Anyone wanna do Leaf shots? Hosta 'Dream Queen'
Who needs slo-poke 'Thunderbolt'?
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H. 'Dream Weaver' vs. H. 'Dream Queen'
Comments (16)Don-Les is unvailable at this time but I can answer for him: He has had no success with Great Expectations in two states and four gardens. Three ago he bought Dream Queen because he does like the Great Expectatios appearance when prime, but last year he lost that too. Last year he bought Dream Weaver for me to start me with my hosta container garden, hoping I will have more success. I m excitedly waiting for dormancy to break to see how she is doing. If she does well I am very tempted to try GE in pots. I'd helped pot up the two teeny remnants of DQ last spring, which is what has gotten me started in container hostas. They were eaten by vermin. When dug up the plant showed evidence of crown rot. He told me when he bought it the roots looked ike octopus arms. He has records showing all of the GE he'd lost looked the same way, regarding their crowns. Each had been planted at different depths and it didn't seem to matter. For what he spent on his GE's and DQ, I wouldn't balk at the cost of Beach Boy from what I have just read in your thread, if it is sturdier. My girlfriend has Thunderbolt and I love it. She also has GE's that are growing like weeks. Which brings me to ask if unusually heavy fertilization helps with growing the GE family. I feel she uses a lot of liquid fertilizer during the summer-like once a week. Her DH mixes Miracle-Gro literally by the buckets and pours it over her hostas. (He does this in the evening, of all times!) It could have to do with the volume of water too. I don't know if this helps or hurts, Don. All I can do is pass on the message. Theresa...See MoreI know it's not Dream Queen, but is it HVX?
Comments (33)So, I received a response from Hampshire Farms: "First, I would like to apologize for shipping a variety with the incorrect name/label. We ship a great many plants, and attempt to be absolutely perfect in identifying our plants, but unfortunately, as in this case, we do goof. We feel strongly that this plant is âÂÂFirst FrostâÂÂ, which was the 2010 Hosta of the Year. Thanks very much for your interest, and I apologize again for the effort we caused you in attempting to identify your purchase." I don't believe it's First Frost, granted my clump is a few years old but they still don't look very similar aside from they both have green centers and variegated edging. So in the meantime, I like the "tc anomaly" possibility. It certainly makes the most sense....See Moredream queen just might make it !
Comments (16)Here is another view showing by a better angle how deep my Dream Queen is planted. The twin pines are quite big. You can see the Dream Queen at the bottom right of pine. I really hope you appreciate this shot. It got my back all dirty taking it for you. There has been an Eastern Red Shouldered Hawk's nest up there for many years, but this season the telltale droppings on my Dream Queen haven't appeared. I have seen hawks flying around but they were too far up to identify if they were the same type or not. Jon This post was edited by jonnyb023 on Sat, Jun 7, 14 at 9:01...See MoreHow much sun for GE progeny Dream Weaver or Dream Queen?
Comments (10)Les, this picture of Dream Queen was taken on June 12, 2012. It is growing well under spruce trees and has a northern exposure, so it does not get a lot of sun but it is well watered. I planted it at the same soil level as in the nursery pot. I've had to repot my Dream Weaver as it was not doing well in the ground in an eastern exposure, which by all accounts should be a superior location. I believe the difference in growth can be explained by the amount of WATER they received. I think water is the key to a hosta thriving and sunshine is key to the rate of growth. But these are not new concepts to this forum. So to answer your question I would say that water is more important than the amount of sunshine that DQ and DW get as long as the amount of sunshine is adequate....See MorehostaLes
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I forgot one. Before all of you jump all over me to tell me this isn't Summer Fragrance take a peak at the other leaves, particularly the one tagged as typical, which means the other leaves all look like that one. This is a mutated leaf: the only one on the plant. It would be great if next spring I found I had a sporting eye and that all the leaves took on the rounder and more deeply variegated coloring. I think it is striking.
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11 years agoHere are my last. I hope I'm not too late. Is anyone looking?
June
Gold Standard
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11 years agoI am absolutely looking and enjoying all these lovely pictures! Great shots Les. Great thread.
Cerveza.
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11 years agoWell, drats. It was there when I posted, now it is gone.
One more time. Paradigm leaf looking gorgeous.
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11 years agoBrother Stefan. Not my plant unfortunately. Took the photo at a local nursery. Got to get one of those!
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11 years agoNot in the same calss as the beautiful specimens shown on this thread, but...here are some I took this morning.
Twilight
Victory
Abiqua Gourd
SagaeSince I am not a contender, how about a poll on the best shot?
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9 years agoI did not realize it had been that long. I might try one from Flickr before going to my computer.
https://flic.kr/p/qzAo16
Yesterday's Memories.....really....but from my computer same picture
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9 years agoOh, Donna, great photo!
Leafwatcher, you had me lol'ing.
Mocc, that photo reminds me of bats roosting.
Okay, here's SEDUCER
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9 years agoPersonally, I think we need a Hosta Alphabet LEAF Thread along with the regular Hosta Alphabet thread!
Here is Brim Cup.
and another Cerveza shot.
I am not finding the photos to be that clear on Houzz.
newhostalady Z6 ON, Canada
9 years agoI see what you mean bk. The Hallson site does display photos much better. Love the thread on "Guests to our Garden." I am trying to find a couple of photos I took, and if I find them, I'll post them there.
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