Hosta is a popular bedding plant in thewe NE states, since it come back year after year every spring and tolerate and even thrives under heavy blanket of snow, ice and icy rain...
hundred would bloom below my balcony... but had no smell.... so am pleasantly surprised to know of at least one Hosta that has fragrant flowers... MY QUESTION: IS THIS HOYA AVAILABLE IN INDIA AS A GARDEN PLANT... will it do well in the tropical CALCUTTA ??? does any one know???/ thanks Usha di ====== On Jul 22, 9:10 am, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Nabha ji > Perhaps you may be right. Perhaps these fact to help further > > H. plantaginea flowers in August-October (hence known as August lily), > whereas H. sieboldiana flowers in May-June > H. plantaginea is highly fragrant, whereas other species are not so > H. sieboldiana has leaves with glossy waxy coating that gives bluish tinge , > not in H. plantaginea > H. plantaginea flowers open in the evening and close by the morning, others > open during the day. > > Perhaps other members can give more differences. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Alok Mahendroo <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Thank you Gurcharan ji and Nalini ji.. > > regards > > Alok > > On Thu, 2011-07-21 at 21:31 +0200, Na Bha wrote: > > > Hosta plantaginea? > > > Hosta for sure > > > Wait for more comments from experts > > > > Am 21.07.2011 18:21, schrieb Alok Mahendroo: > > > > Dear friends, > > > > A very fragrant flower from a friends garden.. > > > > > Location Dalhousie, HP > > > > Altitude 2100 mts > > > > Habit herb > > > > Habitat Garden > > > > > regards > > > > Alok > > > -- > > Himalayan Village Education Trust > > Village Khudgot, > > P.O. Dalhousie > > District Chamba > > H.P. 176304, India > > >www.hivetrust.wordpress.com > >www.forwildlife.wordpress.com > > >http://mushroomobserver.org/observer/observations_by_user?_js=on&_new...
