I'm going to need a bigger bed! Donna and Jo you were posting while I was loading.

Jo Swirls and Stolen Ability are such tremendous looking plants! Wow!

Donna you started with a bang, Sky Dancer is a beauty.

zkathy it is a good thing you showed what Summer Squall should look like. I hope mine looks better this year.

Dave - Love that Strawberry Banana Smoothie.

Salute--part of the dragon bed with SILVER STAR™ to the left.

Sharp Dressed Man--another Solberg stand out!

Sharp Dressed Man--later in the season and after the hail storms.

Seducer--if anyone's Seducer kept its good looks until the end of the season, please tell me how you have it sited. This one suffered vicious white edge meltout by August. I guess that's what a seduction is like, you have some fun then it's over.

Sum & Substance

I'm so impressed of S&S growth. 2015 S&S is just planted and looks awful.

In 7/2016 it is much bigger and better looking. It has grown 2 pips to 8 pips. I like it very much and if it grows this year as much, it needs more space.

Saija

I guess I'm late today. Great S's everyone

SagaeSt PaulSaluteSargent PepperSarra's Sensation Satisfaction Sea DreamSea Fire SeducerSeptember Sun

Snow Flakes (2nd year)

Stiletto (2nd year) Also snails like this one too much.

Saija

This is rest of my best. Too many S's to show .

Sharp Dressed ManSpily Milk moved last year into more sun.Stained GlassSum of AllSummer BreezeSummer MusicSun PowerSquash Casserole Sunshine GloryStriptease

Sunnywood: it's nice to see Sara's Sensation. I would like to have it because my daughters name is Sara. Maybe I will buy it some day. Yours is beautiful.

Saija

These S's are superb! I'm coming back to look again and to Like them....grandma is on duty, lol. I snuck out for a minute ;-)

Kathy, if your Seducer is exposed longer to sun than Sagae, it might benefit both to change places. Mine (I think it must be 10 years old or more- took about 5 years or so to look mature....gets direct sunshine from around 10:30 to around 5:30 or later in summer. Thicker leaves withstand sun well in my zone and growth more vigorous with more sun. No scorched leaves ever....yet - but it's getting hotter every summer.

Btw, How hot do your summers get?

Forgot one.

Sum of All (2nd year)

sunnywood - There is so little info on Sunshine, only in the Hostapedia. It is a beauty!

zkathy, I just found a picture of your Sharp Dressed Man from 2014. Seems to be a good grower, so I'm hopeful for mine...

There are lots of great 'S' Hostas. Here are a few that are not shown above.

Shade Parade

Shirley Vaughn

Silver Shadows - a sport of Devon Green though not as good a grower in my experience.

Stand by Me

Stetson

Summer Lovin

Sun Kissed

Here are three pictures of Sunny Delight. It doesn't seem to be very well known but it is one of my very top Yellow Hostas. It has grown like a weed and is beautiful until the very end of the season.

Sunny Delight in July

Sunny Delight on Sept 24

and on Oct. 9

lots and lots of S's to share so i better get started,,,

Sacramento,,,new in 2016

Salute,,,new in 2007,,,divided many times

Samurai,,,new in 2007

Sara's Sensation,,,new in 2015

Satin Flare,,,new in 2010

Satisfaction,,,new in 2006,,,in my top 100

Sea Fire,,,new in 2006,,,this one is really bright in spring,,,

Sea Thunder,,,new in 2015,,,sorry about the bird drop decorations,,,

Secret Treasure,,,new in 2014

Seducer,,,new in 2012,,,top 100

September Sun,,,new in 2006

Serendipity,,,new in 2006Sharmon,,,new in 2006

Sharp Dressed Man,,,new in 2016

Silver Bay,,,new in 2013,,,i lusted after this one so much i bought 2,,,

Silver Lode,,,new in 2006,,,this poor guy got totally smashed a few years ago by a large branch,,,it is recovering nicely

Sir Richard,,,new in 2015,,,hubby HAD to have this one,,,he is a Richard,,,

Smash Hit,,,new in 2016

Smokey Bear,,,new in 2015,,,love it

Smooth Sailing and dearly departed Bandit,,,new in 2015

thanks for looking,,,

will post more later,,,jill

Smash Hit below

Sun KissedSugar SnapSweet SunshineStained GlassStrip TeaseSum and Substance in the background. Its more than 5 feet across now- almost 6.

ok,,,i'm back with more,,,

Snow Mouse,,,new in 2010,,,love ALL the mice,,,

So Sweet,,,new in 2005,,,an oldie but goodie,,,

Spartacus,,,new in 2010,,,plain yellow sport behind it,,,

Spilt Milk,,,new in 2006,,,top 100

Spinach Patch,,,new in 2007,,,dark and bumpy,,,love it,,,

St. Paul,,,new in 2009,,,

Stained Glass,,,new in 2009

Star Kissed,,,new in 2016Stepping Out,,,new in 2016Stetson,,,new in 2007

Strawberry Banana Smoothie,,,new in 2009

Striptease,,,new in 2006

Sugar and Spice,,,new in 2007,,,slugbait

Sugar Daddy,,,new in 2010,,,not too fast a grower

Sugar Plum,,,new in 2013

Sugar Snap,,,new in 2015

Sum and Substance,,,new in 2000

Sum of All,,,new in 2009

Summer Breeze,,,new in 2006,,,top 100

Summer Joy,,,new in 2012

more later,,,

thanks for looking,,,jill

Saint Paul

Thank you all for sharing your fabulous photos. My list is not getting any smaller but that's ok because I plan to win the big lottery tonight. 60 million :) In the meantime this is all I've got...

Second WindSummer Breeze For some reason the rabbits nibble only this hosta and leave all the rest alone.
So Sweet in May

Bill, it's been a few years since I babysat my daughter's Stained Glass. I can't believe how much your picture looks like hers at that time. I've seen no other grow like hers but yours where the leaves' shape is more distinguishable, more distinct. Very beautiful.

Mae, love that all-gold leaf in your very attractive and tasty Summer Breeze. Wonder if it will come back for you...would make a nice sport. :)

So many wonderful S's I have enjoyed the pictures. I will add Salute and Sweet Home Chicago to my wish list. This list gets longer everyday. Here are my s's:

Sagae, I love the upright growth

Seducer, new in 2016

Stained Glass it looks so delicate but looks nice all seasonSum and Substance, waiting for it to take off.

Josephine, I'd be excited to have a sport. (It would almost be like winning a lottery.) I will have to race the rabbits to see who gets to it first.

Beautiful everyone, really liking the Sharp Dressed Man and Seducer.

Sum and Substance, in full sun all day, starting to get some size now.

A S&S sport

And again

A seedling of S&S x Domaine de Courson, develops a yellow edge by mid June. was given this as a tiny thing from Bali-Hai nursery in 2013.

Satisfaction, new in '14.

Spartacus, new last spring, enabled by Don.

Snowden, emerging in spring. New in '14.

At the end of June, I really like this one.

Stiletto, It does nothing for me, might give it away.

I forgot my Sagae, I have her since '14 and it only started to grow this year.

That secondary flush sure is plentiful. Actually, that is good growth, Denis compared to what I remember of mine...which was slower... then one day, about five years later, wow!

That's good to hear Jo, Yours is gorgeous, I've been kinda disappointed with it so far so am glad it is normal. She was only one eye until this year now she has two, it might be too much to ask for three next year lol. This was her last year.

Sagae with a part on the ground that grew through the plant marker.

Satisfaction with a Silver Bay peaking out at the bottom.

Silk Kimono is a pretty one with nice form, but the white edges are already burning mid-June. I'm debating on moving it.

Shade Finale

Shade Finale closeup

Sleeping Beauty showed up with a couple of half & half leaves this year.

Stiletto

Sum and Substance

Sun Power

What a lot of wonderful hostas using S as an introduction. I'm wowed by the Sagae's, Sun Power's, Satisfaction's in this thread. I've had luck with some and no luck with Sagae...the first died to poor growing conditions and the second to HVX. Just due to happenstance I acquired Super Sagae and I'm glad I did because it's surviving with root competition. Not a fast grower but happy to have him. Hope he hurries and grows some more.

Super Sagae

Salute (top right), parent of Restless Sea and Cutting EdgeShade Fanfare

Satisfaction with Silver Bay

Sugar and Spice. Thanks McT for enabling.

Sun Power

Summer Lovin'

Summer Breeze, parent of Summer Lovin'...love both

Shazaam (left) with Roy Klehm

Stepping Out - behind astilbe 'Glut'- has been a fast grower

Beautiful hosta everyone! Gotta get me a Sharp Dressed Man

.......better late than never!

Sagae

Saint Elmo's Fire

Satisfaction ....doing its thing!

Sea Fire early spring

Sea Fire late season

Seducer

So Sweet

Stag's Leap....been slow, but starting to show a little of what it can be

Stained Glass

Strawberry Parfait

... a few more

Shimmy Shake

Stir it Up

Summer Breeze

Sum and Substance

Sky Dancer

Silver Lode ...lower left

Stetson ....3rd or 4th year....so far been a dud...can't bring myself to get rid of it

Thanks again!!

Sandy slopes, I was still typing when you posted. Your Sagae, Satisfaction and Sun Power are beautiful. You've piqued my interest in acquiring Silk Komono. I hope it doesn't require a lot of time to look decent...at my age time is of the essence. I have Shade Finale..will have to check whether I took a recent photo.

I had the same thing happen with my Frost Giant that you have with your Sleeping Beauty. I wonder what that's a sign of?? ...weak tissue culture? Does anyone Know?

Sleeping Beauty. I seem to be attracted to blue, yellow margined hostas..First Frost, Valley's Glacier, Ben Vernooij... have them, have put others back on the shelf...TO MY REGRET.

I added Small Sum to the garden because I didn't wan't to devote a lot of territory to Sum and Substance.

Striptease

Sun Shower (foreground), added in 2015. Someone please remind me not to plant until existing ones are completely unfurled.

Secret Ambition, sport of Secret Love. NEW but not doing that great in its spin-out bag.

Mbug, beautiful hostas. Stag's Leap looks gorgeous...how long have you had it?

I found this picture of St. Paul, which I bought in 2007 because I couldn't get Paul's Glory. It has been a good performer under spruce trees...don't know why I have no pic without measuring stick. I've since been able to get PG too.

Irawon....thank you!....3 years for Stag's Leap....looking forward to what the spring brings

irawon, I also love blue hostas with white or yellow margins. My Sleeping Beauty has been a slow grower, but I thought maybe that's why it got its sleepy name. I like the half and half leaves and wish I could get a stable plant that looked like that the whole way around. Not likely to happen, I know.

One year it made a solid yellow eye, but that didn't make it through the season. I don't know if that's because it's a poor tissue culture specimen, or just what SB does. I want to pull away some competing plants and give it a little more time to shape up. I hope it will look as nice as yours does some day.

Silk Kimono grew at a slow to average rate for me, but I have alkaline soil so most of mine don't grow all that fast. ...And back then I was getting plants with usually just one eye to start with. So find a big one to start off with!

Maybe Seducer?

Shademaster

Striptease recently moved growing really fast

So sweet-all of these pics after hail storm in August.

ok,,,1 more batch,,,

Summer Lovin,,,new in 2009,,,top 100

Summer Love,,,new in 2014

Sun Power,,,new in 2006

Sunny Smiles,,,new in 2014

Sunset Grooves,,,new in 2015

Super Nova,,,new in 2008

Sweet Bo Peep,,,new in 2006

Sweet Home Chicago,,,new in 2006

Sweet Innocence,,,new in 2009

and Sweet Jill,,,a gift from a friend in 2013,,,it does tend to want to revert so have to divide regularly,,,

thanks for looking,,,,jill

Sea Dream

Silver Threads and Golden Needles - don't think I have seen anyone else post this one.

Stained Glass - more puckers as it matures

Stilettto

Sum and Substance - a monster

Sun Power

Thanks for looking!

Barb, beautiful Silver Threads and Golden Needles! And Sea Dream has advanced on my list due to this thread.

Let us know if Sum and Substance pushes that fence down or just decides to grow on both sides of it!

Wow, lots of great S's. Many of mine are one and two year old with great potential.

Sagae, it's been a looong struggle with this one.

Saketini, very nice lemony yellow in spring.

Secret Love

Sheila West

So Sweet, trying to acclimate this to full sun. First year it burned miserably.

St. Paul

Stained Glass

Striptease, lost to HVX :( Hope to replace.

Sugar and Spice

Sum and Substance, getting a good start.

Another round

Summer Breeze, coming back after a bad year.

Summer Music

Sun Power, waiting for it to leap.

Sunshine Glory

Surfer Girl

Sweet Innocence

Sweet Sunshine

I also lost Striptease to HVX, but as if to mock me a little further it was the first of my hostas with a little seedling ...

It was in a pot, so no harm done, but I think I will not replace it.

Spilt Milk

Stetson

Striptease and Fragrant Bouquet

Another Striptease

tj

There! Tj's Spilt Milk just made the scene - and secured the #1 spot of SM - what a grand specimen! Ultimate Striptease too...I like it better than my own, lol.

Spartacus

Don: your Spartacus is magnificent. Mine is new in 2016 and I don't have picture of it. I hope mine looks some day as awesome as yours.

Saija

St Paul

St. Elmo's Fire-- this is one of the Lowes hostas given me by a friend that started the whole thing. The picture on the tag looked like this, but the Hosta in the pot was dark green as it was August. I went online to try to ID it correctly and stumbled on the world of hostas! What a ride this is!

I finally got myself a Spartacus last year - credit goes to Don for enabling of course! :-)

I got a Spartacus last year too! Thanks to Don!

Sagae. Nice big leaves. I just need more of them!

Seducer. Doing pretty well so far. I don't have the thin white line between the margin and the center. I guess it needs more sun.

Squash Casserole.

Stained Glass. I was shocked today when I had a peek at my potted hostas. The first one I looked at was Stained Glass and it had an eye emerging! It's way too early. I don't see it on Don Rawson's Early Emerging Hostas list.

Here is my Striptease emerging. It has a sport which was also there the previous year. That's kind of cool!

Striptease leafed out.

But I am really waiting to see it look like this:

That last photo of Striptease shoots is perfect and beautiful!