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stunning ... does it hold the stripes all season ....

share me a piece.. when it gets big enough ... two or 3 years ... it will be a wonderful gift.. as i will have no memory of demanding it ... lol ...

ken

one on my want list as well...cant stomach the price yet

I'll let you know on how long the stripes last, as this is my first year with it, but is said to hold the color better than Amime Tachi. As for the price - well let's just say I thought I deserved a treat and before I let myself talk myself out of it, I sent for it last year.

You must be very relieved that it came back this year. What a stand out hosta this is. The pics on the HL show how unusual it is. It says it never comes out this way from TC, hence the high price. Please keep us updated on how this does for you.

Nice!

It's an unusual beauty. Saw it in 2012 at one of my hosta suppliers...it was new t o her collection then. I'd like something like that...behind you in line, Ken!

Didn't George Schmid (the author of the definitive Genus Hosta book) have something like this in his garden many years ago? I even saw in on a HGTV segment, I think. Gosan Line-up, I thought it was called, but it wouldn't tissue culture well. Memory is foggy here.

It is SO totally different from any other hostas, no wonder it commands a high price.

-Babka

Gary, you'll have to come back to tell us how long it held its stripes, if you would please. It is said to go green by summer.

I'm trying a Zebra Stripes (the VW model) this year with half day sun to see if I can stay the stripes longer...also greens up.

I missed seeing mine with stripes this year. Zebra Stripes went green quickly, but it is healthy so that is a plus. I have one which is a small striped hosta which the Savorys issued years back, and I got it because my dachshund is named Dixie......Dixie Queen is the hosta, named for a watermelon which has stripes. Not streaks, you understand.

But until I saw the hosta subject of this thread, I thought I'd be slowing down on acquisitions. This one, and a really really red leafed hosta, there is no way to cut back on new plants. This year the hostas in my garden which are LEAPING cannot be counted. I'm in a daze. Aren't they awesome when they mature.?......wow.

Good to see you back on the forum mocc!

Good to be back, for sure. I've been like a person with 6 leaks in the roof and only 2 buckets. Besides the remodel which continues, I gave up on Windows and took up Apple, a whole new ballgame! Now I can get my pictures across all devices, but I'm already blowing the top out of 5gig of iCloud photos! I cannot stop taking pictures, but you must index them and know how to access the index, etc etc. Just what I needed, some new mental exercise. I gave up on apps for my forum fixes, and decided to continue with the browser, learning Safari as I go along. Bear with me while I learn how to turn pictures the right way!

Victory

Jon

Never enough! Never!

June Fever

Andrew - just his second year and I'm happy with two eyes.

Orange Marmalade

Great Expectations with 3 tiny new eyes that were a mid season addition last year.

Ow-wow, Jon you have impressive plants for show and tell. Keep it up, more is better!

Barb that is a perfect Andrew, plus you grow GE? You enjoy challenging things...:)

You have some of the nicest mature plants, Barb!

Mocc, my son's name is Andrew so I had to have that one. I think I will ask for mature photos and see if anyone else is growing it. It is coming up lovely so far.

I don't even know how I ended up with GE. I never knowing bought it but a Hosta friend and this forum have all identified it as GE. I feel quite lucky as I guess it is hard to grow but worth it if it performs for you, so I am taking the challenge and hoping for the best.

Jo, thanks for the compliment. It is this forum that helped me realise the value of the mature ones and how they can look very different as they mature. I just bought Olive Bailey Langdon and it looks very little like the beautiful mature photos you see of it. But I know it is worth the wait.

Today, Remember Me. Is she ever bright!

I just got Remember Me and think I have a good spot for it. Yours looks happy where it's planted!

Thanks, Sandy! It gets filtered sunlight but direct sunlight quite late in the afternoon. New last year...I am hoping to prolong the softer yellow colour that follows a bit longer in that location...but it will do whatever it wants, despite my effort to prolong the colour. Most of the ones I've seen have the white centre by summer. A lovely small plant with really good substance! AND, among those who can withstand hail! :). Enjoy your RE - happy growing!

Remember Me is definitely in my top five favorites. Yours looks like it is going to be really nice size for just 2nd year. Mine gets very little sun and stays yellow all year but is a slow grower.

Jerry, is the intensity of yellow the same or a bit more subdued? I'm paying attention here because I'd like to prolong the yellow, so if I have to give it afternoon shade in order to do so, I will relocate it.

Josephine, I don't know if mine is a good example of Remember Me. After looking at it in the HL, it has less light center than some. I love it just the way it is and wouldn't trade it for any other. It does lighten up some but not anywhere near white. This pic was mid July last year, I don't have any later.