suggestions for have to haves

13 years ago

I am going to order one last time at the end of this month for Hostas and where I am running out of space, I was wondering what suggestions everyone could give me on the top Hostas that everyone should have that I don't already have.

These are what I have

Alex Summers?

Alligator Shoes

Baby Bunting

Blue Ivory

Blue Mammoth

Blue Mouse Ears

Brim Cup

Brother Stefan

Cameo

Cat's Eye

cat and mouse

cathedral window

carnival

celestial

Cherish

cracker crumbs

Dancing Queen

Deja Blu

Dixie Chickadee

Earth Angel

Ebb Tide

Eleanor Roosevelt

First Frost

First Mate

Fragrant Bouquet

Fragrant Dream

Frances Williams

Frosted Mouse

Frozen Margarita

gold standard

Great Arrival

Great Expectations

Green Eyes? possibly

Guacamole

Guardian Angel

Heatwave

Hideout

Hollywood Lights

Holy Mouse Ears

Independence

Journey's End

June

Karin

Krossa Regal

Ls Dragonfly

Ls Elfin Fire

Ls Paddywack

Ls Stormwatch

Ls Zinger

Liberty

Little Jay

Little Treasur

Loyalist

Majesty

Masquerade

May

Mighty Mouse

Montana Aureomarginata

Northern Exposure

Mouse Trap

Old Glory

On Stage

Pandora's Box

Patriot

Paradise On Fire

Pilgrim

Queen of the Seas

Rainforest Sunrise

Revolution

Robert frost

Sagae

Secret Love

Snow Mouse

Stained Glass

Sum and Substance

Sun Power

Teeny-weeny Bikini

Undulata

Wolverine

I also have

Dream Weaver

Whirlwind

Regal Providence

Cherry Berry

Alakazaam

Dick Ward

coming but there not here yet. and I don't put them on my list until they are in my garden.

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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
13 years ago
i dont understand the first part of the list...

what you are contemplating.. or is that your inventory list???

wouldnt it be easier.. [for me ... since i am the only important one... lol ...] to give us a list of what you might be interested in??

ken
hosta_freak
13 years ago
I would get Fried Bananas;a sport of Guacamole,and Paradise Power;a sport of Sun Power. Phil
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loisflan
13 years ago
A big blue? Blue Angel
Small-medium greenish gold with green margins? June Fever
Small-medium gold? Maui Buttercups
Medium dark green? Devon Green
cinlo
13 years ago
Relative newbie here (3 years), but I think I'd have to have Paul's Glory, Captain Kirk, Lakeside Shoremaster, & Francee which all do well for me. A new one this year I'm really liking is Spring Fling. Striptease is beginning to impress, too.
cinlo
13 years ago
I forgot . . . Halcyon!
jmcdmd
13 years ago
I concur with the 'Captain Kirk' and 'Fried Bananas.' Also 'Halcyon' is a must blue.

I really like "So Sweet" and I think it was the first Hosta of the Year.

My most unique hosta that you have not listed is "Hanky Panky".... Its a sport of "Striptease" but I like it a lot better.
Mark Walker
13 years ago
'dream queen', much better plant than 'dream weaver' imho, doing fantastic in garden ,
'geisha' one of my favs this season,
'captain kirk'
paul_in_mn
13 years ago
You have a lot of variegated not much big blues or a blue cupped and don't think I noticed any greens -- I my opinion you're missing out with no greens and so few solids - they are important and help show off the variegated ones.

Abba Dabba Do
Allegan Fog
Blue Arrow
Blue Cadet or Pearl Lake
Fortunei Hyacinthina
Francee
Golden Meadows
Love Pat
Maui Buttercups
Paradigm or Paul's Glory
plantiginea
Striptease
Touch of Class
Undulata Albomarginata
ventricosa Aureomarginata

Paul
danimal77
13 years ago
A few of my fav's

Aristocrat
Abiqua Drinking Gourd
Lakeside Beach Captain
Big Daddy
Olive Bailey Langon
Ice Age Trail
Warwick Comet
Summer Music
Delta Dawn
User
13 years ago
August Moon or Glory
Blue Arrow (and Blue Cadet and Love Pat)
Manhattan or Niagara Falls
Plantaginea
Radiant Edger
Silver Bay
Touch of Class
Vic007
13 years ago
I highly recommend Queen Josephine. It has shiny leaves, does well in partial sun & looks great through the fall.
flowerchild59
13 years ago
I highly recommend
brother ronald
blue river
kruggerand
captain kirk
devon green
lakeside beach captain
lakeside ripples (if you have room)
harpoon (or any herold hostas)
halcyon (or blue betty lou or blue arrow or the such)
lakeside metermaid
lakeside shoremaster
lakeside frosted mint
summer breeze
pagrdnr
13 years ago
Hmmm..
I second the suggestion for Blue Angel

Also..
Komodo Dragon
Queen of the Seas
Allegan Fog

How about Rhino Hide?
Mine is a small TC but pics of more mature ones are amazing.
alyciaadamo
Original Author
13 years ago
Well this is awesome here I thought I wouldn't get any suggestions! Thank you all.

Ken the reason why I didn't put a list of ones I had wanted was because I kept picking ones that were reportedly slow growers or were just not good ones. So I figured I would ask what I should get instead of what people thought of the ones I wanted. and it worked!

Paul, you are right I don't have a lot of solids. In the beginning I was staying away from them thinking they were a bit plain. But since then I have seen through everyone's pictures that there are a lot of beautiful solids. I think right now I only have 9. I hope to try to correct that soon.:)

I was thinking about Captain Kirk but wasn't sure. I think now at least two are going to be Halycon and Captain Kirk. Some others I really like are Komodo Dragon,Maui Buttercups and definitely Fried Bananas. I am glad I asked I think this has changed my list considerably.

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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5

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