Me too shadow. I take plenty of pics and keep the best of the bunch. I have tossed many a pic.

I edit pics..you can crop off ugly bits lol..

peren.all/Laurie, you get the best flowers from your hostas. So many!

saija, it's possible your Ghost Spirit is really Ghostmaster. I have that one, (no good pic) and it doesn't get the misting that Spirit does, but it's still pretty.

Golden Sculpture in May

Golden Sculpture in July with flowers

Gypsy Rose coming up in spring.

Gypsy Rose a month later yellow middle turning more white

Thanks sandyslopes but some are just more floriferous than others. I know if you grew Gemstone, Gold Drop, Goober... you would have the same result because you grow everything to perfection!

nicholsworth I edit and crop too but for me sometimes a bad photo is just not savable.

Sandylopes: thanks for tip, I will look pictures of GhostMaster. It's so young plant that I have to wait and see what it becomes ( but now i'm sure it's not Ghost Spirit) . I think also it's pretty what ever it's name is. And wow those Golden Sculpture flowers of yours.

peren.all..haha..nobody gets the perfect shot every time right?..

Thanks Laurie! It's funny that just before I came back here I was looking up Gemstone. Yours and zkathy's are tempting me. I really shouldn't be making a list, but I'm weak when it comes to hostas. :-D

Yes nicholsworth that is for sure. Sometimes I just can't make that sow's ear into a silk purse.

sandyslopes if you were going to weaken Gemstone would be one to go for!

Really nice Golden Sculpture photos sandyslopes. And the flower one is so pretty! I'll have to show your photos to my Golden Sculpture (which is growing slowly) and see if that will encourage it to do better!

Golden Tiara

Great Expectations

Green Acres

I had to look Gila River up on the Hosta Library, that looks exciting...I must find one!

Sunnywood, love the Galaxy with the downturned leaves and streaks, and that Gunsmoke...nice! Does the wax last very long on that?

I think I need to do like mountainy, and stick my GE in a pot...wow!

I am soooo jealous of your great expectations Mountainy Man

What is your secret?

Steve that picture was taken in mid July of Gunsmoke. Honestly not sure how long the wax stays.

saija, check out Mellow Mood, and Oreo Cream, on the hosta library.

Shadow, alas I have no secret, I saw it for sale and it was huge already so I grabbed it and I'm glad it has not shrunk or died as yet lol.

I do have another older one but it is not a good one.

I can only guess that there are good and bad batches of GE out there and I seem to have one of each. I hope yours grows for you.

Some photos of when I got it are in this thread along with my dud.

http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/3908945/lets-see-your-great-expectations?n=71

I'm going to need to get a bigger pot for it in the spring.

How to grow Great Expectations

Hi shadow, there have been many discussions about Great Expectations over the years. Make sure you read dhaven’s post in the link above.

Also, I’m not sure about your Grand Prize. Are you sure you grabbed the right pic?

I have been impatiently waiting for G since Great Expectations is my favorite hosta and I could look at pictures of it all day. Here are some of my Gs

Is this a young Great Expectations? Lost the tag, of course. It's a really nice hosta and was probably 2 years old when I took this picture last summer.

zKathy, it was a mail order that I use to buy from. But since I have been on this forum, I don't anymore. I thought it looked odd-thinking maybe it was because of its location. Any idea what it might be?

saija you might also check out Woop Woop for your Ghost Master.

I'm missing photos of Gold Regal, Geisha and Golden Tiara, but here's my little Gold Drop - love the straight-up scapes (they salute me in the garden: "yes ma'am, yes ma'am, three bags full ma'am"... and that's what I like to see!!!!).

windymess..I bought my Gold Drop at my neighbor's yard sale..will watch for the upright scapes..yours is very pretty..

Ginsu Knife...Grape Fizz....Gemstone, all could be in my future. Many impressive pics above!

Georgia Sweetheart

Ghost Spirit ...blooms big!

Gold Drop (apt description windy)

Gold Standard

Golden Prayers....a favorite little guy

Golden Tiara

Goodness Gracious blooming.....a beauty all season!

Great Expectations

A newer Great Expectations but doing well so far

Guacamole

What gorgous g hostas everyone has. Here is a few of mine

Guacamole in June.

Guacamole blooming in August.

One more....

Guardian Angel.....one of the best IMO

in may

blooming in July

Thanks all for looking!

Mbug that GA is fantastic!

Saija.....could your Ghost Spirit be American Hero? ...looks like mine

Thanks sunnywood. Takes some time but worth it!

mbug, that Golden Prayers is a real cutie. Do you blow the leaves before you take pics? Those cupped hostas catch a lot of caca in my garden.

kathy....True about Golden Prayers....consistently bright...I just brush the "caca" off if it looks bad lol!

After seeing several of your pictures, I am considering that this previously noid hosta may be Gold Standard. It's a biggun! This is early Spring when it looks really good. Later in the Summer, it gets sunburn pretty badly.

Goodness Gracious what Gorgeous G's you all have.

Gold Regal

Guacamole

Great Expectations

Gold Standard

Golden Tiara

Gold Edger (uneducated guess on this ID) I'm open to any suggestions.

Pop mama, looks like Gold Standard to me. Mines in a lot of sun and gets pretty ratty by fall.

I’m laughing at all of us who have Great Expectations that look like over achieving minis. When we see a big full grown one we have great expectations!

I'll try again:)

Gateway Arch

Gone with the Wind

Great Escape

Guacamole

Grand Tiara

Golden Tiara in memory of my neighbor.

Goodness Gracious (in May)

Golden Meadows (lots of color changes during the season for this one)

Guacamole

Guardian Angel (in the process of repotting)

Gypsy Rose (that once upon a time looked like this)

After struggling a couple of years (due to root rot), last summer it looked promising. We'll see what happens this season.

Continuing on.

Gr. Ex. This one is my favorite. If I find one priced reasonably, I buy it! So I currently have five.

Not only is this hosta beautiful, but it retains that beauty throughout the season. Many hosta can't compete with that (in my opinion)!

In May:

In June:

In September

In November

And beautiful in black and white:

Well another gorgeous GE! Such great pics!

nhl, Great photos of your happy GE. It's such a pretty hosta when it grows right. I wish mine would shape up.

beverly, that is one beautiful Great Escape.

newhostalady..beautiful pics of a beautiful hosta..I've been afraid of them but this thread makes me want to try one..

My experience with them are for me at least, they do better in a pot.

Some beautiful Great Expectations - love those pics.

Maybe I’ll try a GE in a pot.

windy, that sounds almost like the good start of a Seussical.

Maybe I'll try GE in a pot. Maybe I'll try it in a different spot. Maybe GE will grow on a yacht. Or perhaps GE just will not!

:-)

Lolololol Popmama! Great one!

Do try GE in a pot windymess. I started with mine in the ground. It grew steady but quite slow. One day I decided to experiment by placing it in a pot and moving it to a brighter location with midday sun. That really helped. Since then, I've kept all my GE's in a pot.

I think every photo on this thread of GE is pretty. (And thank you for the compliments on my GE.) Even as a small plant, GE is very attractive. You can't say that about all hosta. Some hosta need to "grow" into their beauty.

One thing I did notice about GE is that if it does not receive enough sun, it will have a slight greenish coloring to it in the summer. My garden is quite shaded so I have to make note of the areas with the most sun.

I just saw your comment popmama. So funny!

I got that small thing as a Great Expectations last year. It will be interesting if and as what it comes back in spring...It was cheap, so no harm done if it is not GE :-)

Popmama...that's just a funny summation of what I hear in Germany about GE...but if it grows it is a beautiful hosta and worth to have a little patience...

I try to give all my potted hostas a good amount of sun in spring. It will be hard work to bring all the new pots to a sunny place this year but I think it is worth it. I put them in sun as soon as they have pips or around end of March. The first years I was afraid but lots of them can stay in sunny places all summer long and do not burn at all.

Lots of great G's

mctavish, I will have to look for that Gin&Tonic, very nice colors!

I agree, I've been oogling Gin and Tonic for a few years, looks yummy in your pics mctavish.

Gemini Moon has been on my list for a while now. It's a beauty. I love the color contrast. Nice specimen, Mctavish!