Jo..if you post a Blue Mouse Ears I can comment lol..I should know these but I'm tired and just not sure..is the last one Devon Green?..

Lol, I just happen to have a BME to post later because I'm having difficulty posting additional photos right now...so rest up! ;-)

The last one is Sweet Bo Peep, a sweet little hosta and a sport of Invincible.

Absolutely, Windymess! Do you have one?

I gotta move north, my hosta look like manure compared to yours, josephines.

Whatever the first one is, it's eye-popping!

Enjoying your photos....Mourning Dove (if I'm correct) looks so elegant!.

Oh yes- mbug, #7 does look like Mourning Dove... at least it looks like mine.

Yes, Jo- I got Antioch this year... enabled by you and previous pictures of your beautiful specimen! Mbug, didn’t you recently post a great photo of Antioch?

And Steve- I too sometimes wish I were somewhere further north... it certainly seems to make a difference in the hostas.

They all look healthy and pretty! I really like the first photo, almost looks like a watercolor painting.

Great photos and hostas again Jo! I'm with sandyslopes---the first photo is gorgeous! I don't know which hosta any of them are!

Thank you for looking and for the very kind words and compliments my Hosta friends. :-)

Before I identify #1, I want to share some of my thoughts with you all. When looking through my pictures in search of post-worthy shots, I found some “leafy” shots. Close-ups add a mystique to hostas that a whole plant can’t sometimes match. The colours seem to me to be more pronounced and sometimes I am surprised to find an additional hue in a margin I wasn’t aware of when looking at the whole plant. Sometimes, when I am admiring a whole plant I get distracted by colour, leaf and mound shape ... and it’s not until I take a picture and enlarge it later to examine it... that I find that extra-something... as in picture #1.

The first photo is of LIBERTY! It isn’t easy to discern its size or shape from this close-up and the seasonal colour has transitioned to a whiter margin, making it more difficult to identify. I didn’t intend to stump you with that photo but I guess I did anyway, lol.

Steve, you maintain beautiful hostas so I’m feeling a bit heady by your flattering comment! :D

Mbug, so many people have enabled me but I think it was your beautiful (you are not capable of taking anything but perfect pictures) photo of Mourning Dove that told me I had to get one! I wish I could protect it more from water and weather blemishes.

Windymess, I am thrilled you liked Antioch enough to get one for yourself and that I can take the credit, lol! Makes me proud of my Antioch! It is one of the exceptional oldies that may be under-rated. Always looks good, doesn’t it? Mbug’s recent posting of Antioch proves it!

Sandyslopes, thank you and I agree as it’s a favourite picture among a handful ... I may have to create a collage to frame - during the winter.

1. Liberty

2. Plantaginea

3. Antioch

4. The Minnesota Mafia

5. Ops

6. Revolution

7. Mourning Dove

8. Sweet Bo Peep

They really are still beautiful! All that waiting for spring to come has yielded its dividend!

Absolutely gorgeous! I was right on #6 at least. I have that and knew it was Revolution.

I have decided to dig up more grass because I have have to have all 7 that I don't have!! Lots of work to do! I also agree that a close-up view of the leaves, stalks and flower heads really helps with identifying hostas and showing them off as well.

All I can say is WOW! Beautiful plants and excellent photography. Thank you for sharing them with us.

Thank you to all for the lovely compliments! Glad you enjoyed the pictures.:-)