on voles now <sigh>.

>
> Do I know you? We live in Davenport.

I am not aware that we have ever met. I have been in the area since the
Fall of '87 but I move here from just down the road in Iowa City. I have
run across someone that says they think they know you from Alcoa......
Maybe we can meet someday. Have you ever been to Freeman's? I hope to go
out there and see what they have someday soon. I've been to Hornbaker's
and was pretty impressed with what they had.


TTYL,
Dale Neil
Zone 5 Rock Island Ill.
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