2015 Hostas - Pic Heavy
Pic heavy (but we all like pics, right?) I'm making up for the many, many weeks I could not post photos here!
Considering we received so little rain in my neck of the woods this season (maybe that's why there were fewer slug issues?) 2015 was a stellar year for my hostas. It was Year 3 for a good number of them and the old adage of "Year 1 they sleep, Year 2 they creep, Year 3 they leap" was confirmed.
I share with you now a number of my favourites during May, June, and July of this year. If their individual rock names don't show in the photo, I'll label it to ensure you know what it is. And thank you for taking the time to view.
MAY HIGHLIGHTS
The blue of Blueberry Muffin really stands out. That's Moonstruck on the left, a little Mikawa-No-Yuki on the right and Designer Genes behind BM.
Great Expectations was planted in 2014.
Fortunei Aureomarginata (a house hosta - came with the house) finds protection surrounded by a tire my dog and I found on one of our walks. Spray painted red for fun.
Flemish Sky sandwiched between F Albomarginata and Rainforest Sunrise
Fortunei Aureomarginata surprised me with an eye of 7 streaked leaves. I have since separated them to grow them on their own; we'll see how they do over the winter.
Liberty leaf close up
An overhead shot (yep, standing on a ladder) of Wide Brim in the centre, flanked by Abiqua Trumpet on the left and a little bit of Richmond on the right. Two weeks after this photo, they were all holding hands.
Liberty again. I can't get enough of this hosta. Watercolour feature used on this shot.
Looks like that's the max number of pics I can upload at a time....will continue in another post....
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11 years agoJon, I have 4 Liberties, the largest one pictured above and below gets morning sun all the way until about 1 in the afternoon. That turns her yellow margin almost white by end of summer. She's huge, 48 eyes this year. My other 3 Liberties are much more shaded under spruce trees, quite a bit smaller, and they keep their yellow margin a lot longer. Here's another angle from directly above her (2nd story deck), photos taken at night with flash after a rain.
Her colouring is lovely alongside butter yellow daylilies and low growing yellow sedum.
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