What's on your List?
Here's mine....I keep a chart with size, picture, price, and where it's available. Welcome your comments on any of these...successes, failures.
Annabel Lee
Atom Smasher
Broad Band
Double D Cup
Fragrant Queen
Frank Lloyd Wright
Good Golly Miss Molly
Jade Cascade
Joshua's Banner
Lake Superior
Nantucket
Nippers
Nutty Professor
Piecrust Promise
Prairie Sky
Raucus Ruffles
Sharp Dressed Man
Smoke Signals
Stag's Leap
Swirls
The King
Tropical Dancer
Tobacco Road
Allen C Haskell
Alley Oop
Blue Lightning
Gunther's Prize
Quiet Waters
Sea Prize
Sparkle
What's That
Please add your hosta list. We all need a little enabling.
Paul
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anniegolden
9 years agopeteyfisk
9 years agoRelated Discussions
What's on your growing list for this year?
Comments (5)Hi John, I have been growing Woodland strawberries for quite a few years now. It has got to be one of the most simple things that you can grow! It does not require much care at all as it is not picky. In fact, I have even neglected it on a few occasions and it still grew strong. Throw some potting soil in a pot and spread your seeds. You can use just about any kind of soil. I've used vegetable soil and the cheaper flower soil. Both grew lovely! The seeds are quite small obviously, so I just try to spread them evenly. Again, it doesn't need to be exactly spaced or anything. Then I very LIGHTLY cover the seeds with soil, just a sprinkle! This prevents any wind blowing away the seeds or any birds stealing them. You can plant Woodland strawberries in almost any size container. I usually plant a few pots full - small to medium sized. I directly sow them in their intended pots right outside during the Spring. Provide plenty of water until you have some good sprouts coming up and then you can cut back a bit on the watering. I usually only water when the soil starts to dry out a bit. If you over water, then mold can quickly develop because the leaves of the plant become quite dense providing a lot of shade. They like full sun in Spring and Fall, but it is better to move the pots to a slightly shaded area (like behind a larger plant) during the intense heat of the Summer. The leaves can turn brown and crispy if it is too hot. I had a very pleasant surprise this season when I decided not to abandon my Woodland strawberries last Fall. I simply left the plants outside with their mini Christmas tree buddies and I could not believe my eyes when the strawberry plants lasted the whole Winter! Of course they didn't have any strawberries on them, but the leaves stayed fresh and green. Now that the weather is warming up, the plants are returning to their full glory. I didn't realize that they were THAT hardy, but they are. So no need to replant every year! One last tip, don't expect a HUGE harvest out of these little guys though. They are more of a fun snack plant versus a real producing crop. They are great for little kids, which is why I keep mine around. Every once in awhile you can get a good handful of small intensely flavored strawberries. You wouldn't get enough to make something out of them unless you grew a decent sized patch of them. Good luck!...See MoreWhat's on your wish list for this winter?
Comments (43)Jeannie, How about one of the Ayrshire ramblers? I have been rather falling in love with 'Venusta Pendula', which is a very vigorous once-bloomer with pink-edged white semi-double blooms and dark pretty foliage. We have summer heat, which you folks do not, I know, but I hear VP does well in Germany, another place with cool summers. The Ayrshire ramblers, bred from Rosa arvensis, one of the few European members of the Synstylae group, have a reputation for doing well in poor conditions. I don't know if they would have disease problems in your area: mine are healthy until late autumn, when the older leaves get black spot. I can handle that. 'Venusta Pendula' is generally considered to be not fragrant, but mine is decidedly myrrh-scented: either other gardeners can't smell this fragrance, or they're listening to each other rather than going out and smelling the rose. Or I have the wrong rose, but I don't think so. Another Ayrshire rose, I believe similar, 'Ayrshire Splendens', is definitely myrrh-scented. I have this variety too, but am still getting to know it. The myrrh fragrance is thought to have entered the English roses through an Ayrshire ancestor of one of David Austin's founding roses, 'Constance Spry' I believe. If you can get cuttings, by the way, the Ayrshire roses root very easily, though this is true of ramblers in general. The chief item on my wish list is that the 78 or so roses that make up our definitive order from Petrovic in Serbia arrive reasonably promptly and in good order, and in a period when it's not raining hard or snowing. That's a fair amount of wishing, but not totally unreasonable. Mr. Petrovic told me he'd be sending the order out around the end of November, but I haven't heard anything from him (I need to get in touch), but it's been raining here for the last week, and perhaps they've had weather equally unsuitable for digging over there. It's been raining abundantly here this fall--and we have so far no slides and no signs of slumping on our land--and temperatures are forecast to begin dropping next week after a very mild fall. So, so far, so good. I've done most of my planting and taking cuttings, so my main task after the Petrovic roses are planted is pruning and maintenance. There are a lot of roses, but I have three months. I am looking forward to the sun coming out, as it's been raining for the last week. Melissa...See MoreWhat's on YOUR Christmas list?
Comments (25)Hi jbrig! Good to hear from you. I haven't been around here much, thanks for asking! Yes, my husband died unexpectedly when we were vacationing two years ago in Canada. It's been a devastating loss; I waited a long time for him to retire and we had just one year of empty nest. We still had projects to finish here at our retirement home, decorating and landscaping, so I've been busy taking care of the place and handling business, basically everything he did, and everything I did. I'm just now getting my "bearings" so to speak, if you ever can do that, and finishing some of those projects around the house. If I ever get around to doing them, I'll post some updated photos. I'll post a photo of my work island once it's finished, I hope it turns out to be as functional and useful as I hope. I'd love an update from you! So many people I recall still here, and many old names gone, and new ones. I love hearing the Christmas lists, though, please post more!...See MoreWhat's on your Bucket List?
Comments (23)Well, I just checked 3 things off my list: see Stonehenge and visit St. Andrews, Scotland - the Old Course - the birthplace of golf. And a month ago we paid off our mortgage. So I gotta come up with some more stuff!!! Let's see: how about RETIRE. Stay at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs. Have a hole-in-one. Visit Vancouver, Washington....See Morepaul_in_mn
9 years ago
don_in_colorado
9 years agoI love Prairie Sky, Paul. It's a good one. Loves to stay blue long into the season.
Don B.
anniegolden
9 years agounbiddenn
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9 years agoComments on the plants I have.
Fragrant Queen. Slow growing. It is one I put in the ground, but have another in a pot. It might like more sun to do a good job, but if I'm looking for a big fine fragrant hosta, I'd choose something else. I think Diana Remembered is a better one to grow.Swirls...It is a narrow bladed streaker, shiny green with yellowish streaks. Not a high profile streaker, but it holds its colors well. Swirls is on the left in this picture
Nippers is a cutie. It has no shine, its leaves are round as dollar size dark green (but matte) pancakes with a puffy cushion look. I like it. Cute. Also fast multiplier.
Annabel Lee is an Alttara Scheer hosta, and I like her work. I have many of her hosta and this was one which Gary at Naylor recommended I get. I have not regretted it. The leaf tip sort of has a spit curl similar to Ringtail, there are sooty frosted scapes, lavender flowers, some coloration on the petioles as well. Attractive shape.
Sharp Dressed Man is not a fast grower but it is steady. At one point I thought it was turning into a streaker. Mine seems to have taken a fancy to Diana Remembered and every time I look for it, that's where he is, right beside her. I was noticing how beautiful he looked today as I shuffled pots around. I suppose I must take a new photo because this one is from late April. He looks nice today with no leaf problems. And that is saying a LOT for the 100 degrees and 100% humidity we are having.
Atom Smasher is one I really like. It is fertile, and has some progeny I also like...and have. I'm sure you've looked that up already. So far it is holding a nice yellow color. Not as narrow of leaf as Curly Fries, something like Feather Boa but longer of leaf. I got mine in July 2012 from Mason Hollow Nursery. Mine will bleach out in a lot of sun.
My list?
HA!
Atomic Momma
Black Mamba
Cherokee
Flemish Sky
Gold Regal
Grand Prize
High Noon
Marrakesh
William Lachman
YeaI had Nefertiti on it, but got one from Plant Delights last week.
I also wanted Wave Runner (a Squash Casserole sport) and got it last week too, along with Piedmont Gold and Roy Klehm. Things which do nicely here, I look for their sports or hybrids. Also looking for highly fertile things to set pods easily.
jimr66
9 years agoDonnaDelaware
9 years agohostahosta
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9 years agoPaul, just want to point out one which will make a great companion to Nippers. It is Little Hobber. I also got it from Naylor Boyz. It cups up not down, and is not shiny. It arrived end of July 2013.
In this 2014 picture, it is the darkest greenie with good texture and substance. Note that Eye Catcher is a gold which looks quite similar to it except for color. Eye Catcher is viridescent. Nippers, Little Hobber and Eye Catcher seem to grow about the same size and at the same speed..
garyz6ohio
9 years agoMadPlanter1 zone 5
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9 years agoMadPlanter, did you tell me in another thread you already had Smooth Sailing? It is one of my favorite hosta. It would be a good one if you happen to find it. I got mine at MasonHollow in Mason NH (mail order for me).
That's Key West on the left of Smooth Sailing.
mstrecke
9 years agoThis thread is making my list EVEN LONGER!!! THANKS GUYS!
Oh my....
The only one I have from your list is Fragrant Queen. She is a good grower for me! Have her in shade, I am sure she would do better in more sun. In the below pic, all of the cream edged leaves are from the first flush, the yellow edged are a recent flush from the past month. I can not wait to see her next year!
Margaret
leafwatcher
9 years ago
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lisaw2015 (ME)
9 years agoin ny zone5
9 years agoMadPlanter1 zone 5
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9 years agoMadPlanter, I think your Golden Sculpture may be struggling in sun because it was divided this year....give it a few years - it is on the sun-tolerant list. Saw a number of nice GS growing in some sun on MN tours and at local arboretum.....did I say nice....
Paul
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BungalowMonkeys
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9 years agoDon, I've never seen any hosta like it that's available for sale, either!
Here's Big Kahuna.
don_in_colorado
9 years agoin ny zone5
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