This miniature cultivar from
Jan van den Top of the
Netherlands is a sport of H. 'One Iota Supreme' and is very similar to H. 'Mighty Mouse'. It produces
lavender flowers.
Jan
van den Top, believes that H. 'Mighty
Mouse' is actually the same as H. 'Lucky
Mouse'.
Ellen Cool of Stone Garden Designs in Massachusetts
feels that H. 'Lucky Mouse' seems more slug
resistant than H. 'Mighty
Mouse'.
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Warren I. Pollock
wrote comments about the
many sports of H. 'Blue Mouse Ears' (which he termed
BME) in
The
Hosta Journal (2012 Vol. 43 No. 2). He stated, "Jan van den Top
reports 'Mighty Mouse' and 'Lucky Mouse' are the same hosta. Also,
'Frosted Mouse Ears'
comes up from the ground with plain blue-green leaves. After a month or so,
a creamy-white margin develops somewhat more yellowish than others in the
variegation group. This is in agreement with
Tony Avent's
observation that the margin of 'Frosted Mouse Ears' seems to be slightly less
white than 'Mighty Mouse'. Recall: 'Frosted Mouse Ears' is from 'Royal Mouse Ears'." |
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"H. 'One
Iota', 'Mighty Mouse' and 'Lucky Mouse' emerge in the spring with bright
creamy-yellow margins that turn creamy white by summer. All have very similar
foliage characteristics, often indistinguishable from each other unless examined
carefully for minute yellowish hue difference...H. 'One
Iota' and 'Lucky Mouse'
appear to be the same, having a bit yellower margin than 'Mighty Mouse'. This
would be expected since 'Lucky Mouse' sported from 'One
Iota Supreme' that
reportedly sported from 'One
Iota'." |
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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.
'Frosted
Mouse Ears', H. 'Lucky
Mouse', H. 'Mighty
Mouse', H. 'Moonshine
Mouse Ears', H. 'Mouse
Madness' and
H. 'One
Iota'.
H.
'Mighty Mouse' was included in two separate look-alike lists
in the article. One was a list of medial (center) variegated plants while the list above includes marginally variegated hostas. Since 'Mighty Mouse' is marginally variegated, the inclusion on this list appears to be correct. |
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