Hosta V 2015
Valentine Lace
Vulcan grown from plug finally getting somewhere
Volcano Island top and bottom. A must have for every garden so just go put it on your wish list now.
Very quickly show us your Vs:
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josephines167 z5 ON Canada
8 years agoI have to rectify a situation...and that is to buy more hostas whose name starts with V.
My one and only, the diminutive Vanilla Cream, 2015, 2014, and 2013. Have had it since 2013-slow grower. Looks like it needs more sun - not much vanilla evident in its new location.
josephines167 z5 ON Canada
8 years ago
peren.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoVery nice indeed! Only one from me too. I need to plant Victory & Vulcan - and add Volcano Island, Valley's P. & VC to the never ending list.
1st year Venetian Star. I am really liking this one!
Venetian Star
Venetian Star in mid Sept.
Venetian Star on Oct 8th
Venetian Star on Oct 22nd. Next year it will bloom at its proper time but I really enjoyed the progression of it.
p.s. sunnywood Venetian Lace is very nice! It takes ages for my pics to load.
hostatakeover swMO
8 years agoVolcano Island is gorgeous!
The only "V" I can find....Valley's Glacier
old_dirt 6a
8 years agoSome very nice V's, difficult to narrow down to just one for the want list.
Vulcan, first year, still in the nurseery pot.
beverlymnz4
8 years agoVanilla Cream, a favorite of mine.
Spring
Later in the year: I had to zoom in as I didn't have a solo shot. the hosta adjacent to it (lower left above) was removed to help with over crowding.
mbug_gw
8 years agoVictory......with the 6 foot scape trailing off into the sunset
Victory leaf shot
Vulcan
hostatakeover swMO
8 years ago
hostas_for_barb
8 years agoVulcan - second year. Love this hosta - looking forward to seeing it mature.
hostahosta
8 years agoI don't have many v's, and the ones I have are mostly young ones.
Can't wait till my Vanilla Cream looks like Beverly's
There are many ventricosa in my garden, but don't see to have a really good pic. Here is one with some flowers.
My best V is Vulcan.
jajoana
8 years agoValley's Blue Curacao. I must confess it's not what I expected this hosta to look like. *Sorry for the dirty pot*
josephines167 z5 ON Canada
8 years agojajoana
8 years agoHow could I miss the Alphabet? You took your time to send me the link a couple of weeks ago. I wish I had good photos of all my hosta plants. Well, may be next year )))
As for Valley's Blue Curacao, I got it from Fransen, tiny bareroot TC. There weren't any photos, just a description. So when I saw the unflurring leaves, my first thought was XVX!
All I can tell is that some owners of this hosta have same-looking plants (and Fransen's website has same photos), other people have plants without twisting and with parallel veins.
Here are some photos from Russian forums. Different Valley's Blue Curacao plants from the same source.
And from Fransen website
May be someone else can tell more about this hosta?
josephines167 z5 ON Canada
8 years agolast modified: 8 years ago
Tiddisolo Wales UK