Hosta 'Komodo Dragon'

11 years ago

last modified: 11 years ago

This is the 5th year for hosta 'Komodo Dragon' in my Pittsburgh garden. As you can see, it is planted in a bed with other hostas. When planting this bed, I added lots of organic material to the soil. I give this big guy abundant water. As far as I can tell from this yardstick, it is about 5-6 feet wide. Anyone have pics of their Komodo?

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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5

11 years ago

well we should know.. we both have one ...

ken

ps: i am hoping someone will spit their coffee on the screen tomorrow morn ...

BTW ... i took my pic.. after dinner.. probably nearing when the sky turns pink ... compare it.. to yours with the ambient sunshine around.. and note.. that even between your two pix.. one is blue.. and one plant green .... just some pix tricks.. in case you are going to show off more of your junk ...

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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
11 years ago
impressive...

since you showed me yours.. i will show you what mine used to be .. now lets not tell the spouses ... lol .....ken
billgoff307
Original Author
11 years ago
That is really funny Ken! Yours is impressive too…LOL!
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zkathy z7a NC
11 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago

Pic from May 5. It's bigger now.

Kathy
billgoff307
Original Author
11 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
Ken, isn't the term glaucous used by hosta people to indicate that blue/green thing that so many hostas have? Sometimes, Komodo has even a slate gray color, depending on the clouds, sun and time of day.
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
11 years ago
glaucous.. is a waxy coating on a leaf .... of many many different plants ... e.g. a blue spruce is green underneath the wax ...

the wax .. reflects the sky/clouds/ambient light ... so changes hour by hour ... as you note .. [good observational skills] ...

on the color wheel ... pink is opposite blue ... sooooo .. when the sky turns pink near sunset ... if you take pix of blues.. the pic will be outta this world ... look at the one in my pic.. top right ... they would be called.. complimentary colors ... one intensifying the other ...

you can catch this moment in time.. by taking an adult beverage or two..and your lawn chair out there.. and waiting.. happily i might add .. lol .. until the perfect moment ....

and if done to perfection ... you might only get a few shots.. before the flash starts going off.. and then you are done for.. and have to repeat it all the next day .. if you are not too hung over ...

the real beauty of digital ... is. you can take 100 pix of it ... and throw away 99 of them.. to get the perfect one ..

ken
suncoastflowers
11 years ago
Way to get in there Kathy! Y'all all have mighty impressive Dragons. :)
BungalowMonkeys
11 years ago
Beautiful photos. Love this hosta and need to add it to the garden.
Jon 6a SE MA
11 years ago
Gotta get one.
Liz Gallardo
11 years ago
Now I see I should have ordered that Komodo dragon I was coveting, less than two hours ago! :) I'm trying to not buy new ones until I split the 5 million that are overcrowding my beds.
billgoff307
Original Author
11 years ago
Go ahead and get it Liz. It will take a good 4 or 5 years to reach this size above in the photo.
hostahosta
11 years ago

I am (im)patiently waiting for mine to get that large. Lovely specimens above.
beverlymnz4
11 years ago
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WOW great hosta. Considered it but didn't think I had the room.

Think of the size of the spinout bag I would need for that.