Love, love, love Lakeside Coalminer.

Great photos!

Vanessa

I love the greenies, here are two of mine that are impressing me in their first year.

Cup of Grace, new this spring,

Hirao Majesty, also new. Kinda shinyish.

Denis

All beauties, BC.

I like the shiny ones, too! I'm glad you included Queen Josephine. That was my first shiny, and Irish Luck is a real beauty.

I love Devon Green and Queen Josephine is beautiful!

This is my Red October shortly after I transplanted it. Not glossy but I do love it.

Grape Fizz

BC, glamour shots, all right! These hostas are absolutely gorgeous! The shine is amazing! Great thread, B.C..

Like Sandyslopes, QJ was also my first shiny hosta.

Thanks for all the additional pics - lots of extra eye candy!

Dennis - some distinctive plants there - I like the subtle colouring, shine and ripply margins on Hirao Majesty.

Deb - nice stately upright stance to Red October.

Great sheen on the Fizz DelawareDonna

Jo - fabulous shot of your regal plant!

Your Lederhosen is really holding up well Bernd - I gather this one gets more shiny as the season progresses.

BC

Valeries Vanity

Love your Lakeside Coalminer. I picked up Devon Green and Queen Josephine this year(love them too). Here's a shot of my Leather Sheen from earlier this year

Looks like a lot of us have Queen Josephine. It’s my only
shiny one, and it’s taken me a long time to decide whether I like shininess or
not. I had decided I didn’t, and then I moved away a more matte finish blue
away from it. All of a sudden Queen Josephine started looking good to me. It’s
funny how conjunctions affect appearance.

Now I am thinking I want another shiny one to tie them
together. Is there anything like a shiny one with a reverse coloration? Light
center, green edge?

For that matter, are all shiny ones green? Any blues, or
does the glaucous coating make that an impossibility?

Old dirt, looks like Valerie's Vanity and Devon Green are the same plant. I've read that Canadian Shield is also considered identical. Anyhow, your plant has reached a nice size.

Thanks for including your pic of Leather Sheen Digger - and indeed it does!

Linnea, I'm not aware of a shiny reverse variegation hosta as you describe, however, there may be someone else who can point you in that direction. As for different coloured shiny plants - I'd think the wax on blues would be prohibitive. You may want to check Moonlight Sonata, however. With regards to golds, I did see one posted by donrawson called Indiana Treasure that looked great. Not sure that it's readily available, but if it was, I'd certainly be interested in acquiring it.

Check it out: http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/2052131/indiana-treasureextremely-shiny-hosta

Nancy, is another that is a very vibrant yellow in the spring, in addition to being somewhat shiny - though it greens up later in the season.

Don, Invincible is one of my favourite plants - I have also picked up Sugar and Spice this year. Here's mine.

In addition, I recently purchased Carolina Sunshine (long touted by Mctavish) that has similar variegation - though perhaps it's not as shiny.

Anyhow, thanks for including pics of your plants - they both seem to be doing well.

BC

above is 'Majordomo' - flowers never open here.

'Potomac Pride'

'Moonlight Sonata' - lighting wrong, but it's glossy.

'Beauty Substance'

ventricosa

'Candy Dish' !

Love love the Lakeside Coal Miner ! I guess I could find room for just one more??? I love the dark green also and I know I do have to move my Irish Luck to a not so sunny place. Very nice plants

I also have Devon Green. Finding it to be very slow growing. Do the rest of you find this to be true?

Thanks for all the pretty greenies!

Empress Wu

For those of you who like Lakeside Coalminer, here's a couple of additional shots.

BC

Hostahillbilly, you have lots of shiny ones - the only one I share with you is Candy Dish and mine only has a satin sheen at present.

Kikutii displays a very attractive form Hostahosta. As for the growth habits of Devon Green, I've not had mine long enough to comment. Perhaps someone with greater experience with the plant can advise you.

DelawareDonna, I am accustomed to thinking of Empress Wu as being huge - I'm surprised, however, by the shine to her leaves. I would guess that this is an end of the season development.

BC

Candy Dish

Rainbow's End