Unidentified Hostas
or 'NOIDS'

NOID #1

As you may have gathered from various other comments on this website, we do add to our Hosta variety every year by picking up additional bare roots at Costco every spring. The problem with that is two-fold: first of all you don't know whether the contents of the package are as labelled and secondly you don't know for up to 3 or 4 years later if indeed this roots are HVX free. Nonetheless, the price is always attractive and a great persuader.

This was one of the ones from 2007 where the contents did not match the label. Before I'd set about in earnest to uncover its true identity, I wanted to make sure that the plant was HVX free and certainly so far in its second year here there is no evidence it isn't. So, I posted a coupel of pictures on one of the Hosta Forums I frequent and the considered opinion would appear to be that this is 'Crusader'. And we'll use that name until such time as it becomes clear it really is something else. If you feel you want to pipe-up about its identity, just click one the e-mail link at the bottom of the page and give me your thoughts please.


As you can see, the petioles have a bit of a blush to them, something that should aid in identification, as well the picture of the flowers below.


Just having seen a 'proper' 'Crusader' I am now of the opinion that this is still not a correctly identified plant. The real thing is much more green than what this one is. We'll keep digging... and as said, please don't hesitate to offer an opinion with respect to the identity of any of the plants you see on this page, just click on the e-mail link at the bottom of the page.


NOID #2

While superficially this one may seem just like the first one, the devil's in the details unfortunately when it comes to separating one cultivar from another. In this case you'll notice there is no reddish blush to the petioles for starters and though the leaves look similar, there are definite differences in colouration between these two. I also suspect that at maturity this one will prove to be larger than the first one, based on new growth seen by early September.

No, while the label in this pot would seem to indicate 'Flavocircinalis', it most definitely is not. The label is only there because that is what it was SUPPOSED to be.

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