Hosta W 2017
Well I slept in. I do feel better almost kicked this cold. Just do not make me laugh as I still cough. I hope no one else gets this. Thank you again everyone for nursing me along.
W. Double Us? or Double Vs? Apparently Double Us won. I would have voted for the Vs.
Lets see your winning W hostas today.
Oh I am on vacation for this week. Don't want to work anymore just want to retire. I will before December.
This was a photo of the Eclipse of the sun.
And finally : Why on a hosta forum does this forum always think hosta is misspelled? Just wondering..................
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6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoGlad your feeling better and hope your cold doesn't linger. If I hurry with this post, I can be first! Guess I'm getting addicted to the alphabet now.
My double V's (is it too late to change, and the Czechs do call it double-V) are still young and I didn't get any good pics. but I do like this young Warwick Comet:
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6 years agoSleeping in is good, upcoming retirement is good. The eclipse pic almost eclipsed the jokes. Glad you are feeling better!
Warwick Comet - young but I am looking forward to getting it in the ground.
ditto for Wave Runner.
Wide Brim
Winsome budding
Winsome
Winter Snow early season and then later - in my top 3
Wolverine
Woodland Elf
Wylde Green Cream
6 years agoNow that the cold is about gone you can retire!
Whirlwind
Whitewall Tire
Wide Brim
Winter Snow
Wolverine
Wolverine on the right in the garden
Winter Snow in the garden
6 years agoGlad to hear that you feel better, Paula. I hate to go to the doctor. Sitting around 3 hours with sick people always means I get something on top...
I love my job but after 40 years of work I'm really looking forward to retirement...still 4-5 years to go...
Winter Snow looks gorgeous, good that I ordered it a few weeks ago...too big for my garden :-) but maybe I can enjoy it as long as it fits into a pot...
I love Warwick Comet!
I got War Paint last summer and it was already green. I hope it will look better this spring otherwise I need a new one...
Love on first sight...Waterslide...
Whiskey Sour is so nice in spring...
Karin
6 years agoOnly one W for me, I need to do better next season with the camera! Here is Wheee!
Sherry
6 years agoI have Wheee..what a fun name!..no pic..mine is not as pretty as Sherry's but I'm hoping..a Wacky pic..not much job security..
ilovetogrow z9 Jax Florida thanked nicholsworth Z6 Indianapolis
6 years agoMy W's don't do them justice, but I see some above that do!
W. Comet-Sept, 12
World Cup, so hard to capture this one's essence in a photo. Another Sept. pic, close to 30" tall.
- 6 years agoWheee! Yes, that is the correct spelling, complete with the ! And three e’s.
Widebrim, on the right
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoMy DH's cough lasted 2 weeks after his cold seemed to be over. He said the same thing, "Don't make me laugh." And yeah, why does hosta get underlined as an incorrect word?
Karin, I'm glad you showed Waterslide because I ordered it. I'm excited to get it!
Nice W's everyone!
Wheee!
White Bikini
White Bikini closeup
Wide Brim ...Mine marches to the beat of its own drummer. ;-)
Winsome
6 years agoperen.... awesome looking Winter Snow and Wide Brim....and lots of other nice W pics.
Warwick Comet
Waukon Glass...on right
What's That
Wheee!
Wheee! leaf
Whirlwind
Winter Snow
Wolverine
Wolverine in container
Wylde Green Cream
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6 years agoWhat wonderful W's. Here are mine:
Winter Snow
Whirlwind new this year, but by the end of the season lost most of it's varigation.
Whirlwind
Widebrim
Wheee
Wheee later in the season looking a little ragged
Woloverine, one of my favorites. looks nice all season, here in June
and Wolverine in mid August.
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6 years agoHope you are over your cold now Paula.
Only one photo of a W. for last summer. Unfortunately I took very few photos last season. I will have to make up for it this spring/summer.
Wolverine
And then on October 21st, 2017
But once upon a time I had a very nice Wide Brim
I bought it in the days before I went hosta crazy. Unfortunately it took me years to discover it was virused!
So now I was thinking I will just move on and get something newer and "better" to replace it. But you all have shown me your beautiful Wide Brim's, and I have fallen in love again! So I have decided I've got to get a replacement!
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There were a few sunken areas like the one below. They can be easily missed. Photos sometimes help to "see" these.
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6 years agoWater Slide
Wings of a Prayer
Wrinkle In Time on the left, Flash Forward on the right. Picked them up at a small nursery we passed on the way to the airport coming home from a MIL visit last summer. Here they are in my carry on under the seat. TSA had a bit of confusion over how to approve them. I think they ran them through the X-ray machine.
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Tiddisolo Wales UK