Fuji-Botan is working on flowers!

Great Escape has pods.

So does Pizzazz.

Childhood Fantasy

Kiwi Full Monte

And this little seedling noid

Elegans

'Lakeside Black Satin'...I think this plant is sterile-will try using the pollen. The flowers are so pretty and nice fluffy pollen to freeze.

For me the best flower photos are often those of the inflorescence before the flowers open. These are quite beautiful especially the montana types. Here's a few.

Stingray

Snow Mouse (all the mice look good with flowers)

A couple of crosses on Spilt Milk. Don't know if they took yet.

Sagae

Montana Aureomarginata

Manhattan with that gorgeous deep purple flower and bud

Blue Angel

LS Prophecy

This thing is obscene. The scape on Eliator.

Steve

Fire and Ice...beautiful white scapes

Mosswitch- That is not Great Escape. Great Escape has white edges and is just like Blue Ivory. It is a Halcyon sport.

I only leave scapes on my mice. Those are cute. Guess I'm not a flower person. I go for the leaves. I brought a scape of Guacamole in the hose and put it in a large bud vase. The whole house got really fragrant, so much so that I had to chuck it.

-Babka

Sorry. Great Arrival. I have them both.

Beautiful photos! Never have been able to grow 'Fire and Ice, can see why it got its name.

Seedling in the photo with pods forming.
Steve can see a few crosses...exciting!

I couldn't let this one get away without posting. Thank you all for sharing your great photos.

bkay

Sum and Substance
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Guacamole
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Invincible
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Pods on Summer Breeze
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And the one I'm most happy to see - scapes on my first year Plantaginea

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Elegans

#1 'Blaze of Glory'
#2 clausa var. normalis
#3 ventricosa

Les

Ohhhh, that clausa!!!! Love it. I have a second clausa coming from the Hurlbert benefit auction, cannot help but try to get some of those deep purples.

And I have a few here with scapes but not near as many as I'd expected. A bit too cautious with the sunlight perhaps?

Anyway, here is Fragrant King:

H.'Barbara' DSM

Nakaiana

2 Lederhosen, in process of blooming

There are others, but I do not have the flowers indexed on all plants

No Moccasin, I don't think it's the light. I think it has to do with the age. My really old plants were so abused that I can't judge by them, of course. But, of the hosta I've acquired since I got interested in them, it seems like they have more scapaes every year. My young ones don't always bloom, either. Once they start blooming, they seem to bloom every year after that.

bkay

Thanks Les, you gave me a great morning chuckle!

Who was it said they are not grown for the flowers.. some are just beautiful. Some of mine are growing leaves up stock..why? Is this normal?
Rainforest sunrise (young)

Les forgot to mention the truck and lawn mower in his picture too.

Cherry Berry is going to bloom soon