Of course, certain factors such as the weather pattern, ground temperature, amount and type of mulch, and microclimates such as against the south side of a building have a direct effect on the emergence of all hostas. Jimmy crack corn or blue tail fly is an american song which first became popular during the rise of blackface minstrelsy in the 1840s through performances by the virginia minstrels. For general public, please consult your local landscape contractor or garden center to purchase any of our plants. Hosta are invaluable for their bold foliage and for the architectural foundation they afford to shady gardens. The margin color along with the great pie crust edging makes this a real standout in the garden. Gardeners grow this plant primarily for its foliage color. To make a special appointment to visit the farm if you missed our open house days or for questions. With white and purple blooms that are 4 inch wide this is a great looker. Hosta corn belt was introduced by jim anderson of winterberry farms, reported to be a green edged sport of hosta jimmy crack corn.
A conspicuous defect of this theory is that jimmy crack corn, published in 1846, is attributed to an outfit called the virginia minstrels. Jimmy crack corn blue tail fly chords, lyrics and origins. Hosta jimmy crack corn forms an impressive mound of horizontal gold foliage that is rippled and deeply veined. Hosta journeys end pp16895 this multiple award winner, forms a wide clump up to 6 feet across. Hosta jimmy crack corn sawyer has bright gold leaves with heavy veining and rippled edges. In midsummer, the 4 wide clumps are topped with stalks of light lavender flowers. We are canadas largest hosta display garden and we are also specialized in helleborus and mangaves.
Jimmy crack corn american childrens songs the usa mama. Hosta jimmy crack corn is a large hosta that has lavender flowers and grows in sunshade. Nearwhite flowers on 2630 inch scapes early summer. Hosta grow best in a rich, moist, welldrained soil, in partial to full shade. The height is 60 to 65 cm and the growth is medium. Hardiness zone 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b. They are popular ground covers for shade, partly because they are so lowmaintenance. I have admired this hosta every where i have seen it. For those of you in the southern states that struggle with your hostas in the summer heat, these fragrant hostas for shade perform better than other types in the heat. Jimmy crack corn and i dont care, jimmy crack corn and i dont care, jimmy crack corn and i dont care, my masters gone away.
Long island home of hosta come visit our beautiful display gardens. View picture of hosta jimmy crack corn hosta at dave s garden. Hosta jimmy crack corn in a bed of purple heuchera. Large gold leaves with deep veins and a piecrust edge. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it. Large, gold leaves with deeply impressed veins and a piecrust edge. Piedmont gold hybrid makes a stunning clump of heavily corrugated, bright golden foliage. Our hostas are either fieldgrown 1 year old divisions or equivalant shipped bare root, or pot grown as either 4 plastic pots or 3. I find that praying hands multiplies much faster in a container than in the ground. This hosta forms a large cascading mound of yellow leaves with a slightly wavy, wide green edge. According to fransen hostas, this is a medium sized plant, approximately a foot long.
Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other garden plants with finer foliage. Grand canyon hosta jimmy crack corn hosta striptease hosta glory hallelujah hosta june hosta 3rd one queen josephine hosta tokudama flavocircinalis hosta. Recorded by burl ives, pete seeger and others, jimmy crack corn was certainly a blackface minstrel song, and dates from at least as far back as the 1840s. Hosta corn belt not for sale green changing to yellow leaves with a wide green margin, sport of jimmy crack corn but unlikely. Tom tinglethe republic can you tell me what jimmy is. Corn belt giantland size land of the giants hosta farm. Hosta corn belt is a mediumlarge hosta that has lavender flowers and grows in half shadeshade. Some are full sun tolerant, when consistent moisture is provided. The american hosta growers association is proud to honor the legacy of ahga member steve greene. Chorus one day he rode around the farm, the flies so numerous they did swarm.
The following hostas have been reported by many gardeners to emerge later in the spring than many other cultivars. I got my order last fall from new hampshire hosta, except one, they had a good sale and i used my 20% come back coupon from a previous order that got messed up. Early to midmorning sun and dappled shade in the afternoon are ideal conditions for most hosta cultivars. Hosta jimmy crack corn from the lovely cadys falls nursery in vermont hosta jimmy crack corn in a bed of purple heuchera see more. Forms an impressive mound of attractive rippled gold foliage. With their amazing colors, sizes, textures and flowering habits, hostas are absolutely indispens. You can crack corn, but the lyrics to the old song might have meant something else.
So, the meaning of jimmy crack corn as i was told was a shortened version of, jimmy s in the cracked corn, meaning that the mule had found a way, or broken a way, into where the cracked corn was stored, and was having a treat. Hosta praying hands, the 2011 hosta of the year, will stay outside in this ceramic container all winter. This is a large hosta that holds its foliage horizontally. Page 4, hostas no longer your grandmas hostas anymore. Jimmy crack corn hosta is a dense herbaceous perennial with tall flower stalks held atop a low mound of foliage.
Jimmy crack corn, jimmy crack corn, jimmy crack, jimmy jimmy jimmy crack corn. These august lily hosta plants bear fragrant flowers that are great for cutting. Coloful hosta plants perennials lily flower full shade hosta flower, grass seeds,ornamental plants for home garden 200 pcs hosta plantaginea seeds fragrant plantain flower fire and ice shade mix hosta jimmy crack corn in a bed of purple heuchera hosta jimmy crack corn from the lovely cadys falls nursery in vermont. Jimmy crack corn hosta shade perennial sun tolerant gold. It regained currency as a folk song in the 1940s at the beginning of the american folk music revival and has since become a popular childrens song. Jimmy crack corn hosta hosta jimmy crack corn in cary. This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about hosta hosta jimmy crack corn supplied by member gardeners in the plantfiles database at dave s garden.
Feb 17, 2010 the original kids song jimmy crack corn not the cover. American hosta growers association 2001 hosta of the year. A screen house nestles into this shady border, which stretches 150 feet from the authors house to the street. Hosta jimmy crack corn hosta, plantain lily from garden. Butterfly attracting plants, dry shade plants, groundcovers, hummingbird plants, insect attracting plants, plants that attract birds, rain garden plants, salt tolerant seaside plants, wet shade plants. Fragrant hostas add summer fragrance to your garden from an unexpected source.
Hosta jimmy crack corn not for sale,large golden leaves with deeply impressed veins and a piecrust edge, piedmont gold seedling. When i began planning my garden, i knew i wanted a long border in front of the row of trees and shrubs that edged my property. Journeys end pp16895 large, heartshaped leaves with a gently ruffled edge. Leaf color darkens somewhat to a chartreuse during the summer, so make it a focal point in your spring garden while it is at its peak, then let it recede into the background in summer if it is only the golden leaves that you are interested in growing it in a container makes this easier.
Hosta jimmy crack corn are large hostas that are 24 high by 40 across. American hosta society online registry and hosta plant. Mar 02, 2017 you can crack corn, but the lyrics to the old song might have meant something else. Hosta plants are foliage plants in the asparagus family, along with lilyofthevalley convallaria majalis, spanish bluebell hyacinthoides hispanica, and adams needle yucca filamentosa. These plants can be used as a dramatic accent, ground cover, edgers, or even a potted plant. The southern stables grits and corn meal are essentially finelycracked corn. Jimmy can crack corn, but i dont care my enemies crack corn, but i dont care. Hosta are at their best in rich soil and dappled shade, but we keep nudging them out into more sunny places, where they sometimes thrive and sometimes disappoint. The leaves are golden yellow, satiny and dimpled with wavy pie crust edges.
Jimmy crack corn hosta has extremely wavy margins and deeply impressed veins on shiny gold leaves. Fire island hosta is prized for the golden leaves it sports in spring. When he would ride in the afternoon, id follow him with my hickory broom, the pony being rather shy, when bitten by the bluetail fly. Hosta, plantain lily leaves have a beautiful pie crust edge. During late spring and summer, foliage may be trimmed back to reduce weight and volume. The yellowgold leaves display several shades of green where the wide dark green margin bleeds into the gold center. Buy fragrant hostas add fragrance to your hosta garden. Nice medio varigated gold centered, wide green edged, and piecrust edged beauty. Flowers are funnel shaped near white blooming on leafy 30 scapes in early summer. Most goldleaved hostas turn green in the fall, but not jimmy crack corn. Clump description leaf description scape description flower description seed information. Modern hostas are the most popular perennial for the shade garden as well as for some sunnier locations. Jimmy crack corn all gold adds a wide green margin to this already stunning clump.
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