They look wonderful! What a lovely collection - I have a few of them myself :).

They look great, I have six of them, you are off to a nice early start. Nothing new here yet I'm waiting on a delivery.

Low of 47 for tonight, 34 for Saturday, 27 for Sunday, 26 for Monday, 18 for Tuesday, 32 for Wednesday....snow on Sunday, snow/rain on Monday. Your new hosta look great karyls, but only pips from the big guys are visible and these best found by touch. It will be a while around here. If I had any deliveries I would place them in the shed or cellar for now. Winter is lashing its tongue back at us after some weather in the 60s.

Jon

I am in Georgia so things are coming up but we still have some cold weather in the future. Bummer!

I am fortunate to have a good local source for healthy hosta - Kinsey Family Farm - but I am looking for something similar to Fire & Ice (but not F&I). Love the look but not the plant. I would like green edges and white centers. White, not cream. As in a reverse Minuteman. Any suggestions?

Nice leafy hosta pics, karlys!

I purchased these late last year, over wintered them in pots and planted them one warm day not long ago.

Bursting out of the ground ... they must like being planted in Mother Earth!

Komodo Dragon:

Krossa Regal:

Regal Splendor:

What's the chicken wire for?

I know it looks odd, but the chicken wire is an attempt to keep squirrels from digging around them. Pips come up right through it.

I have a Gentle Giant the squirrels have actually dug into and chewed roots in half. I still have hopes it will produce this year, but if this continues someone will need to give me a good recipe for squirrel stew.

I have a lot of squirrels around and have never had them bother any hosta. They must be digging up buried acorns or other nuts. (???)

Are you sure it's not rabbits doing the chewing? Need another recipe?

I'm fairly certain it's squirrels. I saw one out my kitchen window digging around it, and when I went out to shoo him away there was a hole in the ground with roots exposed and severed.

Koffman, You need to get Don the squirrel whisperer to have a word with him and all will be well.

Lots of Hazel round here and the squirrels often bury the nuts in my pots.

They will dig in the pots in early spring but have never nibbled the hostas.

Dave

Love the Ben Vernoony! Got one myself last year, cant wait to see it come up. Seeing yours gives me hope!

dfrench200 - I am looking forward to the Ben Vernoony. I haven't been able to find out much about what people think of it but it's the brightest one have. The leaves are thick and solid, I expect it to be a robust plant. The one in the photo is a second season container grown plant. It took right off out of the pot.

I hate to be "that guy" lol but it is Ben Vernooij, If someone does a search for this hosta this thread wouldn't come up, so now it will, don't ask me how to pronounce it though lol.

Denis

I placed my small order for this year:

Lakeside Frosted Mint - I was sold when I saw this beautiful hosta from Steve in Mass garden. I ordered it from Jim's Hostas along with the others.

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Sunshine Glory - I love its chartreuse puckered leaves and white border.

Valley's Ruffle Shuffle - A small upright hosta with very ruffled leaves with white backs and red petioles.

Blue Mouse Ears - I finally purchased this little gem.

With a name like Valley's Ruffle Shuffle I had to look it up. (Not on the hosta library yet so googled). A nice one! I can't wait to see how it looks in your garden.

Donna, along with Valley's Lemon Squash, Ruffle Shuffle tops my "want" list... but as yet the two are unavailable in Canada. Be sure to post pics to wet my appetite (just as you did with Amalia!).

BC

Wow, Lakeside Frosted Mint is beautiful!

Don, where are you getting $3.99 hostas like that around here?

Good buy Don...

There's bargains to be seized at this time of year!

BC

Popmama, I got it at O'Tooles on Wadsworth Pkwy., next to American Furniture Warehouse. I normally wouldn't buy hostas there, as they are typically very expensive. (not always, it depends with them). They had about a dozen Neptunes left over from last year, and put em on discount. Front Range Gardens over at the corner of Wadsworth Blvd and Church Ranch has a decent selection this time of year, at about $7.50 a pop, usually 3-5 eyes in a 6" pot.

Hey, Guacamole Don! Guess what I picked up yesterday?

I had to pick up my new vehicle (as my daughter wrote off my new 2015 7-month old car!) so after delivery...and before I left Toronto, I thought I'd take it for a run ---- all the way to Humber Nurseries! LOL. Take a look folks... the two most important things in this photo are..... no, not the purse.....no, not the car....

SPARTACUS!!! You did it, Don - I got one too! On sale for 8.88 and

Colour Glory - with 10 pips! better saving but also $8.88

iPhone users....anyone know why some photos appear to be stretched?

they appear normal when you click on them to enlarge...

Awesome, Jo! You're gonna love Spartacus. Color Glory (or Borwick Beauty) looks great, too!

Drove right by Front Range and O'Toole's today! I couldn't stop, but I may go out tomorrow.

Well I guess you have to take the good with the bad Jo! Totaled car - two Hostas!

Spartacus is fabulous. Borwick Beauty is nice too, just give it careful placement since it can suffer from spring desiccation burn.

Jo - another bargain buyer!!!

No doubt you'll love the ripples of Spartacus.

BC

Thanks for the heads up, Laurie! Good to know.

BC, I just get a kick from finding bargains - it's so much fun searching them out....they are never with the main crowd of hostas, but scattered about where you least expect them! It's the ripples that drew me in couple years ago but I was fighting the Ive-got-to-get-everything-I-don't-have syndrome, lol!

Don, thank you for the enabling - you are responsible for quite a few of my hostas! I see a Spartacus thread in the very near future....

Karyls, I just love that photo of BME! It is the cutest/prettiest unfurling I've seen yet on a Blue Mouse Ears! I have a handful of them and they never looked that pretty at that particular stage. I must remember to observe the unfurling and see if they even come close to resembling yours. Really love it. :D

Denis - I did not know this! Thanks for the info. Seems it has been altered to suit English speakers. I have heard it pronounced ver-new-eee but that may be incorrect.

DelawareDonna- Lakeside Frosted Mint looks wonderful. I'll have to keep an eye out for it.

josephines161 - the BME is appealing. I planted it with Stained Glass heuchera and painted ferns (both purple) and love it. BME seems to be darned robust and I expect it to do well. That was a gallon size ($7! all their gallons are 7-10$).I already divided it a little because it was too thick. They also had Frosted and Holy Mouse Ears, both seemed to be the same as far as vigor. I don't have the others you do but that gives me more ideas. :)

I grow Guacamole and love it. It's completely trouble free and looked great all season long. Stained Glass is the same for me. Zero problems, looks wonderful.

Josephine, I have the same problem on my iPhone. It seems someone had a similar problem with another forum, and one of the moderators gave a solution.

http://appfinite.com/topic/post-featured-image-being-stretched-on-iphone/

It is very irritating.

I did not mean that his solution will work for us. It looks like he is referring to her user account or something like it. Has anyone ever contacted Houzz about it?

Don't know but thank you for the information! :)