You always crack me up with your jokes Paula. Today that owl pic is incredible!

Going through Don Rawson's list makes me realize just how much I need to get digging and planting. I have a bunch of large upright ones to plant apart from every other catagory.

Krossa Regal with freshly planted Trolliusmontana 'Aureomarginata' - pic from last year not munched by deer.

Regal splendor early season to show off those legs.

Sagae & Krossa Regal from a couple of years ago when I had 2 dogs keeping the deer at bay.

Emerald Ruff Cut last year in the drought but no deer damage.

ERC this year

Hands Up - looking forward to getting this planted. sandslopes I think you got one too, it will be fun to see them grow up together.Praying Hands

Slow start today.

is the cow cartoon a repeat .. or am i losing it????

ken

Your losing it - LOL

Funny Donna! It is a repeat Ken but just as great the 2nd time around.

Krossa Regal

Arc de Triomphe -New in 2017

Krossa Regal by the mailbox..another KR? on the left side of my front path..another KR on the right side?..or something else?..I have tags for other blues(Halcyon, Fragrant Blue and Blue Cadet are some that I remember)..I'll always buy solid blues..any size..any leaf shape..I would like more uprights..of any color..

No I am losing it. Here is another for Ken

or 2

Clockwise from top left: Silk Kimono, Regal Splendor and Dress Blues.

Upright, vase-shaped are some of my favorites, always have been sort of a leg man. lol

Peacock Strut

Forbidden Fruit-doesn't really show how it reaches upward.

Krossa Regal

Regal Splendor

Krossa Regal

After I had read the good advice of how to replace a big hosta I easily dug out my second big Krossa Regal ...

Like nicholsworth I had more than one because I love the great shape and color...

a beauty in late October...

Regal Splendor in spring...

After my cat chewed at one of the leaves...

The spot under the hedge behind Regal Splendor is one of his favourite places...you don't need deer or rabbits if you have a cat like him...

Eyeing Gold Regal, maybe thinking about tasting another one...

A small Regal Rhubarb, need to get a better picture of the red stems this season...

and Praying Hands...

Karin

Rawson dose not use the term vase shaped. He dose have a list of tall large Hostas. These are a few of mine that are on that list. I think I have put these up during the alphabet.

Abba Dabbe DoClimax turning into a monsterFrost Giant Gentle Giant Jade Cascade Krossa Regal Sagae

Repeats for me too.

Abba Dabba

Celtic Dancer

Tenryu

Honey Pie

montana Aureomarginata

Seducer

Stag's Leap

The Razor's Edge

Victory

Wolverine

Great to see you and your lovely hostas here Mr. Don VonHosta!

Laurie, your gardens and all of your hostas are so inspiring to me. And yes, I have ordered Hands Up so hope to get a good root system to start out with. I'm not sure yet if I'll plant it in the ground or try it in a pot. Yours looks off to a good start.

Karin, your kitty looks so content to be among your plants. Funny that he will take a bite out of a leaf now and then. People eat hosta leaves, or I think it might be the shoots, so maybe they taste good? I'd rather admire them than eat them.

Here's a pic from last year of Victory looking vase-like.

My favorite shaped Hosta!

Electrocution — this year I’ll take more leg shots.

Arc de Triomphe

Crocodile Rock

Foxfire Palm Sunday

Iris Frazier

IronGate Delight can be pretty upright.

Joyride

Midnight Sun

Mississippi Delta — I haven’t had a lot of luck with Olga’s hybrids, but this one is doing OK.

Niagara Falls in the evening. This is the other one of Olga’s that’s doing ok. Mississippi Delta and Niagara Falls are both backyard hostas, the rest of my garden is on the sandy hill in front of the house. The backyard is further down the hill and close to the creek, really different ecosystems.

Proud Sentry

Purple Lady Fingers — one day this will be a stunning display by the birdbath. So much of my garden is more impressive in my mind’s eye than in reality. I think I’ll go pull the periwinkle out of this bed today.

SILVER STAR™️

Summer Squall is pretty upright, Atlantis behind it, Blue Hawaii way back by the pine tree and Deep Blue Sea in front.

The King

Tidewater — it’s hard to get a good pic of this (slow-growing) hosta. Luna Moth so upstages it.

zkathy, I would not have thought of Foxfire Palm Sunday, but as you show it above I had a look at my pictures and it is growing upright :-) It's an interesting hosta, I'm really excited how it will go on with it.

Every time I see Proud Sentry I am really tempted and Tidewater is another one for the list. Have seen a bigger one in a friend's garden and it is gorgeous!

Here is a row of uprights behind a spot with medium and mini's

Wow, wouldn't have thought that Frosted Jade gets this BIG! Very nice row!