go as far back as you can on this forum and read forward. And welcome aboard the starship hostatalk

Welcome! Be warned - we are excellent enablers but otherwise a bunch of harmless do gooders. Except for maybe Don in Colorado. He's a little "shady".

Welcome! Can't wait to see your pictures 400 WOW!!!

350-400 Hostas ? Wow !

We need some pics, and maybe some divisions.

Hi Kes, Good advice from Bragu. 350-400 diff varieties surrounding an old Victorian house??? I can imagine how lovely it must be. Welcome, WW

Hello there. We had a cottage in Keswick many many years ago. I'll bet it's a great place to raise hosta. Someone will guide you through the process of posting pictures. It's easy enough that even I can manage it, though I rarely do so because I do not like wrestling with our slow speed connection.

You sound like a real fanatic - true to my heart- the kind of person who sees to the gardens first before worrying about the house. I hope they provide you with many many hours of pleasure and that you will continue to post here.

Please post pics of your gardens! Sounds amazing! Welcome to the group.

welcome ... eh

kenm

Welcome. You really do need to post pics! Your place sounds amazing. I live vicariously through the gardeners here who put my feeble attempts to shame. Sounds like you fit right in! :-)

Hello again,

Well, thanks to everyone who has commented on my first few posts. I really will try with the help of my kids, to figure out how to include photos with my posts. Also, those that called themselves enablers, my wife would tell you that I do not need any help. My car knows the way to all the hosta "heavens" in these parts, and I don't think there has been a time in the last three years at least that there wasn't some new hosta to be planted. I also enjoy daylilies, phlox and peonies... but hostas are by far my biggest gardening passion. Great to be among people who feel the same way!

Well, if you don't need enabling maybe you could join in helping to enable us. We love to hear opinions on best performers, size, and growing conditions for our hosta, and wellcome aboard.

Kes, Tell the family you want an iPad for Father's Day. I am technically challenged and it has made posting pics a breeze. You've probably already given them your hosta wish list so there's always Christmas. WW

Welcome to the forum, Keswick! My niece lives in Keswick, across the street from the lake and she has maybe a dozen or so of hostas only...not crazy like me with 156 this year. :-)

You are way, way ahead! I too, would love to see your hosta pics. Tell us what computer system/camera phone, etc. you use and we can help you pretty quickly post pictures if you like. Like Wendy, I use an iPad daily...a breeze and the pics aren't too bad if I take them at the right time of day....very easy to post pics.

I would also suggest a simple step for you to post pics if you do have either a smart phone or tablet. When you want to insert a photo, take the shot right there and then by choosing the "take photo or video" option rather than "photo library" (where you need to hunt for your pics). After you take the shot, at the bottom right hand of the photo it says "use photo". Click or poke on it and your photo will show up under your text.

We really look forward to hearing more from you! :)

So, after much headache and frustration on the part of my children, I think we have some photos that we can show you. You won't get the full effect, but you should have an idea. We seem to be only able to attach one to each comment.

Because of my limited space, I plant close (which means I have to divide often if they are fast growers. The big yellow margined one is Atlantis.

Kes, Ooh la la! I think you should start a new thread so everyone can enjoy and comment on your vision of loveliness. You're gonna give me tons of ideas. WW

I am trying desperately to attach some other pictures. For some reason, we are struggling to retrieve them from where they are saved Here are some more. Please pardon the maple keys. They are everywhere here, and I am not going to try to remove them until they are all down.

And here are some more...

This is impossible. I really will have to get an Ipad.

Well, here we go to try yet again...

I am on a roll now!!!

Sorry this is so disjointed, but I am a neophyte at this technology...

And I just have to show you this Bartzella Itoh peony. Its a showstopper!

Hope everyone enjoys!

Welcome, you did a great job of posting pics and your hostas are wonderful!

Welcome Keswick....your hostas are beautiful! Atlantis is hard to beat IMHO...it even loves growing in the south!

So glad you found the forum...it's a fun place to hang out and see what others are doing in their gardens in different climates and growing conditions.

How about showing us pics of the house? Sounds interesting...

I always enjoy seeing nice gardens with mature plants. Thanks for sharing with us. You did great at posting pics. Now you just have to remember how they showed you to do it. :-)

Great pics,that peony is a show stopper for sure.

Welcome! Your hostas are fantastic and there it is - the fabled yellow peony!(A tree peony cross isn't it?) Great photos.

Welcome from Florida! I would enable you but I see you already have been. Beautiful plants.

Welcome! great that you managed to post some pics, looks fantastic, don't be shy with them now!

Denis

Your hostas and your garden are just beautiful! So glad you posted some pictures, and welcome. I like your combinations!

Thank God! I was on pins and needles waiting for photos of your lovely garden. The peony is to die for!!! Welcome again.

Thanks to all of you for the warm welcome, and the very nice things you had to say about my garden. You all overlooked the weeds, too, which was very kind of you. I am sending the other pictures I took today, and then we will have to see whether one of my sons is prepared to assist me through the process again.

Look at the little mini - hiding under the leaf in the right hand bottom corner. I think it is Pandora's Box. THe large one is H. Tokudama Flavocivinalis.

And finally...

This area really needs watering. I really need to get to it because (horrors!) our local Hort Society has put me on their Garden Tour. If you don't hear from me much in the next week or two it is become I am panicking. My wife said I should have said no. I think she was right. Just to make myself feel better, I purchased some new hostas yesterday (new to me, not necessarily new), including The King, Tickle Me Pink, Erotica, and a mini called Woodland Elf. All very special.

Anyway, enough pictures and enough about my troubles and shopping. I have been reading back into the forum and I have to tell you that the pictures and advice given are really helpful and there are garden pictures there that left me speechless with their artistry. You should all be very proud of the gardens you have created. I look forward to more pictures of all of them.

Welcome to the forum. Wow, 350-400 and working full time? I have a hard time keeping up with 100 and I'm retired!

Who said I was keeping up? I have hostas I bought last year that are still in pots. I envy your retirement. What I would do for some more time in the garden!

Welcome Keswick...so glad you found the forum. Your hostas are lovely, some I don't recognize, so I expect I will be enabled by your posts. Happy to see that mature Atlantis...WOW!.. gorgeous...just bought one today. Looking forward to more pictures.

Welcome to the forum, beautiful property you have there.

Ohhhh my! Beautiful! I love the peony too. Welcome!

Welcome! Beautiful garden....Thanks for sharing!

Looks like you're a quick study as well as a great gardener. More photos as soon as you're finished your garden tour responsibilities. We love meeting new hostaphiles! Welcome!

Thanks kathy. I am not sure what you mean about me being a quick study. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? I like to think I am a complex kind of hosta freak. LOL