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Category: Spring | Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 5:34 am

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Here it is June, and it was mid May last year when bought my first hosta on sale at a big box store. It was 'Blue Vision' and the plants had some varigated sports underneath on several of the plants. I divided them. The sports haven't been as slug resistant, but they are hanging in there. The green plants of Blue Vision are the most vigorous of all the plants I have gotten.


Blue Vision Hosta ( photo / image / picture from Jewell's Garden )


Blue Vision one year later ( photo / image / picture from Jewell's Garden )

Hosta June has been the most interesting. I bought four plants all identical then I moved two 10 to 20 feet away, out of the deep shade. Wow! How their color changed with the varying amounts of light.


Original deep shade location for June ( photo / image / picture from Jewell's Garden )


June with more light ( photo / image / picture from Jewell's Garden )


June with afternoon western sunlight ( photo / image / picture from Jewell's Garden )

Seems every time I get on a hosta forum there are all sorts of warnings about the hosta virus. Buying retail on sale is dangerous. Well I can afford a $5 plant. More than that and I cringe. Sorry specialty sales places I am making a nice small collection with out the big price. Here are a few other plants. Slugs definitely like hostas so hole are from them.


Patriot, very slug resistant and almost as vigorous as Blu Vision ( photo / image / picture from Jewell's Garden )


Francis Williams ( photo / image / picture from Jewell's Garden )


First Ostia blooms ( photo / image / picture from Jewell's Garden )


Elgens ( photo / image / picture from Jewell's Garden )



Hosta 'fragrant bouquet' ( photo / image / picture from Jewell's Garden )


Hosta 'fragrant blue'. Love the blue leaves . ( photo / image / picture from Jewell's Garden )

The best were the dollar plants from the Master Gardeners plant sale. no names, but names are hard to remember any way. Needed some more to fill in the bare spaces.


1 of 2 hosta. Varieties ( photo / image / picture from Jewell's Garden )


2nd hosta variety ( photo / image / picture from Jewell's Garden )

The worst were the very small cuttings I got online. Made me believe I could do best buying local and big box. Those poor plants still are just developing

One last green photo.


Red October only has reddish stems, but I really like it ( photo / image / picture from Jewell's Garden )






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eileen wrote on Sat Jun 08, 2013 9:15 am:

You're building up quite a collection of hostas Jewell. Droopy would be impressed with the varieties you have.

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Frank wrote on Sat Jun 08, 2013 10:25 am:

I agree with Eils, Droopy would be impressed! Your garden is varied Jewell. Thanks for sharing.

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Mrs. Galeassi wrote on Sat Jun 08, 2013 12:20 pm:

Jewell nice pics, you have some beautiful hostas. Pix 5,6 and 7 have really neat designs on the leaves. With you and everyone else posting hosta pix its making me want some. Haha :)

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Jewell wrote on Sat Jun 08, 2013 3:13 pm:

Careful, Mrs. G.! My shade/woodland garden was only started a year or so ago and is getting over run with hostas. The lucky thing is they are popular right now and the big box stores have been stocking them. Hostas are a quarter of the price they were three years ago.

Thanks Eileen and Frank. It was Droppy's photos that first sparked my interest in a number of wonderful woodland plants.

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Kay wrote on Sat Jun 08, 2013 3:53 pm:

Love em Jewell! You may become addicted to Hostas like me :)

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Pianolady wrote on Sat Jun 08, 2013 10:02 pm:

Nice collection. I love the variegated varieties.

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Netty wrote on Sun Jun 09, 2013 12:13 pm:

I'm another Hosta-holic! I can't go into a gardencenter anywhere without checking out the Hosta section. I've been behaving myself this year and only bought 2 new ones ... so far!

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