Lucky you! Your purchases look great. In our area, we lost several places, including Wade and Gatton, so it's mail order for us to get hostas that are less common. Love how fresh and healthy the plants look, enjoy!

Sugar Cookie for first two, then assortment with Martini and Gemstone, and lastly, Plum Delicious

Very nice, the only time I've been there has been for the lucky 13 sale in August when the plants are not so luscious looking. Your Martini looks like it has some variation in the leaf color, but what I see on the web is solid green and the description at the Green Hills site just leaves me more confused. Plum Delicious made my list this year and now Honey Bunny - I haven't heard of that one before. Looks a little like Beyond Glory, so maybe I can talk myself out of it, lol.

Steve, I had not heard of Martini until I saw it 2 days ago. I have liked every plant in the Tini series, so I figured I would like this one, too. Most of the Martini batch was streaky and the rest was all blue-green. I suspect the variegation is an artifact of spring emergence and will disappear in the next couple weeks.

Steve, Martini today.

There are only two photos of Martini in the HL. This would be a good one to send the photo to the HL to add. It would be great to show this variability. Great looking plants!!

debra

I also admired "Tattoo", but not the $32 price. Upon researching this hosta, I found several posts saying it was not very hardy and died on several owners. Some owners even gave it a second chance and it still died.

Soul Shine is already stunning!

My hostas-store order 20 days later.

Lovely Sugar Cookie

Plum Delicious.

I am completely sold on the whole Plum line that Bob Solberg has created. They all grow wonderfully for my, and they are gorgeous. Thank you, Bob!!!

You are so far ahead of us in growth and deliveries that this is like watching spoilers. I hope my Soul Shine(s) like yours. Seems like a really good size for a new plant. That Martini looks stirred, not shaken.

Just one more......
Dressed to Kill, a Clovelly sport purchased at Plant Delights Nursery open house today.
Sorry, Steve.

Hey, I'm not attracted to just any old Hosta. I can be choosy. That being said. &^%$#$%^& How did you know?

Too funny!

Now that we've lost Hallson, MadeInTheShade, Wade & Gatton and a couple of others that don't come to mind, WHERE are people buying hostas which they can be sure are free of Hosta X?

I bought Tattoo in 2008 and did not realize it is difficult. It did not come up 2 years later. I wish I had kept it closer to the house or in a pot longer to see it was OK.

I believe there is a post referring to where to buy in the forum. Just scroll up or down and you should find it.

debra

Well, I’m just jealous as I have no room for more Hostas but I’m pleased they’re showing daily growth & my slug & snail prevention has worked so far this year as few holes seen. Ii love the minis & have Blue Mouse ears, Small Parts, Lime Fizz. I thought the bright yellow one on right in first pic is Lemon Delight but the leaves don’t fit description of green leaves with yellow border. I love the bright color of it. Big ones are Minuteman & June. The ones I have in other areas aren’t as established or as far along in opening as these are. . I‘m in zone 8 Vancouver WA.

Katie Q and Sergeant Pepper from The Crownsville Nursery with Bridgewood Gardens, a Mother’s Day gift that arrived today.

Lucky you, utog! KW, not sure your myself about the yellow in your first pic.....could be Lemontini——-Steve should know, he has lots of yellows. What is the hosta on the left of the June.......is your Minuteman the one pipping in the second photo? It almost looks like Wide Brim. In your third picture, since you didn’t ID it, looks like Undulata Univittata.

Someone else will probably prove me wrong, hahaha——-maybe Steve, utog, Ken miles, or who knows? Very nice looking beds and your June is to die for!

debra

@djacob Z6a SE WI - I see that my post answering you yesterday & with additional pics is nowhere to be found. ?? I had looked through my plant tags again & can say for sure the yellow mini is “Cracker Crumbs” a sport of ‘Shiny Penny’. Mini to left of June is “Lemon Delight” which I’m ID’ing mostly by leaf shape & process of elimination with my other tags for my minis. I think it’s reverting as leaves have splotches of yellow not the ‘nice yellow border’ the tag describes. These have been in ground here since 2013 but I had them at my prior home for a couple of years too. I dug them up as couldn’t bear to leave them behind! Yes, Minuteman is the pipping one in second pic. The one in third pic, for me is a NOID which lived somewhere else in this yard & was moved to fill another spot. It does have darker purple flowers & it’s leaves are very thin - they were really shredded a few years ago in a freak summer hail storm. Thank you for praise on my planting bed. it is my favorite in my yard. Filled with mostly mini hosta of Mouse Ears, Mini Skirt, Mighty Mouse, & June smack in middle as star, a small clematis at one end, minuteman at the other & several hardy fuchias & Ginger Ale Heucheras mixed in. In a month the fuchsias will be as tall as the metal supports & clematis in full pink bloom. A hummingbird haven!

Steve…Dressed to Kill is about to bloom

It must be too stressed there to bloom so soon. Perhaps it just needs a little visit from me. Don't worry, I can bring my own shovel.

Lol, Steve!

I’m hopeless. These arrived today from Hostas-Store. I am holding Sun Power, and the rest (L to R) are Wide Brim, Rainforest Sunrise, June Spirit, and Summer Breeze. I have potted them and run back inside; the weather is ominous. I did not leave the knife or phone outside.

Cold and rainy all day yesterday here. Good choice of plants. Unlike you, I often leave a knife out there but not the phone. lol Have fun planting.

Nice looking Hostas. My order from them should come this week (I hope). My order from In the Country arrived this morning. Paper towels were on the dry side, but the leaves are still firm and perky. Got the roots sitting in water to charge them up before planting. I was going to start everything in pots this year, but a few of these are going straight into the ground. Very happy with the size on these (mostly) new cultivars.

Zucchini Fries, Blue Jeans Bling, Skywriter, Eclipse of the Heart, Twice as Nice, Pull of the Moon.

Steve, your plants look great! Congrats!

Debra, thanks for that Wide Brim photo. I hope mine looks like yours one day. :)

Steve…

@djacob Z6a SE WI - “there is always room for more hostas.... just take out some of your grass” Funny lady 😆! We have a small patch in back yard for our pup. Front yard is hot west facing so no dice

Ok, in this case, pup trumps hostas! 🐶

debra

Seven new hostas this year.... I've been good at ordering from just one mail order place a year because I'm running out of space. Yeah, I know I've been saying this for years, lol.

Color Festival from a local nursery

My first Hornbakers order- Sunset Grooves, Sting,

Rowan My Boat, Rebecca, Smash Hit, Sara's Sensation

I'm going to plant them all in the yard now that my sprinklers are working again!

Sandyslopes, those plants look beautiful, pristine! Great choices!

Sugar Cookie

OMG, Blue Shadows arrived today!

Blue Shadows!!!

Sebright order arrived today!!! Their packing is exquisite.
Tijuana Brass, Arc de Triomphe (gift for MIL), Xanadu (gift for MIL), Warwick Comet (replacement of a beloved plant), and Wylde Green Cream

The haul

Tijuana Brass is amazing!

Ice Cream, Katie Q, Blue Shadows, Tijuana Brass

Got my Sebright order last Saturday. The packing is wonderful--it took 6 days to get to my house Oregon to Ohio but Sebright paid for 2 day priority mail. Luckily, they were still hydrated and in great shape. I got Color Festival, Cameo, Slim and Trim, Full Frontal, Gemstone, and Clown Collar. Now that I see your Tijuana Brass, I am debating getting that versus Tom Terrific, hmm. I don't have room for both. I think that you will like Blue Shadows, I got it last year and so far it's looking good. My Warwick Comet is not doing well since it competes with tree roots, it needs to be moved and perhaps it needs another one to keep it company in a pot? lol.

Miles, the yellow here is a young 2yr Tom Terrific. It is nice, more subtle than Tijuana Brass.
I lost my 4 year old Warwick Comet to cut worms this year. I had grown it in a pot until planting in the ground last year. This replacement will stay in a pot forever.

Utog, I guess I am debating whether I want a yellow hosta with purple petioles or a yellow hosta that's corrugated. Decisions, decisions. I don't see Warwick Comet at Sebright, did you get it from somewhere else? This is my first year using pots, I hope that I don't regret it next spring.

I did get Warwick Comet from Sebright ($23).
Yellow with purple petioles or heavily corrugated…tough decision, depends on the spot. If the plant will be elevated to show the petioles, then Tom Terrific. If the plant is going to be low or level, then Tijuana Brass.

Tropical storm Claudette will zoom by here tonight. Here are some of the new recruits enjoying the rain:
Front row: June Spirit, Dressed to Kill, Tijuana Brass
Middle row: Xanadu, Blue Shadows, Wylde Green Cream
Top row: Katie Q, Ice Cream, Plum Delicious, and Sergeant Pepper

As usual, utog your selection is equisite!

debra

Thanks, Debra!
I have 3 more coming, ordered last week: Swamp Thing, Carolina Sunshine, and Abiqua Trumpet.
Last month, I saw Swamp Thing in the display garden at Plant Delights Nursery. It is wonderful, shiny. I did not take a photo of it, but here it is on their blog. http://blog.plantdelights.com/swamp-thing/

WOWEEE!!

debra

Is the lasr one Wave Runner?

debra

Yes, Wave Runner!