By Owdboggy
West Midlands,
United Kingdom 
I grew 6 Hostas from seeds last year. They all look very much like the plant from which the seed came, except, that 5 of them are about 6 inches across now and the 6th is only 2 inches across with much smaller leaves. It has had exactly the same growing conditions, compost, feed etc. as the others.
Is it possible that I have got a very mini-hosta?
6 Oct, 2024
Answers
No sign of anything eating the roots. I just wondered if I have been lucky and got a tiny form of Hosta. I know there are small ones around.
6 Oct, 2024
Been growing Hostas from seed for a long time. Mainly to use as slug food, first time I have had one as small as this one.
7 Oct, 2024
make sure it doesn't become mollusc food then. Was it
seed from a named species/variety?
exciting
7 Oct, 2024
Could it have crossed with a small one like mouse ears or similar?
7 Oct, 2024
Seed came from a named, lost label one. Not sure if there were any really tiny ones nearby. Nearest mini was Yellow Boa. My seedling has the same leaves as the bigger ones, just a lot smaller. Fascinating to speculate.
8 Oct, 2024
I wonder if it might be Hosta 'Blue Mouse Ears'.
8 Oct, 2024
Wrong colour for that one. Did have it, but it did not survive.
9 Oct, 2024
That's a shame.
9 Oct, 2024
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possible it has deficient genes for size or perhaps it has had its roots nibbled?
always interesting when growing from seed.
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