I.D. Please

9 years ago

This blue hosta is approximately three years old (leaping this year). It is starting to send up scapes and looks to me like it is going to be a fairly large hosta. Thanks for your help.

DD
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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
9 years ago
do you have any inkling.. like a list of names...

or any history ... a newer variety you paid good money for.. or something from g-ma's garden ...

if you cant give us a hint ... i doubt we can say.. with any certainty ... what it is ...

but they will have fun trying.. so have at it ...

ken
DelawareDonna
Original Author
9 years ago
No inkling. I paid good money for it at a landscaping nursery a few years back when I first started getting interested in hosta. I didn't get it from my grandma's garden because I'm the granny whose in her 70's. I have been a passionate gardener for years, but my interest was in numerous other perennials and annuals. I don't have the knowledge acquired by so many here regarding hosta, but I'm learning something new every day.

DD
don_in_colorado
9 years ago
Ah, you have a nice blue NOID as well, Donna. What Ken says...Extremely hard to figure out, in general. BUT don't give yourself an ulcer over it. If someone hazards a guess that you like... ; )

Big blues like this are pretty gorgeous the older and bigger they get; I just call mine Beautiful Blue NOID.

Cheers,
Don B.
DelawareDonna
Original Author
9 years ago
Thanks Don ......

Sounds like a plan. We both like our blue Noid.

DD
bragu_DSM 5
9 years ago
since it is blue, it is a bloid, or better yet, a bluid ...

"That's funny, she doesn't look bluish ..."

_~

dave b
bkay2000
9 years ago
It might be Elegans. Most all my blues are new, so I'm not much help.

How many veins does it have?

Zone 8 blooms right now are: Elegans just opened, BA is still closed, others are in various states.

If you don't get a positive ID, bump this one up with a photo of the flowers when it blooms.

bk
DelawareDonna
Original Author
9 years ago
BKay - You nailed it. I checked out the photos in the Hosta Library, and it is, indeed, Elegans. Going to be a large blue so probably didn't allot enough room for growth. Thanks again,

DD