Dancing Queen. It will get to be a large.

Steve

Stained Glass

Paul

I've got Daybreak next to Elegans, and it's a great combo.

I am loving Sea Gulf Stream, and I added Faith this year. Can't speak to either of their adult size, but I have dappled shade and these both have and keep great color

Here is Sea Gulf Stream

yeah I was gonna say sea gulf stream... though I see colleen has beat me to it..
John

Second the suggestion by Steve. I have 3 Dancing Queens. Love this hosta. Beautiful bright yellow.

'Dancing Queen' is a lovely hosta. Mine has greened up somewhat. So has 'May' which is supposed to stay small (12"). Most of my solid yellows are large or small hostas. However, my 'Lakeside Foaming Sea' and 'Lakeside Contender', medium hostas, have remained fairly yellow with late afternoon sun. 'Sea Gulf Stream' is on my wish list after seeing Coll's.

Here's 'Lakeside Foaming Sea'

This is 'Lakeside Contender'. Neither hostas are rippled but they are supposed to be medium and hold their yellow colour well in my garden. They were both planted last year.

Ira,

Love that LS Foaming Sea. That will go on my list. I have LS Contender and it like Dancing Queen holds its color very well all season. The only thing about DQ is the ruffled edges. But I really like the angle at which LS Contender holds its leaves. So many good choices.

LS Contender

Steve

Is Golden Sculpture too big?
Krugerrand is awesome, but it takes a bit to get "going". might be too tall for the spot.
Squash Casserole?

Whaaa ! I love them all !!!!!!

Any of those would look fantastic next to Elegans. Thank you everyone, you have given me some great Hosta to consider.

I must say that Sea Gulf Stream is amazing. That might make the list all on its own.

THANK YOU ALL AGAIN !!!!

I hope others still contribute, but I am off to a great start.

Ludi

Funny. I have Sea Gulf Stream next to my Elegans, but it hasn't grown that well for me.

Here's what mine looks like in its second year in my garden.

Here's what a really good one looks like. From the Adams garden.

Steve

The first one I suggest here is a small hosta. Bob Solberg says it grows 5 inches tall and about 16-20 inches wide. He says it is "slightly rhizomatus" .....which to me is like saying you're "slightly pregnant." But to continue.

It is small, so I bought two of them and put them in the same pot. I am a container hosta grower, by the way. It is better with some morning sun, because it will get its best color that way. It continues to turn whiter of leaf as the season progresses. It will surely not challenge Elegans for center stage, but I think it has great second fiddle properties if you get a bunch of them. You mentioned no rugosity, but with piecrusting, this has it. It is very stiff, agave-looking as Solberg says. I smile when I look at it. Yeah, like an order of MacDonald curly fries. The picture shows it next to plantaginea. Here is the latest picture I uploaded to Flickr:

One which I have that is fairly new is a fast grower. It will get large, don't know right now just HOW large. But it is a beauty, yellow with a very thin medium green margin--a young lady wearing light eye liner. The leaf is definitely different than your matronly Elegans, see what you think of Smooth Sailing:

Not too sure it will get so gold without some morning sun, which is what it gets here.

And then a medium sized one which I'm showing from May when I got a shot of its nice red petioles. I have two in one pot, it is not piecrusted, has a faint margin as well. Lavender flowers.
Paradise Island:

Ask Gesila to post the picture of her Paradise Island emerging, and you won't be able to resist it.That's what sold me on buying two!!

I like the picture of one called Lakeside Gold Point, but know nothing about it. One of Don Rawson's lists is "Gold-Leaved Hostas" and I put the link below.

And to show you what Fried Bananas looked like in April, this picture. I was being very protective of the hosta then, not knowing how they'd take to the sun here. I tried to find a shot of it looking really green, but did not find one. It came out of the ground looking gold. Oh yeah, the one to the left of it is The Shining, another fragrant gold.

Here is a link that might be useful: Don's Gold-Leaved Hosta List

Moccasin,

Thank you so much for sharing and replying.

I must confess I am intrigued by Smooth Sailing. It has the leaf shape that I liked from Lakeside Contender but with that little bit of extra detail in the margin. I love your description of a young lady wearing a touch of eye liner. It fits well into my silly little plan of personifying Elegans.

Paradise Island has come on and off and off and on my Wishlist since day one. It is absolutely stunning in your pics. But I do not have near the amount of sunlight you do and I am concerned that in my dappled all day shade it would loose a lot of the character between the margin color and leaf color and end up looking like Fire Island.

I ended up settling with Raspberry Sundae. I may in time come to own Paradise Island but I think for now I will accomplish the look I am going for with Raspberry.

It is merely coincidence that is happens to have a white leaf . . . . . . . there is no trend forming here . . . . . . honest . . . . . scouts honor . . . . . . oh who am I kidding I am going to have a garden full of white leaved Hosta before all is said and done.

I digress as usual. This is getting difficult. Everyone has given me some really good options to choose from. I keep jumping back and forth between Dancing Queen and Smooth Sailing. I like LS Contender but don't think it will get tall enough. Krugerrand is already on my list and Golden Sculpture is too big.

Sea Gulf Stream has it's own spot at this point since it seems it would be too big next Elegans when mature but still needs to be in my garden regardless.

I recently purchased Sun Power, more out of default as an aspiring collector since everyone raves about how consistent it is. But I want to save him for some potentially deep shade as it seems he will hold his color the best (or so I have read from all of you fine people).

Back to the proverbial drawing board.

Question : What does one do when they want ALL the Hosta ?