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Sherry..your hostas look great!.. Sagae is a giant!..your Autumn Frost is beautiful..I enjoyed seeing my hostas early but spring frost has been a problem..I see frost damage on lots of plants, but I'm ignoring it!..I stepped out this morning to take pics..I have 8..I'll need 2 comments..my pictures post on Houzz..my iPhone with my pics only has Houzz which allows 4 pics..I use Gardenweb to edit and caption my pics..it's dumb but the best way for me to post..
Wonderland has returned 🙂..

I love this view of Empress Wu..

Coast to Coast is almost as tall as Empress Wu.

your Great Expectations is younger than mine..they have great color don't they?..

at the moment Wonderland could be called Weedland Ha!..

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Elegans..

Abiqua Drinking Gourd..

Blue Hawaii has visitors 😂..that's a concrete circle on the right by the squirrel that needs to be moved..

I still have Painter's Palette persicaria..do you?..

Ann, I LOVE your first Wonderland photo! Yep , I love the color on GE, hope it stays healthy. Its my second attempt. I still have painters palette…..looks like yours is further along that mine. I still have a couple hostas that havent finished unfurling.

Sherry

This is one of my 'Empress Wu's, it's in a location that was on the edge of a Western Cedar's root system. I figured the cedar was taking easily 30 gallons of water a day and once we took it down everything around it changed. That certainly benefited my Empress Wu...

It's now almost 40" tall the largest leaf i measured was 19x14"

Pieter

Sherry..thank you 💕..our spring was warmer than usual..my hostas took off..I'm south of several in our group and my garden is ahead of theirs..I put my houseplants out today..it feels great!!!..
Pieter..what a beautiful Empress Wu..I love mine but it's going to be awhile until it catches yours..

Thats a gorgeous E. Wu! Pieter, what are the dimensions now?

Sherry

Pieter , a monster for sure! It wouldnt fit anywhere here.

Sherry

Going to try to sneak this in here. I tried to start a new thread but wouldn't let me post. I think it does qualify as "early season photos" anyway.

I finally followed through on a portion of my want list from the alphabet pics. First time ordering from NH hostas and very happy with them. They came in 4" pots, very well packaged and nice large healthy plants. I re-potted in larger pots and will stay there for this year as I still don't know where they will go.

Hope Springs Eternal, Love Story, Emerald Ruff Cut & Whee

Anyone else do a want list or new hostas?

Such great pictures here. We have had a cold May so far. Things are certainly emerging, slowly. I was lucky that I haven’t had frost damage.

I am closer to Lake Michigan so usually this late a frost warning does not seem to hit me. We have had a lot of wind and severe thunderstorm warnings. The sirens went on three times within one week! I haven’t taken many pictures yet. Maybe today or tomorrow.

debra

Sherry WOW everyone is looking fantastic! Happy to see you are taking pics.

Ann wonderland is really popping! You know any frost damage will soon be covered with new growth soon to be a distant memory. So beautiful!

Pieter your EW is beyond impressive! All of yours are in Canada's banana belt.

old_dirt apart from your new beauties your garden is looking sooo good! I have so many I have been waiting to plant that I did not make a list or get anything new.

Debra same cool weather here minus the sirens! It is going to warm up tomorrow and some that are pips will start to unfurl. Some already have but it poured rain all day yesterday, No pics yet but I am way behind everyone here.

Pieter, I love those seedlings! Hope they do well for you

Old dirt,those are some great looking newbies. Hope they do well.

Sherry

They are all happy this time of the year –

I divided several of the above to thin that bed a bit - now to find new spots to plant them

Thought I'd do an update on my 'Empress Wu'. I had noticed over the course of 7-10 days or so that the plant seemed to be noticeably responding to the weather. On overcast days the plant is quite a bit more upright than on sunny days -I have the plant located in a spot where it gets plenty of direct sun from about noon onward and by season's end some of the leaves can be a bit ratty looking. Today was a largely overcast day so I went out with my trusty tape measure and the plant now tops @ 42" and the largest leaf I measured was 20" x 15", both measurements exceed what I'd posted earlier.

Pieter

Incredible!

Let’s see if this works:

Sting

Winter Snow

El Niño

Ambrosia

Teaspoon

Nigrescens

debra

A few more:

Reverted Teeny Weeny Bikini

Night Before Christmas

Liberty

New Diamond Lake

Valley’s Love Birds

debra

Some great looking hosta Debra! I hope Diamond Lake does well.

Sherry