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Most of my hostas have sprouted!

8 years ago

last modified: 8 years ago

It's going to be a good year for Wheee! & Albomarginata.... Of course, Fire Island, too. I also think Wolverine will grow and Krossa Regal is making a comeback!

Wheee! today! Remember how last year only 3 came up? I am SO EXCITED!

Undulata Albomarginata

Fire Island

Wolverine will be stunning this year, as well.

I think Krossa Regal will be making a comeback after almost dying last year?

Unfortunately, no signs yet from BME or Grand Tiara, I am thinking GT is a loss for sure? I think it was diseased? No signs from Guacamole or First Frost either. If this Guacamole doesn't work out then I am not replacing it. It's just not meant for me.

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old_dirt 6a

8 years ago

My first pips of the year, just yesterday. Should be a nice full plant, 14 pips, I think only 6 last year but I never really counted before.

Wolverine

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ilovetogrow z9 Jax Florida
8 years ago
Brandy don't give up yet. The most of mine have not come up yet. I can feel their pointed little heads but we sleep late here.

You have got a lot of eyes there.
DelawareDonna Zone 7A
8 years ago
You're way ahead of me in the pip department!!!
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mountainy man z8 Ireland
8 years ago
Lookin good Brandy! as for the others just wait and see, I know that Guacamole is not an early riser.

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brandys_garden
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8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
I know BME is a late riser. It has been for me anyway. So, I am holding on to hope for him. Mine is a boy. ;) I am hopeful for the others, too. I don't know about GT, though. Since I've had it, it arrives and unfurls pretty and is spectacular.... Then around the first of the summer, it starts dying off and the leaves fall off of it? I thought it was bugs but I am not sure since it happened last year, as well. It came back the first year and looked good and I was hopeful. It started to come back last year after it happened, as well, but it didn't look great. Oh well. Anyway, Wheee!, Fire Island, Wolverine, and Krossa Regal are spending a couple of days indoors in my shower due to a cold and wintery weekend. Albomarginata is covered up as it's too large to bring in.
koffman99
8 years ago
I would say the majority of mine have pips showing. Some a lot more than others with leaves starting to unfurl. I just went outside and brushed some leaves aside and found Empress Wu peeking back at me as well.

Still, a few others like my Sum and Substance hasn't poked through yet.
josephines167 z5 ON Canada
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
Yay, the excitement is building, folks! Unfortunately, we have had some more snow dusting...totally covered the green outside...and now two days later, it is melted - again. I'll hunt for pips this afternoon - again. Lol.

Brandy, hope you had a great winter in your new place! Nice to see your hostas again...like seeing old friends! It will be fun later to see how much they grew from last year...
sunnywood4bChazyNY
8 years ago
A few are up, especially Sagae. They are all hiding today.
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josephines167 z5 ON Canada
8 years ago
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Bill, that is an utterly beautiful picture.... the hostas are nicely snuggled in ... no self-respecting hosta would poke its nose out at that! Lol.... at the same time, just way too much snow for this time of year!
mountainy man z8 Ireland
8 years ago
I have pips! only in my pots, no sign of the ones in the ground, soil too cold yet.

Most advanced is Francee up 2 inches followed by Green Acres and montana Aureomarginata and Niagara Falls which is 5 eyes up from 1 last year being new.

We have lift off!

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zkathy z7a NC
8 years ago
One Mans Treasure, Baby Bunting, Teaspoon, Restless Sea are all unfurled. So is Stained Glass, one of the last ones down and now the first to rise.

Kathy

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