I love the jokes today, especially the drawing of the deer car accident.

Onto E's

Earth Angel - This one did, I moved another one which had too much sun after a tree fell.

Emerald Tiara

Empress Wu

Eternal Flame

Emanon - a wicked fast growe,! doubled in size in one year makes a nice clump

That insurance pic hit too close to home, but the rest made me laugh.

Eternal Flame is a beauty Beth.

hosta_maker Ephemeral Lace is lovely.

gardengoon I don't think I have seen Emanon before and when I looked it up it is not in the HL.

Earth Angel on its 1st full year.

El Nino

Elegans

Emerald Ruff Cut

Peren.all, i got emanon at a local nursery! i have bought several there that are not in the library not sure if they are from a local breeder or what. The tag said Maine grown plants?!?

Well lucky you to have a possible breeder locally. Hopefully Pieter will see this, he is the person who adds info to the HL. I am one of the ones here who appreciate a good green!

Paula…..love the jokes! Keep em coming!!
Beth, your Earth Angel has the most beautiful coloring.

hosta_maker, all three of your hostas shown are stunners……since I love the blushers, I am wondering if Electric Fire is available yet or still in the “processing” stage?

Gardengoon, I did exactly the same thing that peren did…..never having heard of Emanon, I looked it up in the HL and found it wasn’t there. It’s a nice looking green. You can actually send Pieter photos of it using the link on he HL home page. First row of small print, top of the first column. I don’t know what his process is to enter a hosta, but I would start there.

Peren, your El Niño is perfect! I can’t wait for mine to look like yours……also, I look at Emerald Ruff Cuff each year and drool——yours is lovely! Thanks for being an enabler……. I think??

debra

I don’t know what the problem is with houzz, for some reason I can’t access all of my photos and have to come back to the hosta forum bookmark and use the forum to post photos……..oh well 🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️

here are my Es:

two pics of this because first year it doubled it’s leaves

debra

A few more:

Probably my oldest hosta

This El Niño is first year.

debra

Didn't know I had this many E's, looks like my old report cards. ;(

Earth Angel - Very slow and rabbit or deer eaten down twice.

Empress Wu - Trying again, last one dwindled away after four years.

Envy

Easy To Love

A few more

El Nino

Electracution

Elegans

Eye Candy

Old_dirt, your Envy is one to Envy…….lololo, couldn’t pass that comment up! But, I do love the shiny leaves and am wondering if the yellow and green colors stay or lighten during the season?
debra

Empress Wu

Elegans

Earth Angel

Electrocution-very fast grower for me.

djacob - yes it does change a lot later in the season - does that make it albescent ? Speaking of "envy", I am envious of your Eternal Flame, should put that on my want list.

Envy - May 19. 2022

Envy - July 7, 2022

Embroidery

Gary, what is the first hostas name? Looks so much like Striptease……beautiful.

debra

Old_dirt, thanks for posting the progression of Envy and for the compliment on EF. It’s 4 years old in that photo.
debra

Paula - if the ‘gifted’ library book is a gardening book I’m in Lol..

you people are out of my league..I have stones to create edging, hosta and shrubs to move, river rock to remove etc..I held off buying hosta until I finish these jobs..my 2 E’s..

Empress Wu..old_dirt I feel better hearing that I’m not alone with an Empress Wu that’s not huge..I moved it last summer..hope that does the trick..

Elegans..I have quite a few..not sure how many..I enjoy the seedlings..Elegans are blooming in this photo..

removing the river rock, hosta seedlings, tulip tree and weeds will happen this summer I hope!..

That's Erotica, a sport of Striptease.

deb - electric fire still hasn't come out of the lab. hopefully the tc will come this spring. so it will need to grow at least a year before they hit the nurseries. it sure takes a long time to get a plant to market.

nw, that second picture is absolutely stunning! WOW!!!

oursteelers..awww thank you!..you made my day 😀..

and I admire your colorful garden!!!..

Thank you Debra. Really nice Emerald Tiara! I am sure in a couple of years your EN will make you very happy. Lol we are all enablers aren't we? Between you & Beth Eternal Flame will be going on many a list!

old_dirt I admired Envy too.

Shadow & old_dirt I really like Electrocution. I remember Paula having one, very fitting being an electrician.

Gary we do not see Embroidery often. I will look forward to seeing it over the years.

Ann you are so in the league with the rest of us and your yard is evidence of that!

Laurie..you’re so kind!! 🙂..the hosta collections here are awesome..most here have more varieties than I do..but I do have a wishlist..and someday might catch up!..

empress wu

Love the jokes Paula, especially the insurance one. I am still chuckling to myself as I write this.

Earth Angel. Divided in 2021 I think. Just one huge shoot. I rather like it like that. But obviously too big for the location---the story of my life!

El Nino. We had a slow start with this one. Now it seems to be on a roll. Another one that needs to be moved. But where?????

Continuing . . .

Elegans. I love this one because of the color and then because of the big leaves. I love big leaves!

Emerald Necklace. Improving and growing. Hope to have a better picture one day!

Just lovely nhl! Emerald Necklace is already very nice and it will be great to see it next year and the next...

Peren-all, that is be biggest El Nino I have ever seen. Nice. Mine is rather sad in comparison, but has mostly survived for some eight years under the roofline, so it get's its picture taken this year.

Thank you Mosswood but I think yours is perfectly lovely.

Envy 5-10-22

Early Sunrise - first spring

Earth Angel - coming back from a bacterial leaf issue the past couple of years.

Eclipse of the Heart - still very young, but it has one nice leaf (or most of one).

Erotica

Etched Glass

Extasy (and Grand Tiara)