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Hosta Green 2023 ................

Good morning and welcome to green, the color used most in the garden. Millions of greens. The Creator was most generous with the color green. Show us your today:

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I remember







Painters on the Woolworth Building 1926.

Show us your green today:


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  • 2 years ago
    last modified: 2 years ago

    More seedlings









  • 2 years ago

    Green - Maybe coincidence but I think I have less critter and uglies problems with the solid greens.

    Empress Wu - Deciding whether to put it in the ground where I lost another one two years ago.

    Fortunei Hyacinthia - Oldie but a goody

    Obsession

    Plantagenia - One of four, think I'll leave it in a pot.

    Surfer Girl - Spreads rapidly, I pull out side shoots every year.

    Ventricosa

    Valerie's Vanity

    Blue Mammoth - Going on eight years, never had a hint of blue. Think I need to reconsider.


  • 2 years ago

    I remember record stores too. I have vertigo again lol!

    I like both of yours indianagardengirl. Some can't appreciate but I am a fan of green.

    Very nice hosta_maker.

    old_dirt the more I see VV the more obsessed I am with it. Surfer Girl is a cutie.


    Black Hills


    Bridegroom


    Cherry Flip


    clausa


    clausa var. normalis


    Cup of Grace


    Dreamboat


    Goober

  • 2 years ago

    Batch 2.


    Invincible


    Itsy Bitsy Spider


    Jaws


    kikutii


    Komodo Dragon


    lancifolia (3) surrounding the maple.


    LS Looking Glass


    Party Streamers


  • 2 years ago

    Batch 3.


    Plug Nickel


    Puddles and Bumps


    Royal Standard


    Ruffled Mouse Ears


    Shiny Sonata


    sieboldii 'Alba'


    Snowstorm


    Teaspoon

  • 2 years ago

    Peren, what are the red stems next to Plug Nickel? Is that a Ligularia?

  • 2 years ago

    Yes it is a seedling of Ligularia 'Britt-Marie Crawford'. It is a great plant.

  • 2 years ago

    A lot of nice greens here.


    Serendipity 2nd year


    Eye Declare and Sun Hosta behind. You can see Serendipity not liking the heat, lover left.

  • 2 years ago

    I love the unfriending and roadrunner/coyote cartoons 😂..and I do remember record stores..

    Great greens everyone!..I agree with Laurie..I’m a fan of green..I’m surrounded by green leaves and I love it..

    I don’t have pictures of all of my green hosta..

    Invincible..

    Honeybells..

    Lancifolia..

    Clausa..cute but they spread like crazy...

    bottom of the photo..one of many greens that came with my house..

    does anyone recognize it?..

    Venusta..


  • 2 years ago
    last modified: 2 years ago

    Indianagg, very nice greens…. I like that Monster Ears!


    Hosra_maker, that First Green reminds me a bit of Goober….love the flowers! I love the blushing green! Awesome!


    Old_dirt, I also love your Valerie’s Vanity…. May have to look for that one. I know what you mean about Blue Mammoth looking green, my Blue Angel looks green all summer except early spring.


    Laurie, you have waaaay too many to comment on all! 😆 Favs are Cup of Grace (which I ordered, also Bridegroom), Jaws, Komodo Dragon, Ruffled MouseEars and, Shiny Sonata! Whew!! 😆


    Paula, Serendipity is a cutie! How much sun does it get? I am planning to pot some hostas this year, what would you recommend for potting soil? What’s your secret?


    ann, I am trying to appreciate green hostas! I bought some this year. You have some nice ones with great color variation….. like your Honeybells, so full and green!


    debra

  • 2 years ago

    Here are my greens:





    could this be ventricosa? It gets darker later in the season?

    Are we including mostly green with small margin?

    debra

  • 2 years ago

    Sorry about the garbage! lol



    first year, so it’s burning some




    debra

  • 2 years ago

    Apparently I have more green than I thought:




    I consider Krossa Regal to be green




    debra

  • 2 years ago

    You decide….does my Blue Angel belong in the blues or here in the greens?



    yikes, one more


    debra

  • 2 years ago
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    someone said my green hosta are Undulata Erromena..they came with the house..I moved them to the back and planted them together..too bad the log wasn’t in place when I took this pic..


    debra..just my opinion..I consider Blue Angel and Krossa Regal blue..

  • 2 years ago

    Beautiful Ann. I think flowers would help with the ID of your NOID. Even then it could be tough, at least for me.

    Debra you are so lucky to have nigrescens. Love the shape of Oh My Heart.

    Yes I agree that BA & KR are blue.

  • 2 years ago

    Laurie..hosta IDs are very tough for me..I’ve learned a lot from this group..I don’t recall much about the blooms..makes me think they’re basic purple..

  • 2 years ago

    Devon Green:




    Sea Monster has looked much better for me in the past. When it's robust, the corrugation is a real stand out.



  • 2 years ago

    Ben, your Devon Green looks great in a pot! I am going to try potting some hostas this year. Sea Monster is a nice corrugated one…..maybe it wants to come out of that small corner and take over the garden! 🐉🐲
    lol, lol

    Ann and Laurie, I know most gardeners consider BA and Krossa to be blue, my point was in my yard they tend to look more green….. I guess BA has some wax on it in the pic above…..but it never looks blue like Jack of Diamonds or Blue Hawaii. It sits in quite a bit of shade, maybe more sun would make it more blue???

    Anyone care to guess at my NOID? It’s very shiny and gets dark green…..
    Here’s another look:

  • 2 years ago

    debra I have no secrets to soil mixes. I use store potting soil add pine fines 1 big bag to 1/2 bag fines and perlite to eye. It rains here and I have to keep everybody free flowing. If I want to add a little moisture I add a little peat to the mix. My son makes it up for me and I use a drum composter to mix it. I also add time release and I do use water soluble plant food. Once in a while I give them a zap of orchid food which has a high N value.

    Serendipity clocked out when the major heat hit last summer. She was out in full sun till May.

    I grow in pots. I have always called myself a transient grower as I can move them with me at any time. I have lived in this house for 36 years.

  • 2 years ago

    Debra BA is on the sun tolerant list so perhaps a little more sun would help but I am wondering if either BA or KR are getting the wax removed by excess water from above. Dripping from a tree, water spout?

  • 2 years ago

    Peren, BA sits under the dense shade of my King Crimson Red Maple. It gets late afternoon sun for a couple of hours. When it rains I can measure how significant a rain it was because BA only gets wet if it’s been pouring for a while. I have toyed with the idea of taking some pieces from it and putting them in more sun, but it is one of my largest hostas and it’s been in that spot for years. I noticed last year that it seems to be shrinking a bit, so I may have to get Bert’s help to dig it up and pull out the maple roots……dreading that!
    Krossa is not getting any more overhead moisture than the rest of my garden. I do try to root water and don’t use a sprinkler.

    Paula, thanks for the info on potting soil. 👍🏽

    debra

  • 2 years ago

    I'm running a little late, I've been struggling with data lately.

    hosta_maker I love your first seedling, dark green leave with dark petioles. Peren your black hills is beautiful. I love the frosty black side. I wonder if mine will ever get like that.

    Beautiful greens everyone, I especially love the deep greens.



    First Blush



    Irish Luck

    Jade Cascade

    Jurassic Park



    Lakeside Stormwatch



    Lancifolia



    Red Wine Fries



    Tracy’s Emerald Cup



    Fried Green Tomatoes

  • 2 years ago

    Chodai Ginyo, Unruly Child, Manhattan, and Bridegroom.

    Debra, I see you sneaking not-greens in here. ;) keep ‘em coming.

  • 2 years ago

    Sugar Plum, Tenryu, Jade Cascade, and my garden’s sport “Green Devil” (all green from June Fever, but much more vigorous and largo than Devon Green for me).

  • 2 years ago

    Very nice Ben.

    Beth I have said it before and I'll say it again Love the dark colour and stance of TEC. I am sure your Black Hills will flourish since all of yours always look super happy.

    utog UC is so nice and unruly, well named. I am a fan of red legs and SP delivers.