These are all beautiful! I don’t have any Lakesides yet... I’ll have to remedy that. Did someone write that the Lakesides are more heat-tolerant than most... or am I remembering that wrong?

Not the best pic here, but, the flowers on LS Slick Chick struck me as being very dainty and feminine.

Since it's Lakeside time, here goes. I added my first last spring, Lakeside Cupcake. I'm perplexed where to place this little beauty. It looked like C__P in a very short time with a little sun and some slug attention. I think I moved it twice. Adding my abuse and mother natures, I'm wondering if I should just count my losses. You can see the sad little thing in my photo, all the plants around it are happy, this was before it looked it's worst. My first thought is it's just not tough enough for my liking : (

Sherry

I finally jumped on the Lakeside bandwagon after seeing a photo of Steve in Mass beautiful Lakeside Frosted Mint.

Lakeside Dividing Line new last year.

I didn't know there were so many Lakesides!..I see why Paula gave Lakesides their own post..have an unidentified that could be a Dragonfly..should take a good look this year..

Karin..is Lakeside Lollipop fragrant?..has white blooms right?..thought of you when I saw this..but you need a raise because you bought lots of hostas! haha..

Okay, I have questions! I have a good amount of hosta but I am completely oblivious to this Lakeside thing. How are they different from regular hostas?

Lakeside Spellbinder

Lakeside Shore Master in early spring.

Maybe heat tolerant is the wrong description. That is probably a side effect of their breeding. They were bred in Tennessee by Mary Chastain specifically for a longer growing season. In an article I read, she said she hated it when her hosta went down before the frost. So, she bred hosta to look better longer in her extended growing season.

Rob Canning bought the whole kit and caboodle a few years ago and moved everything to Michigan. He, I understand, is still breeding hosta and marketing them as Lakesides. It's not likely that hosta he breeds will have the same properties as the ones bred by Ms. Chastain. However, I don't keep up with things as closely as I used to, so am not up on what is happening now in regards to Lakeside hosta.

If you check the hostalibrary.org, you will find Lakesides have their own section there as well.

bkay

For those with questions, Mary Chastain was a hosta hybridizer who named
all her hostas Lakeside ______ . She lived in Tennessee
so they've been said to be good in warmer southern climates as well as anywhere else one can grow hostas.

I found this older interview you might want to read... Interview with Mary Chastain

Flintstones chewables almost make me spew my coffee! You are certainly getting a great range of LS's Paula.

No pics of LS Cupid's Cup, Keepsake, Love Affair, Midnight Miss, Rhapsody, Spellbinder or Zesty Zeno.

Need Prophecy & Prophecy Fulfilled, Frosted Mint plus....

Like the Dinos, Paula! Best Wishes!!

Lakeside Paisley Print 6-20-17

Lakeside Lollipop

Lakeside Dragonfly

Lakeside Shore Master 6-23-17

Lakeside Neat Petite.....pretty little one

Lakeside Kaleidoscope

Lakeside Black Mama

Lakeside Midnight Miss

Lakeside Cupcake

Lakeside Meter Maid 6-28-17

One more LS....

Lakeside San Ho Tia.... new one. If anyone has a mature one I would love to see it.

Rob Canning is still a great source for LS and other Hosta, as bkay said.... including some original stock. Several of mine came from Rob. https://www.facebook.com/groups/robshostas/?ref=nf_target&fref=nf

You have a lot of masterfully grown hosta, mbug. Making me so anxious to do some garden touring this year. Any hosta conventions coming your way soon?

Lakeside Banana Bay

sandyslopes..great article about Mary Chastain..now Lakesides are even more appealing to me knowing the story behind them..

nicholsworth, I don't think Ls Lollipop is fragrant. It has cute white flowers and the contrast with the dark green leaves is nice. I will check this summer :-)

The new stairs are ordered and the plan is made where to put them. The parcels will come in from end of March to June :-) But not as much as last year and mostly dwarf and small hostas.

I would love to have LS Frosted Mint, the color is really special...

Ls. Cha Cha, with a weirdy tubular leaf.

LS. Kaleidoscope

LS. Lolipop, new last year.

I acquired LS Cupcake at an end of season sale last summer, no pics yet. I have LS Little Tuft and Elfin Fire on my wishlist. The only LS I have is LS Paisley Print which I thought was dead but it really is just a slow grower. I've had it for about 3 years.

I ordered L. Breaking News pre-season last year, but due to a crop failure, I didn't get it. L. Cupcake didn't perform well for me either. I think mine had too much sun and slugs too. I put it in a pot so I could move it around to fine tune its location better next year.

I love the color on L. Old Smokey

My L Paisley Print is still young, but love this leaf.

I have always wanted Lakeside Cindy Cee but have not yet purchased. Here are my two Lakesides:

Lakeside Paisley Print

Lakeside Cupcake

You're all making me want Paisley Print. Those leaves are so pretty.

peren.all/ Laurie, do you know what that seedling is from? It sure doesn't look like the Down Sized that's hanging over it.

I made an effort to get some pics of my expanding Lakeside collection.

As with any group there are some old ones, some very young ones and a few that are struggling. Here are the best of what I have.

Lakeside Baby Face recently divided.

LS. Cindy Cee

Dave

A few more

LS. Kaleidoscope

LS. Paisley Print

LS. Prophecy Fulfilled

LS. Ripples

LS. Shore Master

LS. Zinger

Very nice Lakesides, Dave! Where did you buy Cindy Cee?

I like your LS Old Smokey and LS Ripples, but they seem to be too big for my garden:-)

No Lakeside hostas here but I did enjoy a lakeside view last night. lol

Lake Michigan

Geez, Jerry, flew north for the winter?

Now I want Paisley Print and Midnight Mass!

Thanks for the info, sandyslopes and bkay. Very interesting!

Sandyslopes, hope you do purchase a Lakeside Paisley Print. You will love it. The interview link with Mary Chaisson very informative!

Thanks for making an effort of posting pictures of your Lakesides, Tiddisolo---so many great ones!

Lakeside Paisley Print (thought it was so nice that I bought a second one!)

Lakeside Love Affaire

Still going strong in October (below):

No picture of my newly acquired Lakeside Prophecy Fulfilled. So glad I finally purchased it!

sandyslopes my best guess is that the seedling under LS Down Sized is from Mystic Star. I quite like it so I will be happy when I move it and get to see the blooms.

Great looking LS Love Affair newhostalady. Happy you got Prophecy Fulfilled it is gorgeous.

So many great ones here. They are clearly very popular over the pond too!

I just ordered lakeside meter maid. It stood out among all the other hostas offered. Glad to know there are so many fans and I anxious to get mine and see it in person

I see there are many more I'd like to have but maybe another year

Thanks, StevePa.......secret is only take pictures when they look good...lol!

On order: Shore Master, Old Smokey, and Love Affaire. I think I need to seek out a LS Breaking News as well.

Nice collection Dave in Wales!

Just one, Lakeside Paisley Print

I've got 2 Lakeside Paisley Prints--the larger one has grown very well--I bought a small one which has languished. I also have 3 Lakeside Shoremaster. I got Lakeside Prophecy and Prophecy Fulfilled at the very end of the season--hope they do well this coming year. I started out getting them because I thought that I could get hostas which would be deep green (like the pictures on the Hosta Library) and contrast well with my variegated leaves but then I was told that no one has ever seen that color outside of Mary Chastain's garden.

What lovely Lakesides. I only have two to show and 1 I don't know what is going on with it.

Beth, that LS Black Satin looks like it might be planted too deep. I almost lost my Earth Angel when she sunk down into the whiskey barrel she was in.

zkathy, thank you for the advice I will check black satin's planting depth in the spring if she comes back up.

miles10612, Re: the colour of Mary Chastain's hostas.... I've read that an addition of Epsom Salts will make a green hosta darker and more vigorous. Also helps in controlling slugs. I've never actually tried it so don't know if it really works.

I am going to try that this year. When I ordered some plants from Rob Canning that were being offered online here in 2016, I asked him about the deep green hostas pictured in the Hosta Library. He indicated that the pictures taken at Mary Chastain's were accurate but that others have not had luck in duplicating them in their yards. That being said, I still like my Lakeside hostas but I would sure like some of them to be darker green.

I love most of the Lakesides. Lk. Black Satin has been moved around the garden since 2003. It hasn't grown much at all and never looks like it should. I also have 2 Lk. Paisley Prints. One of them started to look like it was happy last year. As to being Dark Green Lk. Storm Watch has been the most successful for me so far.

Most of my favorites have already been posted above but here are a few others.

I've had Lk. Blue Jeans since 2006. It never did well. I finally moved it in 2016 to the east side of this wall. It really started to shine.

Storm Watch does look dark green--In the Country Garden has it for sale, perhaps I will get it this year? Blue Jeans looks very blue, how long does it keep that nice color in your yard?

Hi Miles. Yes this plant does keep its color. It has become one of my favorite blues. It's in a bright east facing location which I think helps. Here is a picture from the beginning of Aug. this year.

Here is a picture from 2016 at the end of Sept. which was the first year in this spot.

Lakeside Grumpy Green

Lakeside Uh-Huh

Lakeside Blue Confusion

koffmann, we haven't seen you for a while...Please come back in summer with more pictures of those big Lakesides :-)

mctav, your blue hostas always get my attention! The Lakeside Blue Jeans is beautiful, and the two blues to the left of Lakeside Sparkle Plenty look nice too. This time I gotta ask about a yellow hosta though. If you don't mind, could you tell me what is to the right of Lakeside Storm Watch?

I don't have any Lakesides yet, but your guys' Paisley Print looks tempting (as does that Blue Jeans). I had to stop adding any more names to my wish list since it got way too long with this year's alphabet and I probably won't be able to add many hostas on this year. Anxious (and excited) to see if all of last year's additions come back this Spring, and how they look this year. Pip counting can't get here soon enough!

Lakeside Roy El

Karin, I not unlike my Hosta, tend to hibernate during the winter. But now that I have pips galore I will definately be posting more. I may have to wait until some get grown though, because I didnt tag my Lakesides last year, and a majority of them are in identical pots. So, it may take until June until I am sure which plant is which. No worries though, I'm sure I will have some quick ID's on most of them.

If we ever thaw out enough here in New England, my one and only Lakeside might grow. Then I can post a photo and ask for help with ID! LOL!

Hibernating through winter sounds so good koffman, I should try myself :-) Not many pips here so far, still temperatures below zero and spring takes it's time this year...

Ordered Lakeside Khum Khaw and get Lakeside Neat Petite from a friend, will be interesting to see them together.