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Need some help on an ID

Postby redcrx » Jun 23, 2012 8:20 pm

I have had this around for a couple of seasons. If I'm lucky I may see flowers this season.
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Re: Need some help on an ID

Postby Mark Raw » Jun 24, 2012 12:19 am

At a very quick look I would guess a Fortunei. Looks similar to how Francee starts with white edges though, maybe then F aureomarginata?
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Re: Need some help on an ID

Postby rockNhostas » Jun 24, 2012 6:50 am

Maybe Gloriosa?
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Re: Need some help on an ID

Postby John Polka » Jun 24, 2012 8:46 am

Green Gold? does its margin stay chartreuse/gold or does it lighten? Fortunei Aureomarginata is a good guess too...Please excuse my ratty hosta lol
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Re: Need some help on an ID

Postby John Polka » Jun 24, 2012 8:49 am

Yeah Mark said Francee... which is another good guess... had to redeem myself with another picture... non ratty hosta
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Re: Need some help on an ID

Postby Linda P » Jun 24, 2012 9:55 am

Ed, do you remember ever purchasing Gloriosa? I have a NOID that was left behind when my friend Linda C
removed a truckload of plants that I was fostering for her. It looks very much like yours. The margin
has stayed very narrow over the years, and is definitely not Francee or Fortunei Aureomarginata, Green Gold
Crispula, or any of the wider margined fortunei types. She does not remember purchasing Gloriosa,
but I do remember buying it years ago (mid-80's) for my friend Gloria, and I may have given a piece of it
to Linda C then. Of course, she was not keeping a list, and these were the days when I was waiting for
my trees and bushes to grow to make shade so I did not keep it, and only remember the name becasue
Gloria was buying any hosta that was close to her name.
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Re: Need some help on an ID

Postby Mark Raw » Jun 24, 2012 10:02 am

I meant in habit and shape to Francee; she's white margined thats why I thought yellow margined more like F auroemarginata. I dont know the others mentioned.
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Re: Need some help on an ID

Postby redcrx » Jun 24, 2012 10:34 am

I have Gloriosa - it has a white margin.

It doesn't look "fortunei" to me. It has a little blue dusting on it.
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Re: Need some help on an ID

Postby redcrx » Jun 29, 2012 10:07 pm

Is anyone growing David Reath or David L. Reath? That might be it.
Here is another shot from mid-May. This is a month earlier than the first shots.
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Re: Need some help on an ID

Postby redcrx » Aug 25, 2012 9:26 am

Here are some shots today of this plant. It didn't flower.
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Re: Need some help on an ID

Postby thy » Aug 25, 2012 9:37 pm

No idea, but it is very very nice

New leaves look a bit fortunei like, but older are way to round and the edge is to narrow and egal... nice and classy
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