Can anyone tell me what this is growing in the center of my Hosta?

by Beth S

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Odd hosta

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Pam on May 07, 2012
Looks like a question for Douglas to answer. I have never seen this before on a hosta.

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Dorene H on May 07, 2012
that is beautiful I never seen anything like that .. Is that in the hosta family ?

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Kathy R on May 07, 2012
Its just the plant. Mine do it too. I thought it was the flower but I cant remember what mine do exactly.

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Donna Marie P on May 08, 2012
Yes I see hostas that look like that all over the neighborhood. I believe that's the way some are bred to grow

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Cathy B on May 08, 2012
It is the way the Hosta "blooms". It is really healthy when it does this. When the blooms starts dying cut it down because iot takes a lot out of the when this happens. Every plant blooms in someway or another.

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Candace E on May 08, 2012
looks like its putting on a bloom!! I had a hens n ckicken bloom twice and it was amazing!!!

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Brenda D on May 08, 2012
That is really neat!

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Candace E on May 08, 2012
Its pretty whatever it is!! I personally love the verigated hostas

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Patricia W on May 08, 2012
I believe that is the flower. Some open pollinators do this.

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- Virginia Holmes on Jun 01, 2021
  
  I have had this plant for 20 years. This the first time this has happened. The bloom is coming from the lower stem where the leaf and stem meet. Good to know that this has happened to others. I was afraid that this was a final show, because of it's age.
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Deana D on May 08, 2012
It's another breed of hosta

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Jacquelyn B on May 08, 2012
um,. my hosta plants bloom every year, but they don't look like this. They get a thin stem with purple flowers.

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Joanne P on May 08, 2012
Looks like a "baby" hosta. Can it be rooted?

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- Virginia Holmes on Jun 01, 2021
  
  I will give it try.
  
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Brandie F on May 08, 2012
Looks like the flower... Lots of hosta's over the years will eventually bloom

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Terry on May 08, 2012
I believe it is the Patriot saluting the Red, White, and Blue;)

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Ann T on May 08, 2012
Yes it is part of the plant I have several hosta that look just like that and they eventually produce a flower.

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Charlene D on May 08, 2012
its the flower that grows in the middle on a mature hosta, this only happens once a season, a pretty white flower :D

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Kym B on May 08, 2012
It is very unusual to me. I sold zillions of hosta and the bloom was always a tall stem with white fragrant flowers facing down. Who knows!

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Chloe W on May 08, 2012
It' a bloom stalk. Leave it alone, you'll have tall flowers.

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BeeKeeper J on May 08, 2012
flower stalk

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Evelyn R on May 08, 2012
Wow - be sure to take a pix when it blooms. I've got a gazillion hostas (anyone want any?) and none of them have ever produced anything like this.

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Lisa S on May 08, 2012
it's your hosta growing i have them to

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Glenda B on May 08, 2012
It's a Hosta mini me. :)

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Wendy G on May 08, 2012
bloom stalk

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Linda A on May 08, 2012
I don't know what it is exactly but mine do it also. It is part of the plant. though.

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Season T on May 08, 2012
Could that be the flower stalk or maybe a new baby plant?

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Toni B on May 08, 2012
it's a new plant. sometimes they shoot upwards instead of underground on tubers. you could cut it, like you would an indoor plant and root it. if you use a really good soil, and "dip" the end of the cutting in a root stimulator, it will flourish just like the mother plant. they will sometimes do this if the mother plant is overcrowded.

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EA E on May 08, 2012
its part of the hosta - I have a hosta that does this - for some reason I want to say sombrero - bought it a few years ago when I saw it was a "sun" hosta rather than the normal shady varieties.

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360 Sod (Donna Dixson) on May 08, 2012
I think the term is secondary fasciation. It is an aberration that usually occurs with stress, such as if the plant gets hit with the cold when it is trying to come out, it thinks it dying and sends up a second shoot.

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Karen M on May 08, 2012
is it growing up from the ground or out of the center of another hosta?

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Sally H on May 08, 2012
Looks like a Hosta to me

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Roxy D on May 08, 2012
That, my friend, is a very good question. It looks like the bloom. Not what we are used to seeing. I have dozens of hosta and love them.

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Mjo85674 on May 08, 2012
I don't know what it is. I would love to grow one. I have several hosta but none like this. Can anyone tell me where I might could order one???

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Colleen C on May 08, 2012
It is a flower stock. You can remove it if you want just the leaves or leave it to make some small flowers.

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Joan S on May 08, 2012
I think it is another Hosta. I usually have a tall stalk with bell like flowers and along the stem is leaves. I love Hostas as they grow anywhere and take up all the space covering a multitude of weeds.

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Patience M on May 08, 2012
It looks like an off-shoot from the primary plant. A clone not progeny, it may develop into to a flowering stalk but it really looks like an off-shoot clone of the parent plant.

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Sue M on May 08, 2012
Looks to be hosta, this one will prob flower well.

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BeeKeeper J on May 08, 2012
Kathleen it might depend on the variety of hosta... but secondary fasciation is interesting... off to look that up!

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Beth S on May 08, 2012
Thanks everyone, I will watch it and if it blooms or does anything strange, I will post on here.

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- Virginia Holmes on Jun 01, 2021
  
  Mine is making a bloom where the first lower leafs are there is a bloom coming from the lower leaf thay meets at the stem.
  
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Vivian S on May 08, 2012
If you have more than one doing this, you might try Toni B's suggestion

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Amy K on May 08, 2012
That is the bloom stalk it should get flowers on it when it is about 1 1/2 - 2 ft tall

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Marg C on May 08, 2012
thanks Beth, would love to see it if it blooms.

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Paula M on May 08, 2012
looks like a sport - a shoot that is different than the mother plant, would be great if you could remove it and root it. Could be a new variety of miniature.

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Karen M on May 09, 2012
I'm not sure we can safely say "what" it is until we know where it's coming from. Beth, is it independently growing directly from the ground? Or, is it emerging from a different hosta plant?

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Jeri T on May 09, 2012
It's the hosta getting ready to bloom.

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Kym B on May 09, 2012
Where is Walter Reeves or Dr. Armitage on this one?

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Marg C on May 09, 2012
It does look like stress growth especially with the minimal growth around it.

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Beth S on May 09, 2012
Karen, it is definitely growing in the middle of hosta leaves. It is part of the hosta plant. The leaves below it are a small cluster next to the main hosta. This is the 3rd year I have had it. It came from a nursery.

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Evelyn R on May 10, 2012
Four Seasons - I went off and read about secondary fasciation and now I have a headache!

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Lynette R on May 24, 2012
it's the flower of the hosta

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Karen M on Jun 03, 2012
I'd love to see a picture of how it looks today!

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Marg C on Jun 03, 2012
I would too :D

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Rhonda Clements on Jun 22, 2014
It is just going to flower

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Karen B on Jun 26, 2014
Pineapple?? LOL

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Patti @Hearth and Vine on Jul 20, 2014
That's cool looking. I have never seen a hosta do that.

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Linda on Jun 10, 2015
Strange looking, one of a kind. I have several hostas, and never seen one like that!

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Pauliegirl1 on Aug 07, 2015
Healthy and Happy Hosta......BLOOMING!!

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- DianaB on Oct 14, 2015
  @Pauliegirl1 That is NOT a hosta bloom. They come out on long and slender stalks with small flowers dispersed along the top portions. Whatever it is is very pretty, perhaps a hosta mutation. I would be anxious to see what it ends up looking like.
  
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Lisa on Aug 07, 2015
alien hosta. LOL.!!

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San downie on Aug 08, 2015
Hosts that wants to get noticed x

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- Linda on Nov 26, 2016
  
  I have many Hostas but have never seen a flower like this. This looks like an abnormality.....like a mini hosta plant on a long stem! Really neat! Let us know if you ever find out.
  
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Beth Gee on Aug 08, 2015
My hosts have never done that. That's cool.

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Rosemary McMeekin on Aug 24, 2015
Hosta has flowers. I think this is a flower.

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DianaB on Oct 14, 2015
Try checking with your local Extension Center office and local master gardeners for help with this one :)) The extension center is part of your state-wide agricultural program and they have lots of answers.

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Dfleet on Feb 29, 2016
I have many hostas, you might say an obsession, that is the hostas flower bud.

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Rhonda Clements on Mar 08, 2016
hosta flower

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Wanda sinnema on Apr 17, 2016
hostas flower spike. They come in many colors,, and heights.. and all a nice scent and vary with variety..

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Liz Weiss on Jun 19, 2016
The host flower. Most have a wonderful fragrance.

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Ewo12552396 on Oct 29, 2016
Hosta flower!

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Kathy on Oct 29, 2016
Blossom

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Faith Stark on Jun 07, 2020

Its unusual for sure but mine is doing he very same thing.

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Lynette R on Jun 09, 2020

Flower stalk

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Pat on May 16, 2021

probably the purple flowers they shoot up

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Deb K on Aug 06, 2021

Hi Beth, this is how the flowers bud out on the hosta plants, they are beautiful detailed flowers

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