They are all knockouts!

Kaleidochrome with some frost damage.Krossa Regal on May 21stKrossa Regal almost hidden by Frances Williams on June 23rd. FW has to be relocated.

Krossa Regal, upstaging a blooming rhododendron.

King Tut

Kathy

I have one hosta that starts with K. Key West. I think it's gonna be a good one.

Fabulous KR and the rhododendron is a beautiful one! Quite tall - must be a few years old I'd guess...

Karen

Karen stay nice all season

leaf shot

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Krossa Regal is one of my many and I just love them

All the mature Krossa Regals are stunning.....Donna the transformation of KL is spectacular........Hostanista ..... Key Lime Pie is special too

My Krossa Regal is just starting to come into its own

Kinba

Mbug, I've never seen colour so rich on a Krossa Regal like yours! I'm a sucker for the soft, powdery blue KR's, including my own....but I absolutely LOVE the colour of yours! Where do you have it sited to achieve such rich, deep colour saturation?

Jo....it's in a bed that gets a lot shade from my house and little direct sun. Might have been taken later in the day too. For my taste the color of yours is just about perfect.

This is another view that is not as dark

Oops, I have another. Katie Q is a great plant. Not a very good pic, but you can see the colors in midsummer are very nice.

Kiwi Gold rush-The all green one on the right

Paula, thank you for the starter joke for this thread. I laughed so hard my DH had to come in and see what was so funny.

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Komodo Dragon potted, waiting for the planting hole to settle this winter:

Katie Q in bloom

Komodo Dragon

Kinbuchi Tachi

Katsuragawa Beni

Katheryn Lewis

Kermode Bear (one of my Wife*s)

Key West

kikutii

Kx, wow, lovely mature hostas! Really love your wife's "Kermode Bear" hosta.

Tnx, Josephine! I just noticed that somehow I was logged in with my email instead of my site username, oops.

hh - They are all beautiful under any name lol!

Peren.all you Krossa Regal is fabulous. Mine is growing between a large blue spruce, a lilac and my neighbor's Old, sky high Norway maple. What other plant would survive back there ?

These three hosta above are behind the long, lower branch of the blue spruce adjacent to the lilac to the right shown below. You can see some of the lower branches of the neghbor's maple peaking through. Francee grows there too, but in front.\

Katsuragawa Beni

Hostahillbilly, hey! Glad to see you back ... missed your lovely hosta photos. Glad you are catching up with the Alphabet! Just saw Baby Bear under the B's - adorable! Your wife is hybridizing some beauties!!!

Beverly, thank you so much. I admire your garden every time you post pics. Your KR and its companions are looking very nice and healthy despite the root competition. You must be keeping them well watered.

Lancifolia can take root competition in stride and H. clausa (with caution because it is such a spreader) would as well. Solomon's Seal, Epimediums and Geranium macrorrhizum are legendary for being able to adapt to dry shade. I utilize Solomon's Seal and Lancifolia around a Butternut tree and the Epimediums between a Butternut (really bad tree because of the juglone) and a huge Sugar Maple. H. Lemon Lime and others are growing between 2 Butternuts so that area took a while to get established.

I honestly think your area looks great!

Krossa Regals are gorgeous. Love that one. These pics make me embarassed to post some of mine. I dream of the day they all look that good!

Krossa Regal in spring. On an angle from above, so its bigger than it looks. One of my faves.

Kaleidochrome. Not sure why I bought it, the streaked ones are not really my taste. But it has done well.

Key Lime Pie. An easy one to grow I think.kikutii, such elegant leaves

Key West. I am learning patience with this one. Sloooowwww growing.

hostahosta, yours are coming along just fine! I think back to a few years ago when I first started posting the 3 pip plants and being so excited to see they gained two more .Then all of a sudden there they are touching each other and thinking of where the heck am I going to move them to. Love the kikutii!

I hadn't posted any Ks.

Couldn't find a picture of Krossa Regal, Katie Q has been going backwards for a few years and Kaleidachrome can''t make up it's mind! Knockout suffered root rot but that seems to be on the road to recovery, fingers crossed for this year ! you get the picture.

It follows that Ks are not my favourotes at the moment.

However, going through my unlabeled pictures for last year I found

Korean Snow

There's hope yet.

Dave

Hi Hostahosta, I'm wondering if that Key West of yours isn't a sport, maybe. I'm seeing streaks of lime green all over those leaves. Looks pretty awesome actually! : ) Just an observation.

Don, Good point. I don't know. Three years old, from Naylor Creek. Has been moved once. All the leaves are like that. In some afternoon sun now. Guess I'll see what it looks like next year!

hostahosta your plants are always lovely! I wish the deer had not feasted on my Kaleidochrome during a rainy period. I agree with Don about your Key West. (p.s. I am a slow typer, your post came up while I was pecking)

Really happy you found a pic Dave. It is a wonderful specimen and it would not be a proper Alphabet without your beauties!

hostahosta, your Key West is different and incredibly beautiful! A real prize whether a sport or simply mislabeled.

Dave, I always look forward to pictures of your Hostas. Korean Snow is lovely.

Paula, Your jokes are giving me a good laugh!

This first one was 3/4 eaten by voles. You can see the tidy job I did with the chicken wire - ha! Kalamazoo was the size of Scallion Pancakes (next to it) in previous years.

Late September often the last to disappear.

5 year old 'Komodo Dragon' in full bloom.

Wonderful 'Dragon', Bill!

Hostahosta, I believe that lovely Hosta you listed as Key West is actually Tobacco Road. Lucky you! I have one and yes, it is sloooow but so worth the wait.

I would be truly amazed if my Key West is actually Tobacco Road. Will keep an eye on it and see what happens. Will post pics this summer.

Bill: I envy that Komodo Dragon. Wowsa!

I was thinking that Key West is a Tobacco Road as well.

Both Key West and Tobacco Road are Petryszyn intro's, so perhaps that had something to do with the mix-up.

Olga's opinion...I posted your pic on my FB page and asked her what she thought it was, Hostahosta. Assuming it is Tobacco Road, it's a very, very good-growing one (Even being a slow grower). TR has been a failure in tissue culturing, basically. As misships go, I guess it could be worse : )

Don, that was such a nice thing for you to do! Tobacco Road is gorgeous! Lucky you, Hostahosta!.

I'm thrilled!!!! Thanks Don and Olga! I have wanted a TR, but heard about the issues and figured I'd never get one. Guess I need to get a Key West now.

Meanwhile at Naylor Creek, the Boyz are gazing at their "Tobacco Road" while one is saying, "Is it me, or does that look more like "Key West?"

Glad you are happy, Hostahosta! I'm thrilled for you, actually. That's a very nice Tobacco Road ya got there : )

Kiwi Blue Baby, my tiny tough guy.

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