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Hosta D 2017

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Show us your D hostas today.

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  • 8 years ago

    Oh I have no idea. It was taken a few years back and I wanted to include a photo. I have an idea on about 3 names so I will look into the name. Internet fixed here are some jokes



  • 8 years ago

    Laughter is the best medicine! Hostas are the second best medicine!

  • 8 years ago

    I hope you are feeling better today Paula. Not many D's for me so progression shots of Dinner Mint over the season. I have been impressed by it.

    Dinner Mint early June

    Dinner Mint late June

    Dinner Mint in July

    Dinner Mint in August - the deer ate the buds after this.

    Dixie Chick

    A young Dream Boat

    Dream Queen


  • 8 years ago

    Dawn’s Early Light — emerging, then in late spring.


    Dancing Queen — a must have hosta. Do not delay any longer if you don’t have one.

    Dark Star

    Deep Blue Sea — there is no other Hosta this color. Even when the wax melts off it is a deep blue.

    Devil’s Advocate — so far the voles have not been able to chew through a whiskey barrel.

    Diamond Tiara

    Diamonds are Forever

    Dragon Tails

  • 8 years ago

    windymess it is an orange marmalade

  • 8 years ago

    Dawn's Early Light emerging.

    Dragon Tail sharing a pot.
    Designer Genes liking its new spot in more sun. Finally showing some size.
    Dancing Queen lighting up the garden.
    Sherry

  • 8 years ago

    Are we at the Ds already!

    Dancing Queen
    Dark Shadows
    Daybreak
    Days End
    Designer Genes
    Dick Ward
    Diva
    Dream Weaver
    Dinner Mint
    Dew Drop

  • 8 years ago

    Dream Queen

    Dress Blue


    Diamond Tiara

    Saija

  • 8 years ago

    What beautiful D's.

    Here's Dream Weaver in May, still young but starting to look good. Looked nice all season.

  • 8 years ago

    Dark Star

    Dawn's Early Light

    Deep Blue Sea

    Deep Waters

    Deliverance

    Devon Green

    Doctor Fu Manchu

    Dream Weaver

    Deep Pockets

    Dee's Golden Jewel

  • 8 years ago

    Wow, Donna, your Devon Green looks perfect!

  • 8 years ago

    I also have a young Dream Weaver. It's a baby, but it was determined to bloom anyway. (Gee, I needed to throw it some mulch!)

  • 8 years ago

    Karin, love your Dark Star!

    Donna, Dancing Queen is a beauty!

    Dream Queen

    and the indistinguishable twin sister, Dream Weaver

  • 8 years ago

    Barb; your Dream Queen is gorgeous. I hope my tiny DQ will some day be as beautiful as your. I love those white flowers.

  • 8 years ago

    I'm with Kathy and Donna....Dancing Queen is a keeper!

    Dancing Queen

    from the other side...

    Dancing Queen in bloom

    Dancing Queen #2.....shines at dusk

    .....grows well and relatively quickly... nothing not to like!!.

  • 8 years ago

    Dark Star 6-28-17

    Deep Blue Sea close up

    Deane's Dream 6-8-17......still young

    Deliverance .....peeking out from under Liberty.....candidate for a move in the spring

    Dream Queen

    Devon Green

    Devon Green in bloom

    Dorset Clown seedling 6-30-17

    Diana Remembered....closeup

    Thanks to everyone for posting.....your photos are a reminder that the cold spell will end and spring will come (not soon Enough)

  • 8 years ago

    Love all the Dream Queens! Hoping my last one I was nursing along Returns.

    Sherry

  • 8 years ago

    Mbug your Dream Queen and Devon Green are beautiful!

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    I thought Dream Queen and Dream Weaver were a bit difficult, but there are some real beauties here!

    Dancing Queen, new-ish

    Dawn's Early Light emerging in spring

    Dawn's Early Light as backdrop for Polemonium flowers

    Deja Blu with its taller Astilbe neighbor

    Devon Green bouncing back after an earlier frost

  • 8 years ago

    Thanks Paula - Orange Marmalade is eye-catching. As are all these "Ds"!

    I only have one: Dream Weaver, purchased at the Hosta club September meeting - it was left-over from the spring sale.

  • 8 years ago

    Well done in this 'D' column! Lots of eye-popping pics!

    Dab-a-Green

    Deep Blue Sea

    Thanks to you enablers, I'm now in need of a Dinner Mint!


  • 8 years ago

    Steve and mbug, love both of your Deep Blue Seas.

    Steve I agree Dinner Mint is lovely and should be on my short list.

    Sandyslopes, I have had no trouble at all with Dream Weaver and Dream Queen, the hosta database says Dream Queen is "Halfway in between two outstanding hostas - the all-blue 'Elegans' and the finicky gold-centered 'Great Expectations' . Great Expectations has been a real challenge for me but I would recommend either of the 'Dreams'!


  • 8 years ago

    Your Dinner Mint sure is pretty Peren.all. I love seeing it at the different stages.


    I'm so glad I purchased a Dancing Queen and Deep Blue Sea last year!


    Mbug great photos of Dancing Queen! You've got a fantastic Dream Queen!


    Sandyslopes your photo of Dawn's Early Light with the Polemonium flowers is beautiful.

  • 8 years ago

    The only "D" I have is Dream Queen.

    I started to make a list of the ones above that I like the most for future reference, but then I realized the list got really long. If only I had more space! Thank you all for such lovely inspiration!

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    Barb, it must have been the relationship to GE that had me thinking the Dreams were difficult... oh, and that I have them both and they're scrawny, lol. Both are in way too much shade so that could be my problem with them. Seeing all these great looking ones shows me how nice they should look.

    Thanks newhostalady, I thought it was pretty enough to include.

    LOL, popmama. It looks like your Dream Queen better grow or face the consequences.

  • 8 years ago

    Deep Blue Sea purchased last year

    Dream Weaver (I lost a Dream Queen to rot. Going to try and see if I have better luck with Dream Weaver.

    Dark Star (in May)

    In July

    Interesting side view

    In November


  • 8 years ago

    Dazzling hostas everyone..no D's for me so I'm sharing this..this is exactly how I feel..anyone agree?

  • 8 years ago

    It's only got to D and I've broken and started adding to the list!

    peren.all, stunning Devil's Advocate.

    z.kathy although I had made a note of it previously your Dinner Mint is now responsible for getting it on the " will get it this year list"!

    Dream Queen


    Daybreak


    Dark Shadows

    Danica Poul

    Delta Dawn on the left.


    Dinner Jacket


    Dancing Queen


    Dave

  • 8 years ago

    Deep Blue Sea

    tj

  • 8 years ago

    Wow, Dinner Mint and Devon Green are amazing.

  • 8 years ago

    Dancing Queen sure does have that chartreuse appeal. I don't have any chartreuse hostas. I guess I'll add her to my list!

  • 8 years ago

    All Dandy D's

    Dancing Queen

    Dream Queen

    Deja Blu

  • 8 years ago

    Devil's Advocate is really beautiful and believe it or not...I have no Dancing Queen...

  • 8 years ago

    Karin..WHAT?? NO Dancing Queen? I'm shocked lol..but you want one right? (I do)..my sister (3 cats) has a shirt that says "1 cat short of crazy"..funny cartoon..I'm sure that I'm a crazy plant lady..

  • 8 years ago

    Nicholsworth...I'm a crazy cat&plant lady...chicken? I don't know if I'm crazy enough for that...but maybe when I'm retired, then I could use some as slug patrol...

    Dancing Queen is on my list, but I think I already bought enough for the moment :-) We will see how much room is left after this very wet winter...

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    Karin..I love cats but don't have any (husband has allergies)..we've had extremely cold temperatures..normally not too worried about my plants but this bitter cold could be destructive..

  • 8 years ago

    I'd like to have freezing temperatures because here it is like in spring, but raining day by day and yesterday we had a heavy storm and the water is high in the river :-( the groundwater comes up to the surface and it is like walking on a swamp in the garden...even the grass is dying in some places.

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    Dave in the UK, is Danica Poul supposed to have uneven coloration, or is it frost damage or disease? Also, could you please tell me what beauty is pictured to the right of Delta Dawn? We're only 4 letters into the alphabet, and I already have 12 names on the list...with no room to plant much of anything else (don't we all say that though?). Guess I'm in slight trouble.

    Nicholsworth and Karin, here I was "complaining" about the warm winters we had and how the plants kept waking up throughout...guess the current winter chill is making up for all of that heat now, yikes. Of course this is the winter I chose to leave a few hostas outdoors still in pots.

    Love everyone's Dream Queens! Got a nice-size one last Spring, but it struggled with rotting so not sure it'll return. Thought it was bouncing back after cleaning/disinfecting, only to realize towards the end of the season that I was mistaken. Got a Dream Weaver and Thunderbolt too since I apparently like that "family," but those two are much smaller/younger...it was the Dream Queen that "should have" done the best. Now I can just hope for the best.

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    Karin..gardeners love rain but you have too much of a good thing don't you?..hope you get some dry days..we do have some snow to help insulate the plants from the cold..hostas are tough..maybe neither of us will have any problems!.

    Pampered Peeps..so you belong to the wacky winter weather club too..does anyone have "normal" weather? lol..hope the pots make it..

  • 8 years ago

    Pampered Peeps, Danica Poul is an odd one that was a gift to me from a Danish Nursery who I had spent quite a lot of money with. On first sight it looks as if it may be infected with HVX. It has been tested many times and come back negative. In spring each vein is a darker green than the surrounding tissue. As the year progresses it all darkens to the same colour. It is fertile but I haven't found a seedling yet that carries this trait.

    Here is a better leaf shot from 2016


    Plant next to Delta Dawn is Heatwave.

    Dave

  • 8 years ago

    Dave, that is a cool-looking leaf!! I lost my baby Heatwave not long after getting it this last year...it was tiny but pretty. Will plan on getting another.

  • 8 years ago

    I'm glad Delaware Donna posted her beautiful Delona's Smile:) Mine was hit hard by hail. I have only one D with a pre-hail picture:

    Dragon of the Seas

    A second one, later in the summer, but little damage because it was sheltered some by the eaves of the house.

  • 8 years ago

    Deliverance

    Delta Dawn

  • 8 years ago


    'Dress Blues' in early June.

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  • 8 years ago

    mctavish9..beautiful!!

  • 8 years ago

    mctavish9, your hostas are like supermodels. They are well-dressed and perfectly posed. I really like your use of hardscape and moss. Dancing mouse is too cute for words.

  • 8 years ago

    Wow, Designer Genes has really hot legs! I get this one from a friend soon. Looking forward to have it in my garden. Gorgeous pictures as always.

    I used moss last year in some pots and it looks really nice. Driftwood is another of my favourites. The water was high a few weeks ago and I should go looking...

  • 8 years ago

    Karin, your vignettes are always on point! Always an inspiration. I can't wait to see what you come up with next.