Oh, my!!! I accidentally landed here, while beaming back and forth between 'Conversation' (not much going on there)to 'Discussion' and I'm sure glad I got side-tracked here. Your pix are so awesome, John! Thank you for sharing them, especially these days! They have given me 'a shot in the arm' and I can't wait for Spring again! I love the 'show' in Spring with the sometimes purple eyes emerging, pushing up to stand tall and slowly unfurl, and the leaves displaying their particular Spring colors lasting well into Summer! Then, the Summer show begins, with many scapes making their appearance early on! Thank you, John--oh, and I STILL love my daylily magnets! :o)

Lovely pictures once again. You have so many hostas---I am envious! The size of the pictures is perfect for viewing. Great picture quality. Nice to see mature specimens---a view of what some of mine may look like one day. So thanks again for posting. I should be getting ready for Christmas, but I must have the hosta bug bad. I'd rather think hosta! Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays everyone!

Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays to all of you too. I like this idea of Cowboys to look back to 6 months ago. I've got a few more days to do before it will be Christmas and probably not much time for a while. I'm looking out my window at the beautiful snow and I should be out taking pictures of that but it's TOO cold! Myrle

McT, Iron Gate Delight is in front of Big John. Who is in the top, right corner behind your Ebb Tide? My Ebb Tide gets morning Sun and has always had the edge. Maybe you could ask about your Ebb Tide's edge on the main Discussion board. Someone there may have insight as to whether it will eventually get the edge. The edges of Ebb Tide, Satisfaction, Liberty, Montana Aureomarginata and Magic Fire are favorites of mine. Ebb Tide and Satisfaction were purchased from a local nursery in '06. They sold their Hostas for $6 a Hosta or 4 for $20. The catch was most of the Hostas had crispy edges and slug holes; they also had huge roots. Here are two photos of Abiqua Moonbeam purchased from that nursery about the same time as Ebb Tide and Satisfaction. I didn't get a photo right when Abiqua Moonbeam was planted, but you can see the new growth without the slug holes. How about the plant the following year? No six month photos until after Christmas for me, I don't know what I was doing not to get photos for about a week back in June. Cowboy Abiqua Moonbeam 7/25/06 New growth doesn't have as many slug holes. Abiqua Moonbeam 7/2/07