Re: [SG] Hosta Francee Sport

I'd leave it on the mother plant for awhile to see what development takes
place. You could pot it up later and provide good protection through winter.

If the clump has no chlorophyll, I doubt if it would survive on its own. You
would have to grow it for a few seasons to determine if it will be stable.
I've not seen such a thing before.

I once had a daylily that sprouted beautiful yellow edges on each leaf. I
nursed that plant through the growing season; it didn't bloom that year.
Next season it came up green -- and died. Hope you have better luck than I
did with my "million-dollar daylily."    :-)

John Adney
Marion, Iowa (zones 4-5)
-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Swift <Goldfish63@AOL.COM>
To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Date: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 8:19 PM
Subject: [SG] Hosta Francee Sport


>I have a hosta (Francee) that developed an all white mutation/sport this
>spring.  Anybody ever heard of such a thing?  I am wondering if I should
dig
>up the clump and try to remove it from the rest of the plant, but it
appears
>that it has no cholorphyll, so I am wondering if it will survive on its own
>and/or if it will be stable?   Anybody seen such a thing before????
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