There aren't many U's in my garden. I know I have 'Ulysses S. Grant' but I cannot find any pictures of it. My guess is I found it not picture worthy since it was but a single shoot when I received a couple of years ago and it may have been 2 shoots last year and nothing about it screamed take my picture....

Then of course there's the ubiquitous 'Undulata Albomarginata', guess we all have had at least one over the years.




Because it's such a good grower I must admit to having harvested shoots from it in the spring at roughly the stage you see here, sautee them with some garlic and butter and enjoy them for lunch

That's all I've got in U, how about u?

Unruly Child

I have only 2 "U" hostas, the old favourites - the Undulatas. Both were acquired in the 1990s. UA is permanently mired into the root system of my Linden tree although I've managed to dig out one of the 4 clumps I used to have. I still have 3. And like Pieter, I've sampled them as a vegetable. I'm not a particular fan. Here are some pics. I'll post more than one of UA since I have 3 clumps.

A note for any newbies here. Since my pictures show these plants in bloom, note that the flower scapes have small leaves on them. That's one characteristic that can help you distinguish this hosta with white margins from others. Also, it never (or extremely rarely) sets seed.

To the right of the second picture, you'll see a smaller hosta with a white margin. That one just appeared, first of all as an extremely tiny plant. Then it grew. I ruled out its being a seedling because it's variegated. Then I thought it was UA, but when it got large enough and bloomed, its scapes were totally bare. I've decided that it's 'Francee', a plant I had previously grown in that location, but dug out long ago. I think there must have been a tiny bit of crown tissue remaining which eventually grew.

'Undulata Albomarginata', July 16



'Undulata Univittata', July 16

ViolaAnn said: And like Pieter, I've sampled them as a vegetable. I'm not a particular fan.

Ann, I was more or less goaded into trying it by my chinese neighbour who lived in Japan for about 6 years before coming to Canada. He told me you have to pick them as shoots before the leaves begin to unfurl, otherwise they become a little on the stringy side. The patch I showed has grown a fair bit and is showing signs of fairy ring so it's about time to try it again this spring I think!

Undulata Albomarginata

Undulata Mediovarigata

Undulata Univittata

rv314s said: Undulata Mediovarigata

Ralph, that's a nice 'Undulata', but just plain 'Undulata'. Nurseries sometimes add the "mediovariegata" or other nursery names, but it's an incorrect name for the hosta. Check out this excellent essay on the Undulata hostas - https://www.delvalhosta.org/un...

'Undulata'