,,, & Welcome Spring ! Our earliest plants are just beginning to show some green tips above the detritus here in zone 5 NW Indiana ! I am working with a...
... above the detritus here in zone 5 NW Indiana ! ... tets . I am in need of a streaked unstable mini tet to introduce come color . Any suggestions ? ... ...
What is the background of your mini Tets Brian? You may have to use a streaked version of a large common Tet I suspect. Tim OTP ... From: "giboshizoku"...
Maybe one of the streaked Blue Mouse Ears sports would work? If you can get a hold of one. Is BME a confirmed tet? It doesn't readily set seed, but it is...
There doesn't seem to be a good ( /reliable/cheap ) way for the armature hybridizer to get a handle on the ploidy issue . Based on observable characteristics...
Hi, everyone, Spring is here and it's time to start measuring and photographing your minis, both registered and unregistered ones. A list of the currently...
I believe H. 'Froster Mouse Ears' (Zilis & Deckert - 2006) and H. 'Holy mouse Ears' (Zilis & Deckert - 2006) were listed as minis. If so, this is incorrect. In...
... only ... Dear Warren, George and Group Whilst checking the reg. documents for the revision of The Color Enc. I see that 'Mini Mouse' (Goodwin) is said to...
Diana Grenfell just wrote: "Whilst checking the reg. documents for the revision of The Color Enc. I see that 'Mini Mouse' (Goodwin) is said to be "smaller than...
I've been asked why the late Ed Elslager's 'Tweeny-weeny Bikini' isn't listed as an AHS Registered Mini Hosta, since in his garden and in every garden that he...
All, In the lecture titled "Mini Hostas 101" I'm giving at the 2008 AHS National Convention in St. Louis (June 11-14), I plan to show a slide listing...
The "Pandora's Box Series" comprises: o 'Pandora's Box', o 'Cameo', o 'Cherish', o 'Hope' and o 'Baby Bunting'. The first four, which have variegated...
Warren and All, I just took my measurements on all my minis/smalls (some are unregistered) so thought I would share them. I will get pictures soon. I live...
Dear Warren from Minniedido aka Diana Grenfell I can provide you with 2 Mini hostas which i believe to be unregistered, which I acquired from Danny Eechaute...
Thanks Barbara S. for your most interesting list and dimensions. I have printed it out and will be studying it carefully. Obvious some are not minis...
Warren, Diana, Barbara, Thanks for the input. I have 'Beadspread' out in the garden somewhere and I can verify that it is a clone of H. pulchella. This species...
Hi Warren, Yes I know some of the hostas are not minis. It is interesting some are registered Small and mine only grow to mini size and also some are ...
Hi all just added three photographs to the forum each with a 10p coin which measures 24mm just less than one inch to give comparrision of size to the leaf...
George, Interesting you bring up the subject of 'Bedspread' and it's status as a pulchella. I bought it from Barry Yinger at the 2006 Convention. I remember my...
... Dear All Firstly, I should like to take up Hugo's kind offer of a piece of 'Bedspread'. I discovered this plant when trawling through the various forms of...
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For the record, the gardens of Barbara and Robert "Tiff" Tiffany in Point Pleasant, Pennsylvania, which were on tour at the 2006 AHS National Convention, is...
Diana, Do I understand that you want to include a category labeled Very Small Hostas that is SMALLER than the category currently identified as Mini Hostas?...
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Hugo, There are a LOT of unanswered questions about H. pulchella. I urge you to go to HostaLibrary and look up H. pulchella in my Species Update with lots of...
Diana, Thanks for clarifying the matter. I'm in favor of your developing a category to be called Very Small that is GREATER in size than the current Mini Hosta...
Warren, I like your idea of a category of Very Small Hosta. I too am disappointment that Blue Mouse Ears and others are defined as small when I like to think...