RSS

Home / Blogs / Droopy's Blog / Garden /

Hosta madness part III

---

Category: Garden | Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:41 pm

---

I've saved the ones that are very small and not much to see for last, and those that I either can't remember the name of or have been given a name for but don't quite believe it. *lol* Well, here we are:

Northern Lights, it's just a baby but will be very big one day:



Mountain Snow, baby too, also a big one:



Inniswood, supposed to be coppery as the season progresses, and a big one eventually:



This is Pilgrim, a fairly small hosta, but sweet:



Abiqua Moonbeam, another that's going to be tall and wide:



Twilight, can't remember why we got it in the first place:



Revolution, this one is so pretty with the green specks in the white center:



Brim Cup, fairly small but lovely:



H. sieboldiana, blue with purple blooms, and big:



Some kind of aureomarginata, or so I was told. Good at spreading out, and rather tall too:



Zounds, another that's going to grow very big, and very yellow:



Wolverine, young still, but pretty:



This is Snow Cap, we need to move it, it gets too tight where it is:



This is Cherry Berry, a mini with reddish stems:



Gold Standard, not very big nor very yellow, but will be in time:



Golden Tiara, a medium-sized sweetie:



This is either a H. crispula or some kind of H. undulata, but could be something else entirely:



Can't remember what this is, and can't find it in my book. It's medium sized and has a nice leaf colour:



This is the one everybody's got, but can I remember it's name? No. It starts out with ivory streaks, then goes a bit white before turning all green at the end of summer:



I was going to say that's it, but suddenly remembered two-three more out there. They're nothing much at the moment, though, so nobody is missing anything.


This blog entry has been viewed 106 times

---

eileen wrote on Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:59 pm:

I now have a comprehensive catalogue of lots and lots of hostas thanks to you Droopy. Your photographs are so much better than the piccies I have in any of my plant books. Thank you so much!!!

---

cactusflower wrote on Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:41 pm:

Droopy--------those are such beautiful plants! You are fortunate to be able to grow them. I don't think they'd like the desert so well, so really appreciate you sharing the photos!!

---

Biita wrote on Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:45 pm:

Goodness, so many hostas. Its amazing just how many of them you have. But every picture is worth seeing all those different speices of the plant. Thank you!

---

Droopy wrote on Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:18 pm:

Thank you all. We like them because they're so diverse. There are a couple of very special ones on our wish list still, but we're not in a hurry to acquire them. We need to make more borders first. *lol*

---

Sjoerd wrote on Tue Jun 17, 2008 10:18 pm:

Congratulations to you Droopy for your excellent job gathering that fabulous collection of Hostas...also to your man who shares this honour. It really is quite something. I do not know another person that has such an extensive group--and with so little slug damage. You really have been working hard on that, I can tell. heh heh heh.
Well done-- you deserve some kind of award of merit for this.

---

Netty wrote on Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:07 am:

I love them! I want to expand my Hosta bed and get some new varieties, but there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of selection around here. Besides, I still haven't ID'd the 14 kinds I already have!
Great collection Droopy.

---

Droopy wrote on Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:48 am:

Thanks both. Sjoerd, our award is to watch them grow and become lovelier year by year. That's more than enough for us.

Netty, there aren't many varieties to be had around here either. Some nurseries further south specialize in unusual plants, and that's where we order them from. I never thought we'd end up having this many!

---

Leave a Comment

Home / Blogs / Droopy's Blog / Garden /

Home | About | Usage Rules | FAQ | Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy Statistics | Member List | Member Map | Calendar

© 2004-2008 GardenStew.com Contact: email us