Here's my list of stoloniferous hostas. Let me know of any corrections or additions. Thank you. Don

Stoloniferous Hostas
(use care in digging)

ÂAbiqua DelightÂ
ÂBill Brinka (ÂOpiparaÂ)
ÂBlackfootÂ
ÂCandy CaneÂ
clausa
ÂDecorataÂ
ÂDecorata NormalisÂ
ÂDeeÂs Golden JewelÂ
ÂFlower SongÂ
ÂGaijinÂ
ÂGosan Gold MidgetÂ
ÂGround MasterÂ
ÂIce CreamÂ
ÂMishima Fokarin KobaÂ
ÂNorth HillsÂ
ÂParadise PuppetÂ
ÂSnowstormÂ
ÂSwooshÂ

Thanks Don!

Yellow Splash Rim, Maraschino Cherry, Kinbuchi Tachi and to some extent the Lemon Lime family are a few more. The eyes come out horizontally from the crown so they MUST be planted below the ground to multiply properly. Well, all hostas need to be planted below the ground, but these types especially...

Does Dees Golden Jewel really spread that way? I'll have to check that one and Jewel of the Nile out the next time I dig them.

By the way, hostas spread by rhizomes, not stolons. Stolons are spreading branches/stems that creep on top of the ground. Hostas spread by rhizomes under the ground, so the correct term for an underground, spreading hosta is rhizomatous.

Add Otome No Ka to the list, it definitely is rhizomatous.

Alexa

Ok I didn't know exactly the right term but you guys got what I was looking for. Thanks Again :)

If it has not been added yet, please include H. 'Kifukurin Otome' as a rhizomatous hosta. Thank you, Don! :-)

Jo
P.S. Bumped

Well well, I was interested in this topic and Pieter planned a new thread to feature the topic. Now it seems there is a general interest in it also. Might as well address it here.

I don't really know what list to put some of my hosta on. But I have from the "stoloniferous" and the "rhizomatous" lists quite a few.

Yellow Splash Rim
Dee's Golden Jewel
clausa
clausa normalis
clausa normalis "Jilin"
Sam Spade
Ice Cream
Sugar Babe (fragrant also)
Otome No Ka
Oze (a mini which acts like a small this year)
rectifolia 'Nishiki'
Kinbuchi Tachi

I have no idea if these also reproduce by seed?

Reading the description by George Schmid included with Don Rawson's Rhizomatous list, I am reminded of a hosta I had with a joint like a bamboo cane from which it seemed little rootlets were trying to grow. I have the picture, cannot recall the name right now, but would recognize it readily when I see it again. I'll look for it and add it as a question mark here. Plus, I'll try to take more pictures of the base of the hosta to see what is going on.

Now, about Ice Cream. Isn't it related to Vanilla Cream? Are both therefore rhizomatous?

Edited to add picture of Captain Kirk from 2012. It has those rootlets growing from a joint in the petiole I believe it is. But, not sure what is going on with it. Anyway I repotted it to be deeper in the potting mix.

This post was edited by moccasinlanding on Thu, Jun 26, 14 at 12:26