A sport of H. 'Blue Mouse
Ears Supreme' registered by
Bill Silvers of Georgia in 2009, this
cultivar grows into a small size hosta about 6 inches tall with a spread of 15
inches. The leaves are lightly cupped and nearly round with
a rounded base. Its tubular flowers bloom from June into
mid-July.
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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, "H.
'Mighty Moe' and 'Desert Mouse' look very similar." |
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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.
'Pure Heart' is included on two look-alike lists in this
article. Following an algebra rule I learned in the last century, if
A=B and B=C, then A=C so all the hostas on both lists should be
look-alikes...right? Also, all the hostas on both lists are medially
(center) variegated except for H. 'Mighty Mouse' which has
marginal variegation.
List #1 -
H. 'Holy Mouse Ears',
H. 'Mighty Mouse',
H. 'Mouse Trap', H.
'Pure Heart' and
H. 'Snow
Mouse'
List #2 - H.
'Desert
Mouse', H. 'Mighty
Moe', H. 'Minerva
Mouse Ears' and
H. 'Pure Heart' |
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