Hosta G 2018 ......The real one
Lets try this again. It was way to early this morning. Show me some Gs:
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Comments (44)"I must say I'm really enjoying all the pics of Great Expectations. I thought it was one that was difficult for some people. Am I mistaken?" North53 It'll grow in your driveway. ;0 I have 2 new ones this year and they are doing great. Many have problems and many have tried several times and failed. I'm told my first year success is be too premature to claim success. It seems they do better in colder climates, which would be a plus for you. I think if you can get them some morning sun and dappled shade in the afternoon and don't move it you will probably join the successful. You are definitely not wrong in thinking it can be difficult. Jon...See MoreHosta G 2014
Comments (123)Bennie, What beautiful photos! All your plants are perfect. I even like Guardian Angel which I'm usually not a fan of. I hope my Gypsy Rose someday gets as beautiful as yours. Keep posting, Myrle (McTavish)...See MoreJanuary 2018, Week 2....The Week The Tomato Cravings Set In?
Comments (95)LOLOLOL. Doofus. No one was mean! Not at all. Just that they don't like folks going onto the site and doing something different. I can really actually see their point. It'd be different if I'd been winter-sowing for 5 years. It'd be like a brand new gardener coming into the FB forum and telling everyone they're going to plant their entire garden in hay bales. Or stuff like that, you know? What was a little exasperating was that some of them didn't read the post entirely and so it wasn't really a dialogue. No matter. All is good. But if they're mean again, I'll sic you onto them. ROTFL! AND, can't you find anything that contains collagen on a vegan diet?? (Not being vegan, I would not know that, you know.) Rebecca, I'm not as worried about them frying, I mean there are a ton of holes in them. Further, cross currents are usually more effective at bringing breezes through than from just one direction. I will say, that even had I put holes in the top, I still would have put holes in the sides, too. But. Okay tell you what. I'll go put a couple holes in the tops of some of them! LOL My larger concern is the bottom watering, just because I haven't seen anyone else doing it. I can't imagine why it won't work, since the indoor seedlings prefer bottom watering. But I'm still nervous about it. Could you please give me your thoughts on that? (Our first row of holes above the bottom is 1 1/2 inches high, which was exactly as much water as it took to dampen all the pots.) At any rate, yes, if I notice anything going awry, I'll spring into action to correct. I would say in Oklahoma ANYONE who WSes is in danger of frying the plants! We ALL need to keep our eyes on that possibility, right? But yes, with you working, you're not around to hover over them like I am. NOW. In the horrible event that I get called out of town for emergencies, I'll have to hire my nearby gardener friend! . . . Then I'd probably move everything closer in to the house for a minimal amount of sun. But then so would a lot of the rest of you be in trouble, too. Last year, I spent a good bit of time scooting my 15-gallon fabric container pots back closer to the house (and under the half roof on that part of the deck, either to get them out of the sun, or to protect them from the rains POURing down. I can certainly do that with the totes, too. Yes, Dawn. . . . Rebecca's cute little daisy was discussed in this article. I loved it and got a good laugh. http://dailyimprovisations.com/fun-flowers-to-grow-from-seed-cape-daisy-or-venidium-fastuosum This hybrid. . . . I think it'd be great to actually get even just a few seeds to see if any of them turn out to be true to the type--that would be very cool. If I live another 4 years, Dawn, I won't be winter-sowing anymore either, as I believe I'm growing everything I'll ever need to grow (perennial/herb/hardy annual-wise) this year. Hmmm. Who am I gonna unload these totes and pots on. Here I was thinking it was going to be one of those depreciation items. Perhaps not. . . .LOL Oh, Dawn, that is very upsetting about something scary out there. Please keep us posted. And along the subject of pets, I also would rather watch puppies OR kitties than almost anything. We are loving Tom and Jerry. . . even Titan is just fascinated. These guys certainly are not anything like Daffy. He sees possibilities with them being entertainment. But occasionally gets over-enthusiastic. He thinks it's fine for him to lunge at them as they race past him (and it's not, we tell him), but he is VERY touchy so far when one of them tries to attack his tail or foot. We think it's very funny of course, but he at least hasn't snapped at them, just kinda growled/woofed them off. That is VERY good on his part. Also when they would approach his dinner. . .THAT is his wild animal trigger response. We've worked and worked and worked with him on that one. We normally shut them in the cats' room (formerly the art room) to be eating their own dinner, but before we got wised up to that, they'd go over to HIS food dish--I almost got bit once, as did Garry once. There were severe penalties involved. Also a bratty 3-yr old liked to tease him with it--unfortunately, he was the one who paid--but so did she. So it was fairly miraculous that when the kittens tried to interfere, all he did was growl angrily and boy did they back off quickly. We're feeling very good about the kittens and Titan, they all three are fascinated with each other and full of good cheer. But Titan IS part wolf, after all, and we always are very aware of him--in unexpected situations. I am 100% certain GDW and I are gold with him. But I always keep an eye on him when he indicates he's uncomfortable with someone or a certain situation, and usually take him into the house then. The kittens are his first test situation with trust, and he's doing SUPER, but we still keep an eye on him. Little thinker, Tom, has now finally decided GDW is okay, too, and so now is landing on HIS lap and in HIS way. They're just precious, both of them. Kim, I missed your supportive post earlier, that was SO sweet!!! Thanks for believing in me--you KNOW I believe in you, too. You are a marvel! We're both kinda Ruth Stout people, I think. Ruth definitely figured out what worked for her and followed that path! But if the rumor Amy heard about Ruth is true, that she gardened naked, I know neither of US is gonna do that. I don't even like wearing short-sleeved T-shirts while gardening. Gardening is like full armor down here! Okay okay, I admit. Oklahoma gardening is not easy!!! It's the damn bugs!!! The critters! The aphids, the bad beetles, the slugs, the ticks, the chiggers, the fleas, the voles, the gophers. .............................................. a person in OK would have to be insane to be gardening in their shorts and tank tops and flip-flops and bare-handed, in my opinion! Let alone naked. Amy and Eileen, tomorrow our trip to Broken Arrow. Our whole day affair. Short notice, so maybe we can actually plan the next trip. But if you can meet up, let me know. However, Amy has a good point--will have more seeds if we meet up in a couple more weeks--maybe we should start talking about that--the seeds we have to give. Aldi, then back through Wagoner for buttermilk and candles, and then back home. We have been SO hunkered down here. And you guys who are so tired of winter? We are, too, of course, but you know what? I've made my peace with it, somehow. I wasn't allowed to hunker down in MN or WY, working every day all through the winter nonsense. It was COLD. Not easy, especially with vehicles. Those of us smart ones (sometimes I was smart, sometimes not so much so) had engine heaters for the cars plugged in for overnight. When I lived with my son and his family in Mpls, we had a street-level garage, but the rest of the property sloped steeply up. When it snowed, we'd have great fun the first few snows in December; partying out there in the driveway--with the snowblower and the others using shovels. By February or earlier when the drifts next to the driveway were up to 5-6 feet, not so much fun. It was so MUCH colder and more brittle and so much dryer in WY and MN in the winter. But I don't care. It's COLD here. I'm with the rest of ya. I used to trot out on my patio in Mpls when it was -10, in my short nightgown, for a last cigarette. It's all just so weird! Well, HJ, speaking of rambling!...See MoreHosta Flowers 2018
Comments (44)Welcome Erin! I look forward to seeing photos of your plants & garden. Plants passed along by our much loved family members are something to be treasured. It's wonderful that you can share this hobby/obsession with your family. Sounds like plants and happy memories are growing in your garden....See More- 5 years agolast modified: 5 years ago
Golden Meadows
Gold Drop
Grand Prize
Golden Bullion
Gypsy Rose (I had her potted and overwintered in the shed - voles got into the shed and chewed up a lot of hosta roots and this was one casualty. I planted her in the ground in the spring so I hoping she comes back strong this year).
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Guardian Angel
Gypsy Rose
Guacamole
Golden Tiara , Has suffered snail damage.
Gold Standard
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoPaula..just my opinion but I think it's dumb that a poster can't edit (or delete) their post whenever they want..
Glorious G's everyone!..I'm loving everyone's Goodness Gracious..I have 2 pics to share..
Gold Standard?
Golden Tiara by the sidewalk..
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Guacamole on the right (Stained Glass in the left)
Gold Drop
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5 years agoI know I haven't piped-up in the rest of the alphabet, but I can't help but add a 'Guacamole' flower - for Don (-:
Pieter
5 years agoPeren- Goober really appeals to me. The flowers/scapes are just right... and those rounded leaves with pebbly texture!
Geisha... poor thing was eaten down to the quick several times last summer, but kept coming back, and I’m anxious to see it in spring:
Gold Regal... need to move this one before it gets any larger:
Golden Tiara:
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Sun 1-6-19..Get some Autumn ferns if you don't have any..they look Great with hostas..nice to have some Green when the hosta aren't around..first pic has a hellebore..epimediums..pachysandra.. boxwoods..
5 years agoGreat pictures everyone.
I spent most of last year taking pics of my seedlings and so not much to offer here this year.
Golden Oriole
Ghost Spirit
A new Galaxy in 2017 just unfurling in the Spring
Gunther's Prize
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5 years agoAlso need to catch up on my G's
Ghost Spirit, new in 2018
Gold Regal
Gold Standard
Golden Meadows
Golden Tiara
Great Expectations
Guacamole
Guardian Angel
- 5 years agoanyone else have strong winds today?..fortunately this fell right in the path!..no wonder I can't keep the place tidy..
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Interesting that Giantland Mouse Cheese is lutescent, peren.all. I like having some hostas that are lutescent. It gives me something else to look forward to later on in the season.
I've been delayed posting as my fridge died. So I've been throwing out food, sorting food, storing in the garage etc. But found a fridge now and it is due to arrive tomorrow. Hurray!
Golden Meadows. I love this hosta. Amazing how different it looks later on in the season.
Golden Sculpture. A bit slow growing for me, but the leaves are getting bigger and it is developing corrugation which I love.
Golden Tiara. From my neighbor's garden. In memory.
Grand Prize
Guacamole. I had more dried edges on my hostas this year. Not sure if it was a watering issue or media issue, or both!
Guardian Angel. This one is coming along. I am not convinced that GA's like to live in pots.
Gypsy Rose. Mine was growing well and then began to deteriorate. It's making a comeback now. This is actually two that I put side by side.
Great Expectations
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5 years agoGosan Sunproof in mid-April. One of the earlier-rising hostas in my gardens.
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5 years agoGorgeous G's. hesitant to post mine but here they are anyway.
Great Expectations
Guacamole
Golden Tiara
Golden Tiara, ring around the dogwood tree
Gold Standard
Gold Regal
Gold Drop
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Terrific pictures everyone! It makes me smile to think so many others are out taking photos of their gardens ...while the neighbours look on, perplexed.
One more G - Gold Standard
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Yes it is terrible when our appliances give out. For the most part it is unforeseen. My fridge was 18 years old. So my lesson is: considering buying a replacement fridge at least before it's 15 years old. It's just not worth the upheaval it brings. Appliances just aren't built to last these days. In fact our salesman said fridges are made to last only ten years!
I am sorry to hear about the damage your dishwasher has caused sandyslopes. When insurance is involved, it's never as quickly resolved as when they are not. But sounds like your getting the repairs and clean up taken care of. I hope it will be quicker than you think!
Gr. Ex. mid October
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Thanks, Sandyslopes, I wish my Guacamole was getting a little bit more sun, but it loves where it is. Here's another funny leaf from my smaller Guacamole:
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