Variagated....but subtle, not too bold

...and I am a girl.

Interesting observation (-:

~Jen

Man, I'm sick of that dead horse - is that a gender thing too?

Yes, female here, aries, love center variegation over edge variegation. Dream hosta, white centered,powdery blue hosta with heavily ruffled edging and grows to be a super sized giant.
TMI??? rofl
Pam

Pam you just described Guardian Angel...
Varigation....and I'm a girl...er...woman....ah...female!
Linda C

Variegated. Don't really care for the solid color hostas. I'm a guy, btw.

Give me blue and yellow-gold hosta. Lots of variegated together are messy looking IMHO.

I'm a middle aged women! How do I know? Because my Dr. told me so. He said 80 was old so I have a few years before I reach old!!

Connie

medio-variegated for me, like the centers lighter than the edge. Also Chartruese/gold are my fav. colors. Also tend towards heart shaped leaves. Im female.

Denny, FWIW, the very first Hosta I bought was Gold Drop - maybe 25 yrs ago.

Did a quick count-

Over All
65% variegated
35% solid

Just 2008 Purchases (I've been stimulating the hosta economy a lot)
67.5% variegated 2008 is pretty close to overall
32.5% solids (half of this is green, then about a quarter each blue and gold.

Paul

Aries, Female, variegated hostas just draw my attention!!!! . The old solid green ones that many, many people grow here are boooorrrrrrrrring.

Hey Denrayrick,

This female Aquarian LOVES the variegated hostas.

Tanya

Variegated Hostas outnumber solid colored ones about two to one in my yard. Last time I checked I was male.....

when I woke up this morning I was still a guy, Like the varigated ones!!

Paul

I really prefer the variegated forms,and I am particularly fond of centrally variegated types. I do have some blues and golds,however. Virgo male here. Phil

Aries female,
#1 - margin lighter (don't care what the colors are. I like thin, medium, and wide. I like strong contrast and muted colors.

#2 - Solid Gold or Green

I guess that puts my love of Inniswood into question doesn't it?!

Myrle

Hmmmmmm...variegated or solid??? I can't make up my mind...and I'm not a woman either! Don

Now you got me worried ! I like solid colors Dk. Blues & Greens best. They sooth my soul,as I am more into shapes than colors.I am a female Capricorn . Guess I am boring :)

Hummmmmmmmmmmmmm,lets see now,?????????????

I guess i lean more towards vairegated,chartruese for a solid,green ruffles.

I am a Scorpio,female.

Female, Virgo and varigated with a few solids poked in for variance.

Connie/aka conel946

I am a Pieces female and my first choice would be a variegated (that is one h&ll of a word to try to spell--almost wore out my spell checker there!!!) LOL
BUTT If I had a yard of just them, my eyes would go crazy!!! You have to have the wonderful blues, greens, and gold/yellows to balance everything out. So Hosta growers have the best of both worlds--call us Andromengeous! (Damn there goes the spell checker again). Like Sassy says, life was so much simpler when we didn't know all the pitfalls--which includes that latest invention! ;0) Mary

75% green in my gardens.
Female Pieces

Wow! I am already amazed at the results thus far...but I am afraid that the what is your sign thing has began to poison our minds as it is from an entirely different thread!LOL!!!

Denny

Excuse me: Pisces

I think I may be right down the middle--I like all of them--can't imagine a garden without the mix of
solids and variagated! Not a HUGE fan of the white margins, unless they feather into the centers!

Born in March--same day as McT! Not that I think that has an influence but I sure like what she does
with yard and camera!!! Go McT!!!!

Zodiac interests--been there and done that---and moved past the ideology of it--thankfully!!
I prefer the more *concrete* to determine who I am or what I'm to do with my day!!! ;o)

Chevy,
Don't even take credit/blame for the sign thing! LOL! It was Woodthrush that brought it in to this thread. I am not sure how or why but credit must be given to the originator.Thanks Woodthrush! (I guess?)

Denny

Okay, I still can't decide if I like the variegated ones or the solid color ones better. Actually, I think you've gotta have both to make a suitable hosta garden. There are some other characteristics that really appeal to me besides variegation- I like the ones that are extremely puckered, deeply cupped, very round leaves, upright in habit, and the larger the better. But I wouldn't want all of them to be like this either. I guess I'm of the opinion that what makes hostas such wonderful plants is the vast range of colors, shapes, textures, sizes, and habit...and it takes some of each to create a wonderful garden that is interesting rather than monotonous! Don

Puckery - any color

Ripply edges- any color

Libra - we can't make up our minds. Sorry - I can't promise these answers will be the same next year.

Thanks for starting a happy thread which has little chance of going the argumentive route.

Teresa

lol - you are welcome, Denny. Just doing my part to add to the chaos!

OK. Let's refocus...I'm female, a brunette with some light streaks and I like variegated light center!

Intersting thread. If I could only have 1 Hosta in my garden for whatever reason, it would be montana Aureomarginata. If I could have 5, then the whole thing changes...my perspective I mean. I want my garden to be pleasing to the eye, and I could easily name my top 100 favorites. I think our favorites also are the ones that preform well wherever we live. So, my top 5 (here-this year ) are:
montana Aureomarginata
Jade Cascade
Moonlight Sonata
Majesty (Liberty is sweet, too)
Elatior

So, I listed 2 variegated, and 2 greens, 1 blueish-green.
Oh, I forgot...love those yellows LOL
Heck, I like them all, for the most part.
I really don't think gender plays a role unless you are talking about a non-Hosta person making a first-time, or nearly first-time purchase from a nursery. I say that because I dug up and potted duplicates here a few years ago, to raise some $$ to go to the convention that year. I put a sign out front, and it was garage-sale days here in town, so there was alot of out of towners going by, men and women alike, and they did stop. The Patriot Hostas flew out of here, followed by Krossa Regal, then Golden Tiara.
I asked 5.00 a pot-multieyed plants.
I also had some bigger pots I put in Sum and Substance, Sagae, a few big leaved blues (Elegans) and one montana Aureomarginata that was getting some size to it, and asked 35.00 for those. They went quick as well, which suprised me. I made a boat load of money in about 3 hours, and people even stopped later to see if I had anything left.
The only plant that didn't sell was Lemon Lime, but I think people thought it had something wrong with it because it was so small. No matter...we got a new deputy sheriff in town here that summer and he stopped and told me about a Hosta his dog killed by digging it up....it was small...kinda greeny gold....you know where I am going with this one. He took a nice plant home to his wife that day--free, of course! ;-)) My husband called me a brown-noser
LOL!!
Rox

variegated hostas mixed with solids. Loving my stich n time with the yellow and green. Female, do not know what this has to do with this but a Leo.
Jill

I'm female and I will take a green one with ruffles and great substance over a variegated.

However, I do like yellow centers with blue edges. And I like all gold even better.

Now a gold with ruffles and great substance, that would be the best.

Lainey

Lainey - you need to get Jimmy Crack Corn if you like a gold with a ruffle. Although it has good substance I would not say it is great.

Teresa

Aquarius female. Like the variegated the most and any chartruese is runner up! Liberty is my favorite.

Jo~

Thanks Teresa, I will certainly put it on the list for next year. I was hoping someone would suggest a cultivar and YOU did!

Lainey

Hmmm, half of me likes solid and the other half the variegated. I like them all equally as much, but then again I'm Gemini (and a girl).

PIM

Female, Scorpio. Will always buy ruffled (any color or combo) over anything first. 1)Yellow would be my first color choice, followed by a 2) good blue, 3)strong variagation and 4) then green. But ruffles come first.

What Thu?
How can anyone tabulate this? I just gained a whole new respect for statisticians! Mah brains a burnin and It's all u alls fault! Just can't answer a simple question without addin Astrology and conversation. and I thought that I waz perty good at siferin !

Wat's my name again?

lol - hey, we should have asked if those that preferred variegation also preferred salty snacks over sweet snacks.
How many columns does your spread sheet have anyway??
Pam

Spread Sheet? I was knot tying! let's see Solid blue ,cupped, scorpio, male,Cheddar chex mix with dry roasted peanuts and Almonds..A recipe i came up with when I was a stoner!

Denny

AAHOSATAS!! I think that you need a big ole KEG OF BEER!!

That would help you with all of this!! Cancer here and "swimming in my past"!! LOL

And to REALLY scare any of you ZODIAC CRAZYS here. get a book caled "The secret language of birthdays" by Gary Goldschneider and Joost Elffers (personology for each day of the year)
it has have day of the year, you open the page of your birthdate and it tells you all about yourself!! most people it is soooo close!! mine was really bothersome to me!! you have to go to a book store and read your birthdate and then just buy it to pass around to your friends at a party so they can check their birthdates and freak themselves out!! WAY COOL!!

Paul

Just like PIM, half of me likes the solids, half of me likes the variegated ones (streakers included), couldn't really choose one type over the other. Sun Power, Guardian Angel, Niagara Falls, Wolverine, Richland Gold, June, etc. they're all gorgeous. I'm a Gemini too and female.

And I like salty snacks and icy cold beverages :)
Good luck getting your statistics Denny.

June

Paul,
theres also a book called "How to tell a basturd from his sun sign." Funny stuff,(for women anyway) I purchased it for our library.

I saw one at Barnes and Noble - How to Turn your Boyfriend into a Toad - lol
Yes, we'll need cold beer to go with Denny's snacks. Any extra salt, we'll pour on the slugs - lol