Only an upstart, my Queen of the Seas which I purchased last Sept fro Hallson, is already beginning to tower over its neighboring upstars Earth Angel and Guardian Angel. You can really appreciate the vase shape of Queen of the Seas in his gardens in the UK.

I also have Krossa Regal, Regal Splendor, and I can't forget a fave of mine, Sagae.

Les

As paul_in_mn suggested for me, Ginsu Knife. He has a beautiful one.

Ginsu Knife is more casvading,than vase-shaped. At least mine is. I would say Lakeside Ripples,Sagae,Krossa Regal,Regal Splendor. Phil

Looked more vase shape to me, but I don't know much about it.

Queen of the Seas and Earth Angel are already overlapping and they are just babies. You may have to do some adjustment. And I'd watch that snow on the mountain like a hawk. That can get away easily and be all over everywhere.

As for vase shaped hostas, Sun Power, Golden Sculpture, Nigrescens, montana Aureomarginata are great ones.

Okay, here's a few I have. All second year plants in my garden so just little guys.

Liberty

Lakeside Cha Cha

Komodo Dragon

Saege

And Montana Aureomarginata

Oh yeah, forgot Sun Power

Montana aureomarginata! Love, love this one. Mine came from Chris three years ago and this year is a stand out for me.

Squirejohn - that montana aureomarginata is absolutely spectacular lurking triumphantly out there among all that greenery - it looks like the pot at the end of a rainbow.
Jan

I don't have a picture of my montana Aureomarginata showing it's vase-like shape, but this one show's off the spectacular coloring of it's leaves.

I don't have too many vase shaped ones yet, at least not mature enough to look vase shaped.

Re: snow on the mountain (I know it as Bishop's Weed), I planted it 'once'. It took me years to eradicate it, the only way I would plant it again would be in a steel container without drainage holes so it couldn't escape! :)

Below is Krossa Regal

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AND I will be adding montana aureomarginata to my 'want list'. I agree with Jan, splendid location.

My faavorit vase shaped one is the one you just bought- Regal Splendor. I have two, which are the first hosta I ever bought. They both grew super fast.

There is also Tom Schmid, which like Regal Splendor is a sport of Krossa Regal, only with a pure white edge instead of a cream one. I also have two of those, which are side by side. Also growing very fast for me

esox48-I bought them late last fall and rushed them into a bed I was just clearing and had raked out tons of Snow on the Mountain. My intent was to tx my 2 Angels into my Theresa's Angel Garden this spring. Then I tore the supra-patella tendon in my knee that required surgery in March so nothing got done. You certainly were right about the closeness of my 3 LARGE hosta kids as a permanent home. And I can't believe nurserys SELL Snow on the Mountain (AKA Bishops Weed), and Ajuga, for $. Maybe soon I can get home and do some garden work.

Les

Paula, you are wrong about Bishops Weed! You don't plant it in a steel a steel container with no holes in the bottom to contain it. You do it to drown it. No other option exists. The Bishops Weed you see in my picture was placed there by a previous owner of my house and I will never forgive her.

The battle over Bishops Weed can be won, but not over winter unless a complete defoliant is used, and even then some may survive. The location in the picture also had catnip and what looked like a solid green Bishops Weed - and Lily of the Valley.

To make this an appropriate hosta posting (for newbie hosta growers) Bishops Weed is NOT a good companion for vase shaped Hostas - or any Hostas. While the g/w variegation is OK, the root competition it gives hostas is horrendous. If you have it irradicate it.
Les

I guess I am really fortunate! Upon discovering that the loads of Bishop's Weed in my gardens when we moved here 6 years ago was invasive, I immediately went on a "quest". Within 2 springs, not a single shoot remained. It was very compliant when it received its eviction notice. I don't know why...I didn't spray it with anything, just ripped it out. But I sure won't ever plant it again in case I get a rebellious bunch!! My sympathies to you...

Karen

Thanks for all the great suggestions and pictures. I went back to the local hosta society sale tonight and found a couple of them. I got Montana Aureomarginata and Lakeside Cha Cha. I was hoping to find that Lakeside Cindy Cee but they didn't have it. Guess I will have to keep looking :)

Linda

Les, wrong about what? Re: the container, I was joking, but I was stressing that it needs to be contained if kept at all. Anyway, I had it at my last house and it took me a couple of years to get rid of the stuff so I know very well the horror that can be faced! lol
At this house the problem was/is Lily of the Valley. I dug up the entire garden and used a garden sieve on every shovel full. It is has really helped but still there.
coll_123 - your Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola', it is stunning.

Paula, I had to laugh- I was out there today with my garden sieve!!! Don't ever plant hops, people!!! I planted it last year, in a huge- and I mean HUGE- pot with the bottom covered with hardware cloth so that it could drain over the winter. Then this year decided it wasnt working for me, and thought all I had to do is lift that pot to get rid of it. Woah Nellie. Those roots reached the bottom and beyond. Way beyond. Nightmare and I can't imagine the horror had it been there longer than one year.

That Hakonechloa grass is really doing well this year...a great complement to hosta- especially the tall ones.

Those garden sieves certainly saved the day, but the ordeal was extremely time consuming. I had 2 sieves, one smaller than the other for the tiny roots - the neighbours thought I was crazy sifting my soil!
I tried to grow that grass once and this year I bought a replacement. I think I will try it in a pot.

Ugh, I have some bishops weed coming thru the fence from my neighbors yard. Guess I better kill that before it gets out of control. Does roundup work on it?

Linda

Hey Paula - Kinda: "the only good Bishops Weed is a dead one!" jokingly that you didn't go quite far enough. We're really both on the same page.

By the way, your Krossa Regal looks great. How large is the pot it is in? I bought mine with the intention to plant it in a large Grecian urn, creating an image of a living green fountain. I eventually decided to use a smaller vase shaped hosta in the urn, with KR & Regal Splendor flanking it behind a pair of Blue Angels.

I won't post pics of it this year because my gardens need so much work. The weeds won't do them justice. Maybe next year if I don't do something "klutzy" again next spring.

Les

Around here we call Bishops Weed 'Gout Weed'. It seems a more irritating name for a very irritating plant. I have the green and the varigated kind and struggle with both of them.

As far as vase shape hostas, my favorite is this one. I wish it was mine but it belongs to my sister. The second picture gives a sense of the size. Her hand is in proportion to being 5' 10".

How big is the pot on Beauty Substance?

Nice plant.

bkay

LOVE IT...how old is it?...now then can i fit one more in??????????

Les - please don't hesitate to post photos -- hosta growers can appreciate the hostas in spite of the weeds. Many of us have impressive weeds, and we don't all have your excuse!!!Get out there with your camera - good exercise don't you think?
Jan

No rant intended.. that Beauty Substance is a beauty... every body who has the room should have one of the green with yellow sports from S&S... but seriously...

How many of these will be on the market. I count 17 green-centered, yellow-margined sports from S&S. I Iknow I've got a couple Lady Isobel Barnett, a couple of Titinics, a Sum of All, and a couple of others...

Seriously, did we really need to have another one from Europe with no registration? I like a lot of Jan's introductions, but at some point... couldn't we just call it quits on Sumthing or Another similar/identical sports?!

bkay, the pot is actually a wooden planter that is about the size of a barrel. She had several made last year by her hubby who owns a cabinet shop (convenient). You can see them more clearly on the following link. "A treat for the eyes"

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/hosta/msg0611235810867.html?19

uk-hostaman, This is begining it's fourth year. It seems pretty upright for a S&S sport so maybe on a low table above other plants it would work for you?

Wow! That Beauty Substance is amazing.

Les, I agree - post pics! As for the size of the pot, it is 10 gallon. Initially, I put it in a pot to move it from my previous home, then I decided to leave it in the pot because of the Lily of the Valley as I wasn't sure if I had managed to eradicate it completely. The hosta doesn't seem to be suffering any, so I left it in there. The lily of the valley is still lurking about as well.