Just beautiful. Thank you for sharing. One question do you have trouble with the geranium in the regal splendor pidture trying to take over your garden?

I treat the geranium the same way I do others. When they get in the way I just pull part or all of the plant and throw it in a compost pile. If it grows there I end up sticking it in a pot. I rip out a lot of the ostrich ferns. If the plants sit around in pots for more than a few years I give them away. I gave a couple of my neighbors dozens of plants last year.

Stained Glass
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Choo Choo Train
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Lily Pad
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Midas Touch
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Love Pat. I used to have a large clump of this but I gave it away and kept a single eye of it.
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Frances Williams. The worst desiccation ever this year.
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Malabar
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Another view of Atlantis.
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Dust Devil
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Blue Ivory leaf. I thought this was a cool looking leaf.
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Clovelly
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Ivory Necklace
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Grecian Vase
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Lemon Lime
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Corkscrew
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Cherry Berry

Twist of Lime

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Jimmy Crack Corn

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Summer Lovin'

Lots of great pics.Frank! It's funny how much different plants grow up north,compared to here. My Regal Splendor is much taller than yours;I guess from being in a woodland setting. I will take more pics of my garden,if it ever stops raining! We even had some hail earlier this evening,but I haven't had the chance to see if there was any danage,becaus it got dark right after the thunderstorm. Phil

The Regal Splendor is taller than it looks and it isn't fully leafed out yet. The scapes on it get up to around 5' tall. I think that was a two eyed plant when I planted it in 2010. I only had 12 varieties of hosta up until the summer of 2009. I have added over 200 varieties since then.

franknjim, I'm overwhelmed by all the pics. Inspire Greatness looks very interesting - HL pics lead me to think goes green and doesn't blue up too much. What's your experience with it.

Paul

Here is a link that might be useful: HL Inspire Greatness

I just received Inspire Greatness last year so I don't have any experience with it yet. I have it planted in full shade on the North side of the house so it should stay somewhat blue.

I like the story behind the hosta.

Cherry Berry is making me look for scratch paper to write on ;)

Oh my Frank, it won't be long before your Empress Wu surpasses the size of your Samual Blue. How many unique hostas do you have now?

Looking through your pictures is like taking a walk through my gardens. What are we going to do in a few years when they all grow up?

I'd love to see a shot of your entire front yard!

Gesila

Regal Splendor is a fine looking hosta. So is Gypsy Rose and Clovelly.

Yes, Frank, what will you do when they all grow up? The law of natural selection I suppose?

I have a short list of ones that I would get rid of if I have to. The non-hosta perennials have been going little by little. I have been thinking up ideas on how to make more shade in full sun areas and I have been planting trees in the back yard to make shade. I have also started planting hosta in areas that get a lot more sun.

When I started planting hosta late in 2009 I planted some too close together with the intention of moving them. Since then I use mature sizes and a tape measure to plant. Since so many plants are very young, I have a lot of open spaces between them. I resist the urge to fill in those spaces with more hosta.

I am careful in making my want lists and shopping lists. My lists always have the mature plant measurements listed along with a general size such as G, L, M, S & D. I eliminate any giants and most larges due to lack of space. Minis, smalls and mediums are easy to squeeze in. I am taking out the two flagstone borders that run through the center of the front yard and will use them to make a narrow path which will free up a little more room to plant more minis and smalls.

I will probably eventually start growing keepers in pots but I will have to change my potting mix to a coarse one. I grow too many annuals in pots and hanging baskets now so switching over to hosta in pots will be easy once I am out of room.

Thank you for the quick response. Guess I am going to have to toughen up and start ripping it out. Jack