Blooms keep getting better everyone!

DD.... love the pic of flowers on Devon Green ...still waiting on mine.

Fire and Ice

Lakeside Neat Petite

Wow!

mbug - Whoa - double WOW!!!

Over 100 comments on this thread!!!!!

Boy am I glad I was rereading this thread! Amazing, mbug!

Silk Kimono

Salute, with Komodo Dragon behind.

Kathy

Wow what a lovely bunch of pictures and a fantastic wow on Fire and Ice!! Awesome!!!

Lots of great pictures, everyone!

Golden Sculpture in shade so it's never that golden but has some nice big flowers.

Mbug, the scape on Fire and Ice looks on fire. Really neat shot!

Sandyslopes, I like chartreuse as much as gold...great colour and form on your GS and the nicely proportioned scapes are the icing on the cake.

Nice thread. Enjoyed all the photos. I haven't taken many this year.

Here's one I couldn't resist.

Montana Aureomarginata

Stained Glass behind a bright daylily for a different take on "blooming hosta"

Who says day lilies and hosta don't mix, mom!

'Hush Puppies'

Blue Angel, with her halo of white flowers

Paul's Glory getting squeezed between 2 Alberta Spruces

Squash Casserole looks great with that chartreuse and lilac combo

August Moon after all our rain! #inwx

NOID (Looks like mini Golden Tiara)

Paul's Glory living up to the name.

MinuteMan

Mouse Ears has already passed bloom. (June Pic)

Francee getting ready to put on a show!

Rascal's flowers

Rhino Hide

Goodness Gracious

H. 'Patricia'

119 and counting....way to go DD!!

Guardian Angel

Summer Breeze flower

Summer Breeze flower #2

Earth Angel

Abiqua Moonbeam

Awesome photography peeps! When the blooms are off the hosta, this thread will disappear just like the program (19 Kids and Counting). LOL

Unless someone gets in before me, here goes with post 121
I have been waiting for Dinky Donna to flower for you so I can post it. The scapes are there just not open yet. Looks like there will be at least one more post when she is ready.

Linda Sue

Abiqua Moonbeam

Dark Shadows

Thunderbolt

UFO

Aah, that Fluted Fountain is a beauty, Dave as are the rest. Dinky Donna should be a real show stopper when she blooms...LOL

Jon

They certainly are worth it, Jon! Those are absolutely perfect! Everyone should have at least one mini....and Blue Mouse Ears is a perfect one to choose.

Dave, I can't wait to see your photo of Dinky Donna! :-)

I have two, this one and Hadspen Blue (much bigger [in area], listed as medium, which I wouldn't say it is. I think medium because it spreads fairly quick)......and no flowers.

Jon

Sorry. Couldn't resist. Not a big fan of hosta flowers but this is a big hosta after an early morning rain - when hostas look their absolutely best. Sum and Substance (in heavy shade - only gets early morning sun).

Jon, nice belly shots of BME! Lovely photo of S&S, also Gardencool.

Thanks DD, it was definitely a belly shot on the side of a hill.

I've been rereading through this whole forum and noticed way back for Jhanifan.......you have pennies in your pots. Is there a benefit to pennies or copper in the hostas??? Kinda can't do that here anymore they took the pennies away and I don't have many Canadian ones left and a small handful of American ones.

Also Cherry Berry has lots of white on it normally. Mine is pretty much all green....does anybody know if this is what Cherry Berry does in more shade or labeled wrong??

Paradise Sunshine......good news, big and fragrant flowers.....bad news, deer got all but a couple!

Michell Schafer the penny contains copper which is supposes to deter the slugs from the plants, by reacting with their slime. Copper will not kill the slugs just give them a shock when their body come in contact with it. You can get copper flashings from garden shops if you don't have any pennies.

'Sum and Substance'

Awesome to know about the pennies.......or the copper now in my case.

michelle Schafer - The jury is still out on adding pennies to the pot. I am not sure if I need to add more and cover the entire top soil area with pennies. I have seen some holes and added some sluggo bait to help. Next year I may try the copper flashing.

Sum and substance

I'll throw in my 2 cents (pun alert). I spread peanut shells around my slug prone hostas. So far it seems to work for me, but I've only had a slug problem in one small area! Supposedly slugs don't like crawling over the sharp shell edges, but I never done a survey (of the slugs opinion).

I can't resist adding a few. Enjoyed looking at all the pics above this.

Twilight

Blueberry Muffin

Blazing Saddles

Deep Blue Sea

Astilbe with Sum and Substance

Hostahosta - Really nice close ups of some pretty blooms. Mbug - sorry about those dastardly deer eating your Paradise Sunshine. Nice shots of S&S everybody.

Fashionista (new this year) after the rain.

I have new ones to add

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This is post #142! Guacamole opened its first flower today! Smells amazing...just like the Lily flower it is!

Dedez76 -

Never heard of Peedee Gold Fash! Jo, love the Patriot shot. My fragrants have been a real disappointment this year. The bloom count is really low for some reason. So, I'm cheating. Love this photo from last year of Fried Banana blooms.

Oh, I love this thread! Here are a few of mine...

Cup of Grace

Obsession

Dick Ward

Independence

Lakeside Old Smokey

Ventricosa

Stolen Ability

Flower buds on Hyuga Urajiro

Lakeside Elfin Fire sport

Hey there, HH! Nice to see you pop up! I couldn't post a pic here before you, so I started page 2. Looks like it wouldn't take your pic either. Try posting it on the Page 2? Fwiw

I tried sending picture twice. No joy. Too large?

Thanks, Jo, for pulling out this older thread. Sitting here, drinking coffee, looking at very nice hosta pictures...A perfect start for the day :-) And an opportunity to say thank you for a hosta summer full of learning, good advice and enabling :-) My list for next year is miles long, lol

These two might be royal standards. I went on a trip and my dad was nice enough to take pictures every other day or so as they bloomed.

Lovely blooms. What a very accommodating Dad! :-)