Talk:Hosta

message: I'm just curious, but why no mention of Hosta VirusX (HVX)?  Is it something that should be added here or as it's own entry.  Either way, it should at least be mentioned since it's becoming nearly epidemic in commercially grown plants.
: There is something there now, although Hosta Virus X is currently a redlink. Lineslarge (talk) 11:27, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: VirusX

message: Could anyone explain why the image at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Hosta_%27%27undulata%27%27.JPG
could not be rendered in the taxobox ? I cannot see any syntax problem and yet there's visibly a problem there.
:It contains non-standard characters that are not compatible with file name characters. I've re-uploaded it with a new name :Image:Hosta undulata.jpg - MPF 00:13, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Image problem

message: There is no mention of classification in this article.  Can anyone explain why Hosta is classificed here in the family Agavaceae, but elsewhere (NCBI database) as Hyacinthaceae?  NaySay 18:46, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Family-level classifications of many plant genera are in a state of flux and this has caused confusion and discussion throughout Wikipedia. I've edited the article slightly to clarify this. In a nutshell, Hosta is much more closely related to the genus Agave than to either Hyacinthus or Lilium, and is included in Agavaceae in recent classifications, particularly the influential Angiosperm Phylogeny Group system.  Liliaceae as traditionally known was a huge, poorly defined and unnatural family that has been disassembled into several smaller families. This is a process that started even before the molecular phylogenies that have affected so many plant families. Please see the various family articles, where it is all explained. MrDarwin 13:35, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Agavaceae or Hyacinthaceae?

message: It frustrates me when looking up plants on Wikipedia that there is not general rule to include tolerances for plants. For example; it would be nice to have: Hosta tolerances: 0 to 29 degrees Celsius; prefers half to full shade; prefers pH of ??; prefers damp, well-drained soil, etc. Every plant mentioned on Wiki should have such a section.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:34F0:C300:21C:B3FF:FEC6:12F7 (talk) 06:02, 22 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tolerances? 

message: I grew up in Oneida County, NY (Central NY).  My mom and grandma had a variegated variety of these planted at their houses.  They called them "Spunky as a Marble".  Has anyone else heard this name?  What other names have you heard used?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Treena Meinos (talk • contribs) 13:08, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Common names? 

message: I don't know about this edit https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hosta&curid=1959173&diff=1023825202&oldid=1008603283#cite_note-9 and the French source doesn't make it any clearer Invasive Spices (talk) 21:21, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Johnson & Smith (1979), Plant Names Simplified says "after H. Funk, a German botanist", so the previous link is wrong. Their spelling seems to be wrong – see also the Taxonomic Literature entry. So the present link appears to be correct. Peter coxhead (talk) 17:57, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Which Funk 

message: 3 or 4 times in the past 30 years, some of our hostas have made single clusters of large lily-like flowers at the top of the stems instead of smaller flowers along the length of the stem.  The same plants went back to the usual flowers the next year.  Anyone seen a reference to this with any explanation of what causes it? Not R (talk) 00:14, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Large flowers on rare occasions?