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Hosta Medium 2016



Mediums today. The guys in the middle:

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  • 9 years ago

    We need to get this going!

    Autumn Frost
    Blue Arrow
    Blueberry Muffin
    Bridegroom
    Emerald Ruff Cut
    Fantabulus
    Fire Island
    First Frost
    Geisha
    Jack of Diamonds

    More later

  • 9 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Yes indeed sunnywood and what a fabulous start you gave.

    clausa

    Bridegroom - I hope mine looks like yours one year sunnywood.

    Color Festival

    Cloudburst

    Cotton Candy

    El Nino

    Emerald Ruff Cut

    Fire and Ice on its 2nd year.

    Halcyon

    Hanky Panky with Lakeside Looking Glass

  • 9 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    I'm trying to find some spring pictures...it's not so long now that the hostas will show...

    Albomarginata Fortunei

    Albopicta Fortunei

    Aureomarginata Fortunei

    Fortunei Aurea

    Francee

    Halcyon

    Minuteman

    Longipes Aurea

    Night before Christmas

    Torchlight

  • 9 years ago

    Lots of great mediums

    Carolina Sunshine

    Celtic Uplands and June Fever

    Grand Slam and High Tide

    May in spring and fall

    Midwest Magic

    PeeDee Laughing River

    Prairie Sunset in September in sun

    Rainbow's End

    Shade Fanfare

    Stetson


  • 9 years ago

    And the next ones.

    Invincible

    Janet Day

    June

    Lancifolia

    Miss Linda Smith

    Pathfinder

    Praying Hands

    Puddles and Bumps

    Rainbow's End

    Red October

  • 9 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Some more

    June Fever
    June
    Loyalist
    May
    On Stage
    Peppermint Ice
    Pinespple Upsidedown Cake
    Sharp Dressed Man
    Sleeping Beauty maybe sporting?
    Stained Glass

  • 9 years ago

    peren, I hope my Emerald Ruff Cut will look as wonderful as yours one day...

    sunnywood, now I have to put Bridegroom on my list...

    and mctavish, that Celtic Uplands is another one to add...

    lol, I really should stop looking at your beautiful plants, goodness, this is going to be a hard summer :-)

  • 9 years ago

    A few more.

    Silver Bay

    Smash Hit

    Snow Cap

    Can't forget about the oldies - Undulata Univittata

    Venetian Star

  • 9 years ago

    And just a few more

    Summer Breeze
    Summer Music
    Tokudama
    Whirlwind
    Wolverine

    thanks for looking

  • 9 years ago

    All beautiful... thanks for sharing!

    There is certainly a wide variance in what is considered "medium".... but I know there has been a lot of thought and work (probably argument) that has gone into those standards. Just sayin'....

  • 9 years ago

    Great pictures of great hostas, everyone.

    Gypsy Rose in the foreground and Camelot in the middle

    Luna Moth and Silver Bay

  • 9 years ago

    And a few more

    Deep Blue Sea...growing in a spin out bag...wonder if it will attain a mature size that way...will have to wait and see, I guess

    Ice Cream in late August...the painted ferns are self seeding like crazy in this part of the yard

    Wolverine... to the right of Guacamole. High Society off in the distance, top right

  • 9 years ago

    Not too many pictures to share here......

    Ventricosa aureomarginata
    Thanks for looking!

    Sherry

  • 9 years ago

    Some more mediums ....

    Center of Attention

    Abiqua Moonbeam

    Minuteman

    Heat Wave

    Tokudama Flavocircinalis

    Tambourine

    Touch of Class

    Risky Business

    Lakeside Paisley Print

    So Sweet

    Thanks!



  • 9 years ago

    A few - Fortunei Aureomarginata, Katherine Lewis, First Frost, Awakening Angel. Ginsu Knife top right

  • 9 years ago

    Only have time for lurking at the moment but just have to say how beautiful all your hostas are, Everyone. These threads and posts are all A-Listers of hostas! A heavenly break in my day. Thank you.

  • 9 years ago

    After researching a bit I've come to the conclusion that these two hostas are indeed mediums. Growing under trees with root competition, some large hostas remain medium and some mediums stay small. Confusion increases when various websites don't agree.

    Dress Blues... recommend this hosta highly...look at the size of the tree roots at hosta's bottom left. Really impressed by the growth of this one.

    Deja Blu...planted near the drip line of spruce...a real winner in my estimation


  • 9 years ago

    Jo, I hope all's well with you and your loved ones. I'm glad you continue to enjoy the forum despite time constraints.

  • 9 years ago

    Irawon, thank you for your kindness. :)

    Dress Blues is looking fabulous - it is amazing how well some perennials cohabit with large tree roots but that hosta looks invincible! How long has it been growing there?

  • 9 years ago

    Happy you have been able to sneak in a moment here and there Jo. You can always catch up when you have more time, hopefully soon because we miss you!

    irawon both of those (all of yours) are beauties and DB has adjusted so well to the root competition. I have Guacamole at the base of a Butternut and it is stunted, time for a move.

    Donna you had tree removal slated in your gorgeous garden if I remember correctly. How did that go?

  • 9 years ago

    Laurie, the tree has not been removed yet. I was hoping they would remove it in the fall and certainly not during hosta season. We shall see.

    Jo, your presence and beautiful photos are missed on the forum.

  • 9 years ago

    Well Donna the powers that be waited this long perhaps they won't get to it before this fall. Are your plants starting to emerge?

  • 9 years ago

    Thanks Jo and Peren.all/Laurie for your nice comments. Dress Blues is two years old. Both the tree roots and DB get regular watering at the same time...I think that makes a difference. The area of the yard where that doesn't occur my hostas are stunted too. The smaller hostas especially suffer and I'm considering quite a few moves.

    I enjoy seeing pictures of both your lovely hostas very much as well as everyone else's.

  • 9 years ago

    Thank you, ladies. :-). Three days ago, all my hosta pots were clearly visible...with no snow around them or on them. That would have been a perfect day to go out there and turn them on their sides as I've been waiting to do so....but I didn't have time to do that. :(. Yesterday and today brought a couple of inches of snow - AGAIN - along with sunny periods that provided some warmth outdoors. Back down to -17C tonight but back up to -2 tomorrow. I'm SO over winter it's not funny.!

    Dress Blues sure is a good size for a 2-year old! Aha! So that is the secret around tree roots...water both the surrounding plants and the tree so it doesn't hog the water supply.

  • 9 years ago

    Just wanted to add these two:

    Great Arrival

  • 9 years ago

    Oh wow- hope my Rhino Hide grows up like that!

  • 9 years ago

    I'm sure it will windymess!

    Titanium (Said to be vigorous in growth at the Hosta Library, but I wouldn't say that.)