Hosta M 2017
Show us your M hostas today!
Darn The Jaguars will not be in the Super Bowl. That was very exciting for my city. Next year.
Comments (53)
windymess z6a KC, Ks
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoTwo new Ms this past summer:
Manhattan
Mourning Dove
Photos were from September. I also planted a Minuteman late in the season, but apparently I didn’t take his picture. And a small montana Aureomarginata, but again no picture.
steve duggins(Z6a) - Central Ohio
6 years agoI need to take more pictures. Here's Mini Skirt on the way up and looked good all season, but no more pics.
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Beth (5b - SE-Michigan)
6 years agoWhat magnificent M's today. I am enjoying looking at all the beautiful plants and dreaming of spring.
Here are my M's
Maui Buttercups still tiny, I am hoping for a jump this year.
Moonlight Sonata in June
Moonlight Sonata in August
sunnywood4bChazyNY
6 years agoMad About Blue
Magic Fire
Mango
ManhattanMaraschino Cherry
Maui Buttercups
May
Megans Angel New last year
Minnesota Wild
Minuteman
sunnywood4bChazyNY
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoAnd a few more
Mississippi Delta
Montana Aureomarginata
Moon Shadow
Mountain Snow
Midas Touch
Marilyn Monroe
Bill
DelawareDonna Zone 7A
6 years agoMourning Dove and Manhattan are two beauties! My only M -
Moon Dance
Karin Black Cat
6 years agoBeautiful Ms so far, Manhattan is on my list and Moon Dance does not look bad either...
mae (zone 5b On)
6 years agoMoonlight, the first registered sport of Gold Standard. Here in its first year in my garden:
nicholsworth Z6 Indianapolis
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoMarvelous M's everyone!..I think I have Montana Aureomarginatas that came with my house..would like to have a Marilyn Monroe..it's beautiful and the name's fun too..and a Mighty Mouse..love Sherry's collection in the blue bowl..here's a corny cartoon..
an exciting game..the Jaguars were so close!..sorry Paula..
mbug_gw
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoPaula, Iwas rooting for Jags too!
Saija.....MultaSormi is now a must have. How can you pass up soil/dirtfinger!!
zkathy....very nice Mourning Dove!.....peren,,,,,Mystic Star looking great in September ....Donna...any closeups of your Moon Dance? Looks Great! Enjoying everyone pics!
montana Aureomarginata ....from 2016....bad frost damage in 2017 so don't know what to expect this year.
Montana....been very slow and so so
Margie's Angel .....also from 2016...didn't color up this year. Another wait and see.
Marrakech 7-2-17
Maui Buttercups
Mayflower Moon
Mini Skirt
Minuteman
Miss Linda Smith....moved it from pot to ground in 2017. So far so good.
Mourning Dove ....early with raindrops
Thanks! Couple more to come.
DelawareDonna Zone 7A
6 years agolast modified: 6 years ago
Barb Ure Drouillard 6b Canada
6 years ago
sandyslopes z6 n. UT
6 years agosunnywood, nice Magic Fire you have. Can't wait to see it getting bigger.
Moon Split
Minuteman
Mount Tom
Mourning Dove with it's powdery blue leaves in spring.
Barb Ure Drouillard 6b Canada
6 years agoHere are my Ms
Mango Tango - great spring for this one but tough fall and I just hope it comes back.
Might Mouse - love all the mouse hostas.
Midas Mouse - separated the yellow shoots from a variegated hosta. I had high hopes they would survive but I don't think they will be back in the spring :(
Montana Aureomarginata - an exchange with a friend. He gave me a good sized clump but I expect my leaves in the spring will be smaller. I tied up the leaves with a black fabric scrap and then supported the whole plant with a peony cage. It was transplanted in the summer but did fairly well.
Five clumps of Minuteman in my front garden in July.
The flowers were really outstanding on Minuteman this year.
Minuteman in August had some very creamy leaves - hope these shoots come back next year.
StevePA6a
6 years agoAgain, not a good 2017 for my hostas, so all these photos are from 2016.
Mr Blue
May
Moonlight Sonata
Mountain Snow. hope it looks like yours this year, sunnywood.
Majesty
Marilyn Monroe
mbug_gw
6 years agombug_gw
6 years ago
newhostalady Z6 ON, Canada
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoI don't follow football Paula, so I asked my husband about the game. He said that the jaguars played extremely well and deserved to win.
Marilyn Monroe (a very pretty hosta)
Moonlight Sonata (glad to see a few others have it too)
Marrakech (new)
Munchkin Fire (new) I thought this hosta was so cute! I rushed to take a photo of it before it went dormant. I plunked it down beside my elephant ear pot and my new sun mouse. In fact I loved it so much I bought two!
Majesty (This one has been struggling. Maybe it just doesn't like to live in a pot.) I couldn't believe these tulips bloomed last year. For the most part, they will usually come up with buds and the squirrels bite them off before they bloom! I really enjoyed them last spring.
Kindness Matters (NE Ohio 6a)
6 years agoKindness Matters (NE Ohio 6a)
6 years ago
Tiddisolo Wales UK
6 years agoSome beautiful Ms
Miss Linda Smith and Mourning Dove really caught my eye.
Magic Fire starting to unfurl
Marrakech
Majesty
Dave
zkathy z7a NC
6 years agosunnywood4bChazyNY
6 years agosherrygirl zone5 N il
6 years ago
peren.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada
6 years ago
old_dirt 6a
6 years agoMy meager M's. I have a Merry Sunshine but was almost destroyed by slugs this year.
Majesty
Minute Man, has always been somewhat of a disappointment, I think next year it will go out back by the deer border.
Shadow -4A-NB Canada
6 years agonicholsworth Z6 Indianapolis
6 years agoKarin Black Cat
6 years agoStevePA6a
6 years agomctavish9
6 years agoI'm a sucker for the orange/butterscotch color on some hostas. I'd like to see this as a solid if some breeder can figure it out. Below is Mack the Knife
Maya Swingtime a good candidate for the frosted look on a yellow plant that someone was mentioning on a previous post.
2016
Moon Waves needs to be moved. I've had it for ages and it's hardly grown.
The same as other Blue Mouse ears ruffled plants. I found it at a local nursery and named it before seeing the others.
I am always amazed that the beautiful May turns turquoise in the fall.
windymess z6a KC, Ks
6 years agoStevePA6a
6 years agoKindness Matters (NE Ohio 6a)
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agozkathy z7a NC
6 years agosteve duggins(Z6a) - Central Ohio
6 years agoMcT, great plants and informative post. Many plants that were on my list, but I ended up with something similar instead (Sea Gulf Stream instead of Maya Swing Time - please don't tell me how different they are and how I need both, unless you support your claims with pictures, lol). Love the name Mrs. Mouse Ears. Always love seeing May. Its been on my list but couldn't find it, so I got some similar but not quite they same and then when I did find it, it didn't make the cut. If I ever see a nice one for sale in person it will be in my cart.
I cropped a larger picture and found my Mini Skirt under American Choo Choo:
beverlymnz4
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoSome how I missed the M's. I 'll add a couple and move on.
Mirage NR
Mojito
May, mine doesn't turn turquoise, at least I don't think so. I will be watching it closely this fall.
Almost forgot Minnesota Wild.
Kindness Matters (NE Ohio 6a)
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agomctavish9
6 years agoYou guys got me interested in looking back on colors of hosta May. I bought it in 2006 from Hosta Choice nursery. They never made a mistake in their plants that I am aware of. I think it must have something to do with the light and sun levels.
The first couple years it was in half day sun. Looking back at pictures it stayed creamy yellow.
2009 spring
2009 fall in it's permanent location
in 2012 it looks like it turned blue by June
in 2015 it was blue again in sept.
The only thing I can think of is that is dependent on light. The unearthly turquoise color has always appealed to me with this plant.
It has great color through the whole season. Here it is in 2016 (I didn't take may pictures this year).
StevePA6a
6 years agoStevePA6a
6 years agoKindness Matters (NE Ohio 6a)
6 years agomctavish9
6 years agoI don't know Steve. Our season is probably shorter and the summer temperatures are very hot and dry. Mid eighties to mid nineties are usual for most of the summer. The location in the earlier pictures received hours of direct noon day sun which I guess could be why it never built up the wax?
Pampered Peeps, that hosta is Carolina Blue. It did really well there until it over grew it's spot and was moved. Here is a picture in August the summer before I moved it into the woods where it floundered. It is now back in some sun.
StevePA6a
6 years ago
garyz6ohio