simple answer... it's the best. Number one. Numero Uno. The standard by which all hostas should be judged.

It took a few years for people to recognize it - I pitched a little garden fit when Paul's Glory was picked as hosta of the year for 1999 when June was clearly superior, then another great hosta "in waiting" (for there to be enough mature plants around for people to recognize it) Sagae was picked for HOTY 2000... but 2001 was June's year.

I can't find a historical list of the AHS popularity poll - I know June rose very rapidly, then some years ago it was a tie between June and Sagae for number one... and then if I'm not mistaken its been at the top of the poll for quite every year since...

One of the very best!

-Babka

pull the trigger harry .. no colletion is complete without it ...

ken

ps: you are seriously telling me you dont have a handful of plain old carp hosta you should get rid of.. for a few more prime hosta???

I know few hosta collectors who do not consider it one of their top 5. It's probably my absolute fav.

Ditto what every one else said. Mine is in prime spot in front yard. Go get that baby ASAP. :-)

Out of nearly 650 hostas it is my favorite. What are you waiting on. I seriously doubt any hosta any time soon will eclipse its magnificence.

Another one to echo all the opinions above. Absolutely the best.

Alexa

Absolutely beautiful...one of my favorites!

Best ever. It glows!!!!!!

So, it's been hours since you first asked...where did you end up planting it? heheheh.

Well, you didn't have to be so wishy-washy about it. Tell me how you really feel.

Ken, with the exception of Halcyon and Whirlwind (impulse), all of my meager collection was inspired by GW Hosta Forum enablers.

I realize that I only buy solids or hosta with a simple margin pattern like Olive Baily Langdon or Sagae. June seemed a little more intricate.

I need a good picture before I can decide.

Best ever. It glows!!!!!!

====>>> being early spring.. i forgot... at dusk.. when the sky tends to turn pink.. it literally vibrates ... well.. maybe not literally ...

did you get it yet???

ken

Harry - if you google Hosta June and click on images, you will find lots of photos - however, many do not do June justice. (I've never added a link to a reply, so I hope I've done it correctly - if I haven't, well, just google...)

June will enhance your collection as it will echo many of the colours in the leaves of the plants you have, but it will also be an eye-catching counterpoint.

June is a truly exceptional hosta - much as I love (almost all) of the plants I have chosen over the last few years, June is the one which invariably mesmerizes me.

Jakki

Here is a link that might be useful: Google Images Hosta June

On top of everything the rest of the folks said:
"June Don't Care"
We were hot and dry - "June Don't Care"
We were cool and damp- "June Don't Care"
June wins every popularity poll out there that is not limited to minis. To not have June is to not have the best.

Hi Harry
If you want to come over to Cherry Hill NJ and have a look, I have June in 2 places, and both clumps are gorgous. Everytime I look at it, I think what a great looking plant. Sorry, no pictures.
Annie

I love June. Here are two photos of my Junes. One is in a shadier situation and is quite blue. The other, in more sun, is much yellower. They are both wonderful.

Yeah...it's THAT good! You should get one. People ask frequently about whether a particular hosta is worth it, and June definitely is.

This is one of those where if someone said they really didn't like June, the room would silence.
Gayle

OK Ken, and the rest of you evil enablers.....I have pulled the trigger and now an a proud June owner. She cost me $20 but she's healthy, full and blue.

With her emerging new neighbors:

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Good job Harry! You will love her!

Alexa

In case you are wondering, June and friends sit under a large Kwanzan Cherry which lost a lot of flower petals in our recent rainy weather. I ended up squeezing June into a tight space because I wanted her to be in the shade. I like the shady blue version better than the gold.

Thanks everyone for your help with this decision.

First: June is a HOTY
Second: Yeah, mebbe HOTY plants are what the commercial growers want to sell, but it's still a 'safe' bet.
Third: We promote and get dozens of tours of our little 2 acre (or so) mostly Hosta shade garden with about 800 different Hosta cultivars to view. It's seldom that a tourer doesn't go 'gaagaa' over at least one of our many H. June.

Wishing we could discover or develop and sell a suitable H. 'July' to compete,

HH

H. 'May' is OK... the all yellow one. I like the subtler-colored Junes over the newer strains with brighter centers, so if "July" was to come along for me, it would be the darker, subtler colors, coloring up early and keeping those shades through the growing season.

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Not much more too add. It is also my absolute favorite Hosta cultivar. Picture from yesterday attached.
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I ended up squeezing June into a "new" space to keep her in the shade. That means I still have the "last space" available.

In the picture above, the last space would be in the upper right-hand corner, just above Olive Baily Langdon. That space gets a few hours of morning sun but should be shaded before noon.

Along with a Kousa Dogwood(not shown), the bed consists of a "Minuet" Kalmis, two azaleas and these hosta:
Elegans
Fragrant Blue x 3
Krossa Regal
Guacamole
June
Olive Baily Langdon

So, what should go into the last space next to OBL?

woodnative..

in photobucket... use the HTML code in the post.. and your pix will show up on preview... not the IMG code ...

and then post more pix!!!!

ken

i had mine last year in a small pot in dappled sun and it was very yellow.
i moved her from a pot into a huge bed in the shad and she is taking on that awesome blue color.
i prefer that june over yellow june.

What's missing from this group is a bright yellow... depending on size, look at Fire Island or Whiskey Sour or Dancing Queen or Glorious or Fruit Punch or... what's that one with the pink flower scapes - name escapes me right now.

That last spot might be for Guardian Angel - Ken, post your photo please

or Beckoning - another spectacular color changing one

or if a med is more to your liking then take a look at the El Nino thread.

IMO you have some fab blues, mentioned that you like the blues in June better than the golds, I would stick to a blue/white or blue/green.....

Alexa

I had been considering a June for my sister, whose birthday is in June. I can get it a gallon sized June for about $10. I love the pictures shared! I hope there are some left when I go to the nursery next week!

My first June is in a dark sapphire blue ceramic pot in the garden. The color combination is phenomenal. I don't have a lot of room for hostas, but I loved June so much I bought a second to place in a new hosta bed, in a central place in the bed.

Right Maryann. I just bought my second. Already! I saw small hosta mixed in with the perennials at local nursery for $3.99. Small, but great condition. Bought Blue Angel along with June.

As idiothe said: Numero Uno - none better!

My June is only a baby with a couple of eyes but it is a beauty. I am considering getting a few more. It seems to show the variegation a lot earlier than the other variegated hostas. Most of my variegated hostas are just showing yellow.

Harry, You will never regret buying June, no matter what the price! When I first started my "Hosta addiction" I was looking at a garden of a friend who offered to give an eye of any of her more than 150 plants. I got a few lovely plants from her, but the first one I picked and the one I still notice first, every time I look at my garden is June! (And I now have over 100 different hosta)

Can you have too much of a good thing? A guy drove by our gardens the other day and asked if we'd be having our sale this year. My friend started to tell him about the multiple varieties we'll have - but he said he just wanted 20 June to cover a hill.

She has a lovely garden, well designed as a tapestry of colors and textures. She told him I couldn't do it. I do have 20 Junes in the greenhouse, but she refuses to sell them to somebody with that little creativity!

"June" is a beautiful hosta. I wouldn't give it a second thought. It is our favorite!

This is my first post here in the hosta forum, and I was so excited to see this thread since today I bought.....June!

June is worthy of All of the Above. Just get it and you will know where we are all coming from. What fine hosta.

-Babka