Absolutely stunning!! Your whole yard is just beautiful! I have never seen a Stained Glass that big! I am lucky if mine is 8” across. Too many tree roots in that bed. You should send your photo to the HL!

debra

ps gotta love a garden cat 🐈

Very nice looking plants!

Thanks djacobz568sewi for the kind words. I am not sure where you are from, but the Plantaginia Hostas seem to grow very good here in the South. I can get Stained Glass, Guacamole, So Sweet, and Fragrant Bouquet to grow like weeds in the shade or even in afternoon sun as long as you keep them watered. However, I can't grow some of the other kinds very well. I have killed several MinuteMen and Fire and Ice over the years trying to get them to grow here. During the Pandemic, I ordered a bunch of different kinds online to see which ones will work for me.

Beautiful huge plants. Your Stained Glass is stunning. Mine is quite small and needs to be moved to a better spot. The cat has a great set of teeth, perhaps he could be featured on a local tv ad for an animal dentist. We don't have a lot of vets that have animal dentists and when they do they are extremely expensive up here in northern Ohio. Love the color of the Frozen Margarita. My Rainbow's End is burning for the third straight year. I just bought Etched Glass last year but it came up late and is quite short--the description on HL says it gets 15 inches high, how tall is yours?

welcome..

first pic.. the blue on a hosta is a waxy coating on an otherwise green leaf... the color comes from the reflection of the sky.. or clouds .... they arent as blue on cloudy days ..

the wax wears off .. due to overhead watering ... or heavy rain on a hot day ...

to avoid wearing it off.. the blues do best.. if they are in shade during the heat of the day ... watered with a wand under the plant ... and never sprayed with anything on top ...

otherwise.. great pix.. will be await more. ..

ken

ps: if you want to move a fully leafed out hosta.. some nuts did a long post on such ... let us know.. we can post the link ...

miles10612 I got my Etched Glass last year and planted it and it got eaten back by voles. I replanted in a pot and grew pretty well during the year and I planted it in a different spot. Since it is a sport of Stained Glass, I thought it would be a large Hosta, but so far it is not turning out to be. It is about 7 inches tall now and about a foot wide. I really like the coloring, though.

ken_adrian I do not know what type the blue hosta is, but it is ALWAYS the last Hosta to come up for me. Usually the Guacamole and Stained Glass are almost fully grown before it peeks out, but then it grows very fast and it has come back for the last 10 to 12 years and seems to be healthy. And it gets full afternoon sun in the afternoon in the heat of the south. It does start looking raggity around the middle of August, but so do many of the others. I wish I could get an ID on that one. I have never divided it since it comes up so late. That is good info about watering, though. I had heard that rain would "wear off" the blue on hostas.

Ed,

Your plants looks healthy and happy. I am NC, and I agree with you 100% RE the delightful experience of growing fragrant hostas. Minuteman is a wash for me, too. I think your blue hosta might be Big Daddy or something like that (many lookalikes). My MIL has a Big Daddy hosta that is about 7 years old and is 1/4 that size, grown in less sun. The leaves look the same, though. Those big blues never get as big down South.

I have never divided it since it comes up so late.

==>> i dont understand this comment.. they can be divided all year long.. and one of the best times is in july ... because around that time.. they start growing roots to store energy to emerge next spring ...

of course.. they arent going to be prime specimens for the rest of the year ... but done right .... according to that post about moving them.. they arent total wrecks ...

ken

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/2000608/moving-a-large-fully-leafed-out-hosta-lots-o-pix

undertheoaksgardener7b I just got a Big Daddy this year but it hasn't grown enough to compare yet.

Hi Ed, Glad you area here. I always like to see southerners growing hosta. I'm in Texas, sometimes zone 7b and sometimes zone 8a. My best luck has been with fragrants, too. One non-fragrant I've had really good luck with is Squash Casserole.

bkay

ken_adrian I guess I should rephrase my reply about dividing the Hostas. I usually think about devising them in April and May, but I know they can be divided all year long. For some reason I have never divided this one, but I may try later in the year. Also, I just read your article and it is very good. I have never tied up the leaves like that, but probably makes things a lot easier.

Ed, I am in Milwaukee,WI. zone5b due to the closness of Lake Michigan. Your blue hosta in the first pic could be Abiqua Drinking Gourd. I can’t tell from the picture what leaf size you have, but I have a piece I divided last year and it’s in more sun than it was before. Yours Yours looks a bit like mine. Check it out in the HL.

debra

Lovely! I had a Stained Glass at the house i sold last year. this reminds me that i need to add one to the new place as i always loved it.

Looking great!

If you don't mind sharing, are you in north, mid, or south Mississippi? I'm in north Alabama.

Someone needs to name a new hosta Yawning Tomcat.

Ben D - I am in central MS right outside of Jackson. I have about 85 different kinds of Hostas right now - I really just started trying new varieties last year during the Pandemic. And my "Yawning Tomcat" is very good about killing moles/voles that get in the hostas.

Sandy. Yes, we get some cold weather in Central MS enough to make the Hostas dormant every year. However, we don't normally get what most people would call cold weather. Last year was one of the coldest winters in my lifetime. In February, we had an entire week where it never got above freezing and I have never seen that before. I guess that has been good for the Hostas since they have grown well so far this year. But it is June and the hot weather is starting so we'll see weather or not the new types I have bought can take the heat.

Ed, that gets so old when the temperature won't go above freezing. One year the entire month of January never got above freezing here. I was so tired of the cold by then! Then in summer we get really hot, too, although low humidity compared to your neck of the woods. The key seems to be water for the hostas. I hope your new ones all do well!