This non-registered cultivar from
NEO Plants, Ltd in
England is
a sport of H. 'June'. The medium size plant has gold colored
foliage in the spring which changes to chartreuse later in the
season. It is a medium size (16 inches high by 37 inches wide)
plant with leaves that are slightly wavy, ovate and
have a thick bloom on the bottom. Pale lavender
flowers appear from late July into August.
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Warren I. Pollock in
The
Hosta Journal (1994 Vol. 25 No. 2) writes, "H. 'Early
Times' is an all-yellow glaucous sport of 'June'...H.
'June' is the
yellow-centered blue-bordered sport that arose in
tissue culture from 'Halcyon'.
Thus, in turn, 'Early times' is the yellow sport of
'Halcyon'." |
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An article by
Warren I. Pollack in
The
Hosta Journal (2020 Vol. 51 No. 1) titled
Doppelgänger Hostas: Fancy Name for
Look-alike Hostas, included a long list of hostas
which various hostaphiles, published articles or other sources have
indicated "look" the same. Some of these are, in fact, the same
plant with two or more different names. Others are hostas that vary
in some minor trait which is not immediately discernable to the
casual observer such as seasonal color variations, bloom traits, ploidy, etc. So, as Warren mentions, hostaphiles may differ as to the
plants listed but then, their opinions are based on visual observations and interpretations. |
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H.
'Early Times', H. 'Endless
Summer', H. 'English
Sunrise', H. 'June
Gold', H. 'June's
Gold', H. 'May' and
H. 'Terry
Wogan'. |
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