Your favorite hosta in your garden

17 years ago

What hostas in your garden tend to be your favorites?Whether it be a $5 hosta or a $100 hosta,which ones do you always check out or admire the most.Mine are Lakeside Sparkle Plenty,Liberty,On Stage,Sagae,Lakeside Kaleidoscope,and my favorite is "Titanic".

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hostared
17 years ago
That's easy!
Aphrodite (when she's in bloom)
Pauls Glory
On stage
Stain Glass
Inniswood
Royal Standard (when it's in bloom)
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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
17 years ago
guardian angel ... hands down .. ken

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i_dig_it
17 years ago
Last year it was
Gypsy Rose
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maidofshade
17 years ago
I made a BIG expansion last year, My favorite new ones so far are:

Earth Angel
Eskimo Pie
Stained Glass
June
Sunpower
and Tick Tock
I'm sure to have new favorites when spring rolls around and I get to see them again.
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aahostas
17 years ago
Old Glory-coloration and rippled leaves
Blue Angel- overal clump shape and massive size.
Remember Me- nice gold to white centers and dark green margin , always looks great1
Niagara Falls- beautiful coloration ,Huge but elegant,form and those pefect little piecrust edges.
Praying Hands- always gets the question "Is this a Hosta?"
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greenguy
17 years ago
guardian angel here also

a bit washed out - i thought i had a better pic but i couldn't find it
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maidofshade
17 years ago
I am just loving the pics of Guardian Angel!!
How old are your plants?
Cheryl
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greenguy
17 years ago
my pic is a year or two old but i have had mine around 6 years.
it is not as big as it could have been as i have split a couple of eyes off of it each year for the past couple of years.

it is still almost 5 foot across now.
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maidofshade
17 years ago
Still a beauty! It looks like a pretty bright area that you have it in. How much light does this one like?
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arcy_gw
17 years ago
Golden tiara, Guacamole,Queen Josephine.
I love the yellow and green hosta.
Guardian Angel looks like a must have!
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User
17 years ago
My Guardian Angel was too young last year to appreciate.
However, I was loving my new Fire Island and Lakeside Cha Cha.

My all time favorites continue to be:
Tokudama Aureonebulosa
and
Strip Tease
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mctavish6
17 years ago
It would be easier to pick what are not the favourites! Here are some.....believe it or not I used a lot of restraint.

COOL HAND LUKE
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SHADE FANFARE
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MONTANA MAC
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LAKESIDE KALIDESCOPE
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FRANCES WILLIAMS
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JADE CASCADE
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AND PROBABLY MY FAVOURITE PICTURE OF THE YEAR WITH INNISWOOD, SO SWEET TO THE LEFT, PERMANENT WAVE TO THE RIGHT, JADE SCEPTER AND GRAND TIARA BOTTOM.
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phyllis__mn
17 years ago
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Lykaon - Ohio Zone 6a
17 years ago
I don't have a picture but Guacamole is the best in my garden.
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whitewater176z5a
17 years ago
always enjoy gold standard, love that hosta.other than that favorite can change from day to day.
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ademink
17 years ago
i'm w/ you, mctavish...what to leave out??? I love them all for such different reasons. Here are some that i couldn't bear to lose in my garden:

Jade Cascade (I could hug it)
Guardian Angel
Krossa Regal
Guacamole
Salute
Dick Ward
Montanta Macrophylla
(uh oh...i'm getting on a roll...LOL)
Queen of Islip
Frances Williams
Any Tokudama...
Thunderbolt
Fire Opal

....ok...I truly could go on...but I won't...
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sassy7142
17 years ago
Sea Thunder
Twilight
Samurai
Paradigm
Patriot
and the ever changing 'Gold Standard'

Mctavish,
Shade Fanfare is one that I have on order from High Meadow Hostas. After seeing yours I think I made a good choice. Very flashy!
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papou
17 years ago
Paul's Glory
Sum and Substance
September Sun
On Stage
Alex Summers
Liberty
Midwest Magic
Avocado
Paradigm
Jewel of the Nile
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greenguy
17 years ago
My ga does get some a.m. sun but overall it is in a pretty shaded spot - don't know why the pic is so washed out

here is a pic from 2003 i think - coco mulch and all

i love guac also - it grew so fast
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mctavish6
17 years ago
ademink - I'm glad to see Fire Opal on your list of loved ones. I jut ordered it. I was wondering if it was too much like Gold Standard or Moonlight. Do you have a picture? The only one I've seen is the one leaf on the catalogue page. Thanks McT
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tsbccowboy
17 years ago
One of my favorites this year is Unforgettable. Just a nice looking plant.
It seems like no two leaves are the same.
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nchostaqueen
17 years ago
Rainforest Sunrise, Avocado and Cathedral Windows

Roasedale Genevieve and Roasdale Tractor Seat
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ademink
17 years ago
It definitely isn't too much like GS, mcT. I just got Moonlight at the end of last season so I'm not sure how similar the two are. Let me check through and see if I have a pic of my Fire Opal. It is still a young division but WOW, what it beautiful!

I'll check and get back here soon! :)
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hosta_freak
17 years ago
McT,I,too love Shade Fanfare! Here's a "mini-drift",of 3 of them. Also in the picture is Zounds in the rear,or should I say down the hill, and a new one last year called Vim and Vigor,which shows promise. Phil
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mctavish6
17 years ago
Beautiful, beautiful. Unforgetable moved to the must have list...
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toymr2mk2
17 years ago
Sum of All
Solar Flare
Lemon Lime
Mt. Tom
Striptease
Montana Aureo
Great Expectations
Thunderbolt
Earth Angel
Choo Choo Train
Cutting Edge
Fair Maiden
These are the ones that really stand out right now in my feeble memory but give me a couple of minutes and I am sure I can come up with 20 or 30 more.....lol
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bluepoppy
17 years ago
Fragrant Blue (for color)
Gold Standard (for shape)
Kiwi Full Monty
Jimmy Crack Corn
Sum Substance
Great Expectations
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ademink
17 years ago
Can't find my Fire Opal pic. Grrrr.....I need to get better organized!

Yowza, moving unforgettable to my list as well!
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hostarox
17 years ago
How many are we supposed to name?
Favorite is Montana Aureomarginata
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mary52zn8tx
17 years ago
Olive Bailey Langdon-my favorite
Potomac Pride
Fragrant Blue
Karin
Krossa Regal
Moonlight Sonata
Alligator Shoes
Gunsmoke
Summer Fragrance-great growth for me
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