Aha! Yellow flowers! I guess that comes from something with a creamy white......maybe it is more outrageous than having a blue flowered hosta.

Truly, if more attention is paid to the flowers, something is bound to happen. So many folks are only interested in the flowers in the garden, not simply the leaves. Present company excluded, of course.

Myself, the color of the flower is not as important as the fertility, maybe the height of the petiole. I understand that in the wild the hosta competed with taller grasses and meadowland plants in general, to get the pollinators to visit THEIR flowers, so they shot up tall scapes above the surrounding competition. Plants have a survival strategy too. I find books by Michael Pallen (almost Pollen but definitely not PALIN) highly interesting reads.

If one of the yellow bloomers is shown at a convention, I'll HAVE to attend. No way around it.

I know that Jeff Moore has hybridized red flowers, but I haven't seen yellow.

Not yet available, but I know he has created a few plants with this kind of color.

Steve

I haven't seen Zilis' yellow-flowered hosta...but have a friend/hybridizer who has one with yellow flowers, so I know it's just a matter of time before something is on the market...

This morning I assumed this was an April Fools post.

Mark Zilis did show pics of this yellow flower at this years Winter Scientific Meeting.....it is very yellow. It is from a hybridizer in Japan.

The red flowered hostas you are seeing Steve are just past on from plants that already have red flowers like 'Kokuryu' and 'Akane'. While they are nice they are not newly created like a yellow flowered hosta.......I can see using this yellow and coming up with orange etc........

Jeff White

This post was edited by allnitro on Tue, Apr 2, 13 at 7:05

Yellow flower Sugita original is selected species of Tsushima Hosta one of the wild species.

Thanks for posting. That's interesting.

bk

Wow. Just wow.

Kumakichi,

Are both of these variations of the species found in the wild or was the longipes a cultivar? Are there any plans to introduce these into the US?

Steve

Steve

Yellow such a happy color, ...absolutely beatiful flowers !

I do not know who is whether the reasonable point of contact in the United States. Contact Because not particularly, I have priority only thing in Japan.
I think Mark will play a role for the yellow flower.
Images that have been attached is what they appear to sow is white flowers H.yingeri of Korean, the seed of self-pollinated flowers of the same type.
As well as changes in the leaf, we have improved flower color, flower shape, fragrance, etc. even if the goal of breeding, of course, it is the thing which changes in leaf also combines the breeding group of Japan Hosta Society that I belong , is the exchanges of Hosta Society of Japan and the United States

Mr Kumakichi - are you still out there? If so, can you please email me at rob@hostaguy.com.

Thanks,

Rob

https://www.hostaparadise.com/miracle-lemony/9366/hosta-details.aspx

H. Miracle Lemony is on all the major European nurseries lists.

Not sure I can get too excited about pale yellow flowers.

I still prefer the leaves.

Just opinion.

Dave

Go to hostalibrary.org and click on First Look Auction there is a Miracle Lemony in the auction.

I found it as cheap as 17 bucks over seas,that can't possibly be right unless its a tiny tiny plug plant and even then IDK if I trust it..but for 17 bucks I might just try it lol

I have seen it fir €12 for a 2L pot from a vendor in Belgium. I admit it does little for me.

I have a friend picking me up one on friday to ship over.as long as it is what its sold as no problems