Brother Stephan

Retirement is great, a time to focus your time on what you want to do, plus get up in the morning and enjoy a leisurely cup of coffee.

Ben Vernooij

Bitsy Gold

Black Hills

Blackjack

Blazing Saddles

Blue Angel - here in it's new location after getting fried all summer with too much sun.

Part 2

Blue Mammoth

Blue Mouse Ears

Blueberry Muffin

Brother Stefan

Bullet Proof

Bloodline

blood brothers

bloodline has siblings, breeders only

big daddy sport

big dorothy

Blue jeans bling

Blueberry muffins

I like all of those ”blushing beauties”

Blue Ivory is happy in a pot.

Bridal Falls was too close to my maple. She got rescued to a pot and recovered well.

Brother Stephan is my favorite B hosta.

Sherry

I really like that Bloodline.

Beautiful B’s everyone 🙂..

hosta_maker..wow!..Bloodline’s color is unique..

Blue Mouse Ears coming up..

Blue Angel..IMO everyone should have a Blue Angel..

Blue Cadet..to find photos I’m looking for pics of the plants next to my hosta Lol..I remembered this fern photo..

I need help representing Blue Dimples, Blue Hawaii, Blue Maui, Blue Umbrellas and Bressingham Blue..

Lots of beautiful blues. I haven't added many hostas the past few years, have a hard time just maintaining what I have, let alone adding more. So most of mine are the old standbys.

Bid Daddy

Big Mama

Blue Angel

A few more

Blue Mammoth - Five years and never a hint of 'blue' - hmm, I wonder?

Blue Mouse Ears

Brass Ring

Blue Mouse ears

Bridal Falls

Blue Cadet

Beach Boy

Ben Vernooij

Blue Umbrella

Banana Kid

Brother Stefan

Boy there are are so many beauties here. I hope my baby Brother Stefan grows up to look like all of yours.

Beth love the corrugation on Blackjack.

hosta_maker Bloodline is impressive but that Big Daddy sport is lovely.

Sherry your Blue Ivory is tremendous.

Ann yes I agree we should all have Blue Angel. Happy you found your Blue Cadet pic.

old_dirt Brass Ring is terrific. I have a lot of old faves too but they are classics for good reason.

Shadow your Beach Boy is wonderful. Mine dwindled away to nothing in its pot before I had a place to plant it.

Beyond Glory

Black Hills

Blue Angel

Blue Elf in a reworked area. Funny when you put in multiples one usually seems to take off more quickly than the others.

Blue Mouse Ears

Borwick Beauty

Bridegroom

Houzz is at it again.

Brother Stefan

Nice looking hosta everyone.

shout out to don rawson for that bloodline pic, it pays to have a really nice camera to capture the correct color. his is very nice.

bloodline gets better with age, even when the blush fades the next benefit is a nice august bloom display.

First comments……..ilovetogrow, I am LOVING all the jokes!! Thank you so much for doing the alphabet again this year. In retirement, you will find that you don’t know how you used to find time to fit work into your day…..😊

Everyone’s Brother Stephen looks great!

Beth, Bitsy Gold is radiant in your garden…

Hosta_maker, I love all of the blushers you are working with! Will you be breeding the Big Daddy sport? And——I hope my Bloodline looks as good as yours this year!

Sherry, you have a really nice Bridal Falls. I am happy you rescued it!

Nicholsworth, I agree……everyone should have a Blue Angel! Yours is lovely…..

Old dirt, I am loving that Brass Ring—-such a terrific contrast of the dark green and white margin!

Shadow, your Beach Boy is beautiful!

Peren, you have so many good ones, but your Blue Mouse Ears is the best! It’s glorious in bloom!

debra

Once again I have to use my old hosta forum link to post pictures. For some reason, houzz is not allowing me access to all my photos……😝

Here are my Bs:

debra

Part 2:

First year for Bloodline

First year

One of three

debra

To all of you Bloodline growers…….how long does the blush last…….and, how about photos from later in the season? Please???

Sherry

Part 3:

Seems to be shrinking……

debra

Sherry I have Bloodline but the pics are first year and this later one iss from after I moved it because it was burning from too much sun. Also I was focusing on the flower bud.

Hope this helps a bit. I will have more pics this year to document from pip to bloom.

debra

BLUE ANGEL:

BLUE MOUSE EARS:

Sherrygirl

i am the authority on bloodline since i created it.

that picture is the original clump, its 6 years old from seed.

it is my longest lasting blusher so far.

here in mn it gets pretty hot in july

here it is in early august.

Most of the blush is gone.

i have theories on why they do what they do, i think mainly it has to do with plants sugars.

early on is available in the leaf where later is directed to the scape and flower.

you can read more on my site here.

https://hostaoriginals.com/about-bloodline/

Here's three more bs

Boracay

Banana Boat

Beckoning ( Spring coloration - blue)

Thanks Debra for posting your blush for me, interesting to see the scape color.

Hosta maker, thanks for the info and photo. I like that you can still see some of the blush late in the season. I have admired your creations many times…..didnt remember this was yours!

Sherry

and one more of Beckoning

late Summer

Gary

that beckoning is impressive, well grown

Didn't have anything for the A's but I got plenty-o-B's;

'Ben Vernooij'

'Blue Mouse Ears'

'Bulletproof' and 'Hadspen Blue'

'Blue Ivory'

I'm sure I have some more but I'll have to find them....

Pieter

Aww, so good. Drooling of everyone's pics. So much beauty.

Hosta maker, that blue streaker is something else. I got Blue jeans bling last year, I wonder if it is a good grower?

here is my Beconing, Brother Stephan and Beyond glory

Beautiful flowers on your BME Pieter!! Please look for more…..
debra

Here is Beyond glory and Cathedral Windows. Am not sure how different is different but we might need more time.

Lindalana blue jeans bling is a medium grower. comparable to queen of the seas.

it should get that large as well. i gave the whole plant up so the lab could get the best margin out of it. i got one back last year so i am starting over to. i only had a few pictures.

i think this was its 4th or 5th year before bob took it.

i am looking forward too seeing it large again. A spring pic.

that big daddy sport is down right glacial. it is over 15 years old. too slow for intro.

Debra your Blazing Saddles is wonderful, I really need to find a spot for mine. It is sitting in a pot. You captured Blueberry muffins perfectly.

Very nice gardenchick.

Gary I had never seen Borocay before. What a great sport of Captain Kirk.

Pieter just beautiful. Hope you find more.

lindalana it is so good that you can compare BG & CW. They are both lovely. Please keep us updated on growth rate and other differences/similarities.

Thanks peren, here is another pic of BM, later date:

debra

Hosta_maker, that Big Daddy sport is a looker. I liked Big Daddy, except the cupped leaves held dirt (I live on a busy city street, so I see lots of flying dirt). This one seems to escape that problem. Great save!

bkay

Beckoning

Beyond Glory

I have a few pictures of "B" hosta:

Beach Boy (yes it's that small one that is being overpowered by other hosta!)

Bedazzled

Blue Cadet (I love seeing this in the spring)

Blue Cadet

Blue Mouse Ears

Continuing . . .

Blueberry Muffin (with a small pot of BM too) Not as much corrugation as yours Debra. I love the corrugation on yours!

Brim Cup

Brother Stefan (my favorite B too Sherrygirl) I don't know why but my Brother Stefan has only one eye, but it is huge! And I have two that are one eyed monsters. I am really enjoying them. Wonder if it will explode into several smaller eyes next year?

Thanks newhostalady, my BM is more than 6+ years old, so corrugation should come with age.

debra

Brother Stefan

Blue Shadows was new to me last year and I absolutely loved it. I have never had a hosta with this true blue on it

Oursteelers———your Blue Shadows is absolutely gorgeous! I love that color contrast and I think this is going on the list.

debra

Blue Angel 5-16-22

Bedazzled 5-29-22

Blue Mouse Ears blooms 7-2-22

Bridal Falls bloom 7-2-22

Bulletproof 5-15-22

Playing catch-up

Bachelor Party - the only pic I could find from last year.

Blue Regal - this is becoming one of my favorite blues.

Just one B foto ;)

Bedford Blue

Saija

Steveduggins, so glad you joined us!,

debra