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With their clustering of smooth foliation , genus Funka can leave a calming burden in a garden that may be otherwise overcrowded with contrast plants . Hostas also make great garden plant because of their power to brandish in nearly all land types besides pure chalk or bogs , and they are largely disease resistant . name a hosta plant is possible by observing certain characteristics such as leafage size , shape , texture , color and the type of bloom when the plant is in bloom .
Step 1
recover a book only on hostas that not only provides indite descriptions of different variation , but also many pictures and a department on the flora of Hosta . " The Gardener ’s Guide to Growing Hostas " by Diana Grenfell is an excellent exercise ; it even has diagram of leaf stalk hybridizing sections of Funka .
Step 2
Take a picture of the plant you suspect to be a hosta for former reference , or a pad of paper if you favor to chalk out .
Step 3
Note the overall shape of the plant . Funka are brave clump - forming perennials that grow from short rootstock . accord to Grenfell , most hostas develop into dome - mould mounds , but some raise into flattish mounds .
Step 4
Observe the leaves of the plant . Hostas have large , mostly basal , stalked , simple leaves . There are four different types of leafage base found in hostas : truncate ( as if cut straight across the base ) ; wedge - shaped ; attenuate ( with curve and convergency sides ) ; and heart and soul - shaped ( similar to lily pads ) . If the leaf of the plant you are attend at does n’t have one of these shapes , you could deduce it is not a hosta .
Step 5
Check for any flower that may be blooming on the plant . Hostas have large , tubular , funnel or bell - shape flowers , ordinarily with six spreading lobe , ashen to black purpleness . The stamen are bent on , resting on the subway system .
Step 6
melt your fingers around the edges of the parting to check the margin . All genus Hosta have full border , meaning they are never toothed , reduce , serrated or lobed but are politic . Some may appear slightly crimped from the veins in the leaves . genus Hosta have typical vein patterns that follow the configuration of the folio and are more big on the underside of the leaf .
Step 7
Look at the open of the leave . Hostas have smooth or puckered leaves and are never haired . Their surfaces may be matte , shiny or waxy but are usually satiny . Leaf color is commonly green , but some hostas may have unclouded greenish , whitened or yellow stripe or rims .
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