Can you give me your opinions of these hostas?

gardenfanatic2003

16 years ago

Can those of you who have any of these hostas give your opinions?

Abby

Morning Light

Queen Josephine

Cherish

Dawn's Early Light

Pandora's Box

Paradigm

Olive Bailey Langdon

Heat Wave

Little Sunspot

Thanks!

Deanna

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jel48
16 years ago
Pandora's Box is a cutie. Olive Bailey Langdon has done well for me. I have Little Sunspot and it does ok. And I absolutely love Queen Josephine. She's not flashy but she has a beautiful shine to her leaves and she always always looks good! I don't have any of the others.
hostahaveum
16 years ago
Of the ones you mentioned , I only have Queen Josephine,new for me last year. She was absolutely beautiful all season. No problems, grew well , shiny & looked great.
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jspece
16 years ago
I've heard others say that Morning Light can be difficult to grow...I don't have it, myself.

Otherwise, the rest are pretty solid plants. They should all do well.
greenguy
16 years ago
Paradigm is a great plant and one your garden should not be without imo
Heat Wave is a favorite of mine and even better.
Teresa_MN
16 years ago
I have them all except the first two.

Must haves are Paradigm and Heat Wave. Dawn's Early Light is one of my favs but it does lose its color as the season progresses.
ctopher_mi
16 years ago
I've had trouble with Morning Light tried in a lot of different locations, Little Sunspot has been hit and miss for me, and lots of Abby and some Queen Josephine are out there with HVX. I love Queen Josephine, just had to stop growing it because of HVX. :(
Hosta_Haven
16 years ago
My comments on the one's I have...

Morning Light - new to me in 2006 and increased well and is just GORGEOUS early in the season - by early July plenty of meltout/rips in the leaves

Cherish - just got in 2007; very pretty little hosta

Dawn's Early Light - don't have but has been on my wish list

Pandora's Box - got in 2006; gorgeous little hosta; increased very well in 2007

Paradigm - bought in 2004 - beautiful; I LOVE this hosta

Olive Bailey Langdon - bought in 2004; nice hosta; I did notice that by mid-July, the blue/green centers turned green; Maybe I need to move it to a shadier spot this spring.

Little Sunspot - got in 2005 - pretty colors; VERY slow growth rate - didn't get to much size until late July...and something was gnawing the leaves in half throughout the spring/summer

Char
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
16 years ago
Abby .. a weed ... but not that sensational
Morning Light.. never heard of it.. and based on others failures ... thank god i finally missed a dog

Queen Josephine... never inspired me ...
Cherish.. a sport off pandora box.. or a TC sister lets say .. see comments below about PB

Dawn's Early Light...???

Pandora's Box .. 7 of them committed suicide in my garden... recently.. one of the 6 peeps in the US who grow it well sent me a large clump.. and it looked great last year... we will see if it comes back again ..

Paradigm ... all i can say..re-mortgage the house and buy a bunch of them... one of my all time faves ..

Olive Bailey Langdon .. slow and nice.. maybe a FW that doesn't burn.. but you better have 10 years for a glorious clump to appear ..

Heat Wave .. never heard of it ..

Little Sunspot .. an old fave of mine.. but i think i lost it in the move .. and no one ever sent me another.. another sob story ...

read my bio if you want to know my experience level ... and i dont recall the name.. so WELCOME if you are new to the forum ... keep the questions coming.. we thrive on the newbies... ken
gardenfanatic2003
Original Author
16 years ago
Thanks for the feedback everyone! So far, I've ordered:

Queen Josephine
Heat Wave
Olive Bailey Langdon
Paradigm
Tokudama Aureonebulosa

But I'm not done yet!

Deanna
hortwino
16 years ago
I really like Dawn's Early Light - The great spring color is worth the green summer color - it's been easy and a very fast grower for me.

Little Sunspot - slow, but really catches the eye - nice plant but can get a bit battered looking late in the season.

Paradigm - good stuff

Pandora's box - pretty easy and very nice for such a small plant.

Dave W

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