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paul_in_mn

Summer pics...

10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago

A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken. ~James Dent

Alabama Gold...is it yellow, is it green...starts out yellow and summer is greening it up

Christmas Pageant...finally getting happy...bigger rounded leaves and nice margins....afternoon pic so a caught a bit of sun making it hard to see third color streaks in margin. Ophir to right front, green to left is a 2011 seedling planted to fill an open space.

Cutting Edge...white leaf backs...moved to give room and you see how that worked out...

Big green seedling on left needs to get pulled(turned out nothing special...just big)

Daybreak...now that is a yellow...benefitted from the move to the sun. Blues really help set off the colors...weeds not so much.

Irish Luck...good grower right from the start and could tell it was gonna be big....leaves are pristine. Bright Lights to front right has matured nicely (tokudama family)

On Stage...always late to unfurl and fill out for me....but what a nice yellow and margin pattern.

Little Treasure....has been a good grower...a small that can hold its own


Thanks for taking a look.....please add some pics of yours.


Paul

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  • 10 years ago

    Nothing better than above described summer feeling :-) Great plants, Paul!

    On Stage, wow!

    Fire Island

    Longpipes Aurea Ogon Amagi

    Fortunei Aurea

    Let's hope for a sunny weekend!

    Karin

    Comments (12)

    • 10 years ago

      Paul. lovely On Stage. I like reading the descriptions you provide. Karin, nice to see two beautiful hosta I've never heard of. I love the color of the leaves on all three.

      paul_in_mn thanked DelawareDonna Zone 7A

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    • 10 years ago

      Great hosta, Paul!

      paul_in_mn thanked mbug_gw
    • 10 years ago

      Beautiful day in NJ too.....Sun, then late afternoon thunder storm, then more sun....nice!

      Blue Mouse Ears blooming today in it's own special way

      Golden Prayers....set off by a single bloom....bright yellow all summer

      Aphrodite ... in full summer shine

      Miss Linda Smith Autumn Frost and Stir It Up on top right

      Birchwood Parky's Gold topped by lilies

    • 10 years ago
      last modified: 10 years ago

      Rhino Hide...love the colors, cupping, texture....a bit is hidden by the green monster to right.

      Wylde Green Cream...nice small....a bit of crowding...a blue-green weedling and I think Sweet Innocence need to be moved, might move WGC too....maybe put American Sweetheart in their places.

      Minnesota Wild...gotta have this one if live in Minnesota...right...big leap in last 2 years...

      montana Aureomarginata...the hosta I look for in every hosta garden....pic and lighting don't do it justice. Have in some midday sun...love if this one made me move all the hostas around it.

      Paul

    • 10 years ago

      Paul, I have so many of the same plants as you do. Over the last few years, I have seen your pictures, and added them to my list. You have cost me a lot of money.......I had to laugh at your pristine Irish Luck tho. Mine is really large too, but last year it was hail, and this year it was frost. I covered it up and it still got hit. I think of it as being fragile.

      Rhino Hide is new for me this spring. How long have you had yours?

      Mbug, your Blue Mouse Ears is beautiful. This is just the second year for me, so still tiny. How old is yours?

    • 10 years ago

      My Minnesota Wild is the tastiest hosta I have. Something (damn rabbits) keeps tearing the leaves off and throwing them on the ground. Its bad enough when they eat them, but when they just tear them off for sport.......

    • 10 years ago

      Well jamie, those rodents clearly are not hockey fans, ha ha. I didn't even know there was a Minnesota Wild hosta until this week. Now I have to get one. I love hockey, playing and spectating, so even if this wasn't named for the hockey team, I am still going to think of it that way!

    • 10 years ago

      jamie....Rhino Hide planted in 2010 (2 small divisions) and moved 2011 to a fair amount of sun.


      Sue...there is also a Minnesota Nice (pic from June 2014).

      Paul

    • 10 years ago

      thanks Paul, yes, when I saw MN Wild I also saw MN Nice, and it is nice-they would both be great additions to the list that never ends, ha ha

    • 10 years ago

      Hi Paul, what are the ones beside Wylde Green Cream? I'm looking for the name of below hosta and maybe it' is the left one in your picture? Is the right one Delta Dawn? It's on my wishlist...

      Montana Aureomarginata is already in my shopping cart at my favourite online dealer :-) Must have! You got a nice one :-)

    • 10 years ago

      Karin, to the left is Jaz...shiny, solid green, in enough sun it will be lighten up in color toward yellows.

      Not sure what name of hosta is in your pic. Start a new thread and ask for help with ID.


      Paul

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