Hmmm, I can't recall when GE came up in the past, but this year it was one of the first to show some eyes...I counted 9 on one and three on the other, so far. The one in the planter is still sleeping. DQs I have three...let me check...

You can see some of GE breaking through the top of the cataphylls already...love that sign of life!

Yes, the DQs all have three eyes apiece but I had to move the soil around them to check..they are just about to burst through the soil...only one eye has broken soil so far. I left about 6" of flower scape from last year to mark crown so it was easy to find them.

Fingerprint is supposed to be a late riser and Francee too. On Stage is notably late too but it'll be first time emerging in my garden.

My GE is up but looks kinda.... a bit sorta..... well have a look.....

(light blue pot)

My Dream Queen is new this year. 2 eyes kinda slow to get a wiggle on.

Denis

All of them are doing great and way ahead of mine here! Your GE already is showing colour! It's gonna be gorgeous, Denis! We have rain forecast for the next three days...and no sunshine forecast until Saturday, bah, humbug!

Jo.....I have two Francees. They were the last ones to show up.

Just like Jo, my three GE's are coming up. Surprised the heck out of me because I don't recall my most mature one to be this early before. My Dream Queen's are not showing yet. No Dream Weavers here. I will see if I can get a picture tomorrow.

NHL, you are a zone warmer...I'll bet your DQs have fat pips just under the soil! I had to poke around to find them, but it was easy because the soil was crumbly around the trio. :-). Hooray for GE...I consider you to have THE best show for a GE as I've mentioned many times before! Pics, you say? YES!

Steve, have you exhausted your wish list for this year yet? ;-)

Jo.......I try to be done with my newbies by May 1 as to give them time to get acclimated before the brutal Texas heat begins, so in answer to your question, as Sgt Shultz once said.....I would say that that's a definite maybe. LOL I added 15 this spring.

Small pips on GEs. Dream Queen is the last to show for me. No sign of life even by poking around. Every year I think it's a goner and defiantly slow it unfurls as if demanding the attention it deserves.

I wonder if this slow awakening is the derivation of it's name 'Dream Queen'?

My DQ was rotted out at the crown. It's a done deal. : (

My DQ is several years old and was not doing well last year, so I moved it to another location hoping it would do better. I only see 1 pip on it so far this year. :(

Jon.....wouldn't that be Dream Princess? :)

Rained most of today, more to come, everything is sopping wet but I took some progress pics...here is one of the DQ's that broke surface. Maybe I'm having luck because they were new last year? I lost one last year. Lol, I deleted the clear picture and kept this one...figures...:-(

As in Sleeping Beauty maybe santamiller. I checked again today and zero, it just takes it sweet time....but well worth the wait.

Opening up last year.

My three GE's are alive and were early to emerge. Of my two Dream Queens, one of mine is pretty much a goner. The other one has hope. I just loved seeing them last year. I hope to get a replacement for the one I lost this year.

I have a picture of my most mature GE. Today was the first day I brought the pot out from the garage. I am so looking forward to seeing this one grow.

This is my second-year Dream Queen. It has beaten my Great Expectations by a long-shot in emerging. I'm pretty happy with how large it is considering I only planted it last Fall 2015.

The last one I am waiting for is Choko Nishiki aka On Stage. Alive, and there are sharp pips but not very high by a long shot. Spilt Milk only appeared yesterday come to think of it. Big Daddy is also a lagger but I can actually see the tops of the pips now.

My On Stage just barely appeared this week It is the last one to show up but I do see quite a few pips showing on it.

Yeah, I've been waiting for my Dream Queen to come up for three years! SUCH the late riser!

At least I now know one hosta that Don doesn't have!

Ha Ha Don, my Dream Queen bit the dust after I moved it last year. My GE is coming back bigger this year though and I am excited about that! It went from 1 eye to 2 eyes this year and the eyes are big and fat this year.