Sagae on a sunny bank

Just transplanted Orange Marmalade. Do, Rey, Mi, Fa, So ,La.....a stunning septet. Seems to like it's new home.

New Liberty....or maybe an alien lizard creature???

Another Sagae in a shadier spot.

Unfurling is just starting here in the new No. Dakota territories.

Jon

Dave, hurrah for the rain! Great pics!

Jon, the Sagae parade is starting, eh? :). Great pics too!

Jo, things are moving fast here now, The Lizardtine Liberty has it's mouth gaping open now; I unearthed 3 Sagae struggling to push through the leaves in the Ravine. This thread may linger for a long time.

Jon

Yes!!! Consistent warm weather, lots of sunshine - nice recipe for enticing pips out of the ground.

First Frost in late afternoon sun...Pic taken today.

Halcyon

Spartacus

Wolverine

Bc hosta: thanks for the picture of snake eyes. I love that one and is on my wish list.

Nice sharp pics, Don! (Camera or ???) Things are really moving in your garden! When I saw Spartacus, the ribs on the veins under leaf made me stop and stare awhile! That is a nice leaf angle.

Jon, love your Orange Marmalade pic and your humorous caption!

Spartacus' leaf tip seems to be waving at the camera...

Steve, your photos are awesome! Thanks for the compliment!

Wow, love the Snake Eyes, BCHosta.

Don, that one Spartacus leaf reminds me of the lower jaw of a Bryde's Whale in feeding mode. :)

Cracker Crumbs is sure a looker in the spring. So bright!

I am speechless at the awesome pics of these beautiful hostas. They look like noble warriors ready to take on the world with their brave swords emerging from the soil.

I have been enjoying all the photos each one of you have presented here! I have finally begun to take some photos of my hostas. It's lots of fun! Here they are:

OMG! Those droplets look like "frosting"! Stunning, stunning photos, talented Mrs. Photographer!! I can't get over how far along your plants are, NHL. Look at the difference an hour south makes.

Sincerely, you have an exceptional eye with the camera!

Jo, just realized the title states "favourite ".

Is that favourite photo or favourite hosta?

Whose to chose? it's like asking who is your favourite child?

They are all favourite!

Any way which one of these ?

This one ? War Paint

or this one. Sagae

Then there is White Christmas

and Green with Envy

Dave

Newhostalady, unlike JO Your first photo of leaves reminds me of the salted rim around a frozen margarita.....You can see where my mind is. LOL Love the pic.

Thanks Jo! At present, Wolverine (in pot), GE (in pot), Seducer (in pot) and Wide Brim (in ground) are ahead of the rest in growth this season. I still have a few that haven't emerged as yet. Here is a photo of Wide Brim today after watering.

DelawareDonna . . . now that you mention it, I can see why you thought of a Frozen Margarita! Thanks for my first chuckle of the day!

DD, bang on! I like your description better!

Dave, never mind, I see your "problem" lol but I'm with you...of course they are all favourites! I'd like to live there, at your "nursery"! What wonderful pictures of beautiful hostas. Love the light showing through the hostas. You get the urge to post more, please do so! All these pics carry me closer to my day of unfurling...still a week or more away :(

NHL, WB looks really pretty unfurling. Yours already has corrugation..how old is it? Mine's just new last year...very full it was. What can I expect? Thanks!

One of the Fried Bananas triplets -

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Jo, the Wide Brim in the picture is a division of a hosta I moved last year. I have had this Wide Brim for longer than I can remember (before my hostaholic days). I do have two other so-called Wide Brims that I got in 2011, but they have grown very slowly. I am getting the feeling that they are actually Brim Cup rather than Wide Brim. I will do some investigating this year. Sorry I can't answer your question.

Jo....what a great thread!....can't stay away....Love Spring!!

Minuteman

Warwick Comet

Great Expectations

June

First pic of June is perfection!

mbug, what lovely photos! I have three of the four and am now quite excited for them to leaf.

Mbug, great photography! The first one, Minuteman made my eyes pop. So crisp, and dark green makes the white really pop! Looking at GE stopped my heart for a second, wow! Can't wait for mine! Then I took a deep breath and continued, lol. You just keep going if you've got them!

(You had some terrible losses, but looking at these samples, you have many, many gorgeous hosta to appreciate while you decide what to replace. I've been there too...hosta-retail-therapy is the ticket!)

Dancing Queen

Dream Queen - Showing three pips this year. Suffered when I transplanted it.

So happy you posted Dancing Queen here too, DD! I love, love, love ALL hostas that display that gorgeous golden center in spring, or on the margin like First Frost...your DQ is happy!!!look at her colours...

Finding Abiqua Drinking Gourd to be quite photogenic (thanks Jo!). Here are a couple of photos:

Minuteman still showing the purple but starting to unfurl.

First Frost

Lemontini

You are welcome, NHL! You ended up with the best on the rack!!! Even nicer than mine, lol! Excellent pictures. Love your Lemontini...so clean, so crisp, so spring-like.

I'm not sure you noticed that the Lemontini photo is Barb's? I really like that one too. Glad to see you getting in on the action Barb!

Took this photo today. It's one of my top ten favorite hostas---Earth Angel.

And I'm a sucker for drops!

Ha ha ha, no, I actually didn't (she says giggling like a fool)!!!! well, the compliment goes to Barb...just shoot me! Minuteman kinda threw me...gorgeous catapylls and YOUR (NHL) threads on Patriot/minuteman were still on the brain....I really am just swimming in all this blissful beauty where names just whizz by and hostas take over!

Forgive me, Barb.

I think Earth Angel with drops just superceded all your other droplet pics! That leaf on the right with those hues? Unbelievably beautiful.! Does the AHS have photography contests? You should enter.

PLEASE, please, submit some of your stunning pics to the Library at least. More people should have access to such beauty.

Awakening Angel - unfurling her wings

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Really rough day here in Wales. 50 mile an hour gusts of wind and torrential bursts of rain battering everything. The poor hostas I put back out over the weekend are really taking a pounding. Going to be more than a few shredded leaves by the time this is over.

To console myself I have been looking at the pictures I took over the last few days.

War Paint

Wide Brim

Liberty. Just about leafed out.

Bridal Falls. New last year, rippled edge already!

Neptune. Also new last year. Almost looks like it has a lighter margin in this photo.

Don't know whether it will show up on your screens.

Off now to see if the wind has done any damage yet !

Dave

Beautiful shots Dave, I still have mine indoors, each time I look at the forcast it looks bad, hopefully at the weekend I'll risk putting them back out.

Denis

Dave, those are just the best consolation pics ever! Hope the weather damage is minimal

'Deep Blue Sea' has had only a single eye come up since I got it in 2012, so this is pretty cool...

Jo, thank you for the compliments on the Earth Angel photo. I am glad you liked it! The AHS does have a photography contest once a year, but there are so many more talented, and maybe professional, photographers that I wouldn't stand a chance. But I am flattered that you think I should submit the photo. As for the Hosta Library, I haven't submitted any photos yet, but maybe one day . . . . .

How did your hostas fare Dave?

Glad to see your Deep Blue Sea has smartened up, Don!

NHL, flattery, schmattery, you don't give yourself enough credit! If only professional photographers entered, what would be the point? I say, GO FOR IT!

You won a leaf exhibition! I bet you thought you wouldn't win that (am I right?) ....but you entered anyway. It's up to you, I can't make you (would that I could, lol) but if you keep producing such stunning photos, expect me NOT to stay quiet!!! :-)

Isn't it enough encouragement to get kudos from Steve Shaw and LUUK???

Your biggest fan,

Jo

Wheee! continues to look good as it unfurls.

Awakening Angel unfurls with twists and turns.

I have a fan---I have a fan! I am doing the happy dance!!!!!!! Thanks Jo!

Love your hosta's twists and turns Sandyslopes!

Make that TWO fans, NHL. Your photos are FANtastic and frame-worthy.

Thank you hostatakeover!!!!!

A huge thank-you to everyone who contributed to this thread! It has turned out to contain an archive of unbelievably stunning pictures of beautiful hostas in their early glory of awakening in spring. I hope you've bookmarked it for viewing in the winter as I have! :-)

Jo

Good idea Jo, bookmarked for me too.

Go Jo!!