Hosta Blue 2019 ....
It is 32 degrees here and I am turning blue. Show me something blue today:
Next: Green
Have a great day everyone!!
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Beth (5b - SE-Michigan)
4 years agoA couple Blues
Hadspen Blue
Blue Angel
Bulletproof
Fragrant Blue and Halcyon
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nicholsworth Z6 Indianapolis
4 years ago#1 Blue Angel..#2 Elegans in front with a smaller Abiqua Drinking Gourd behind it..then an Elegans volunteer on the right..#3 Krossa Regal bottom right..Elegans at the top..the blues are beautiful 🌿
oursteelers 8B PNW
4 years agonicholsworth Z6 Indianapolis
4 years agooursteelers..thanks..my favorite too..I've been so happy that it's almost March!..then Wednesday we had snow..my birdfeeder from the family room window..playing with filters again..
oursteelers 8B PNW
4 years agonicholsworth Z6 Indianapolis
4 years agooursteelers..thanks and I agree..if you must have snow our view is about as good as it gets..
steve duggins(Z6a) - Central Ohio
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoMy best blue last year - Prairie Skies
Awakening Angel
Joy Ride
Parisian Silk
nicholsworth Z6 Indianapolis
4 years agooursteelers 8B PNW
4 years agosteve duggins(Z6a) - Central Ohio
4 years agoYes its Wheee!
Prairie Skies even looks good mid July after I moved it.
peren.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada
4 years agoPaula that is cold for you! Don't know id this will warm you up or not, with the windchill it is -14C here that would be 6F for you.
Just gorgeous everyone, I adore the blue.
nw that is a pretty dusting of snow! I know it is not what you want though!
We got a fair bit of snow yesterday. This is just one small bank after we got plowed. My plow guy came with his huge front end loader instead of his truck. At least Luke is happy.
Blue Angel
BME
Cloudburst
Cupatini - especially for you oursteelers!
El Nino
Elegans very early season.
Gemstone
Halcyon
Indigo
nicholsworth Z6 Indianapolis
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoperen.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada
4 years agoA few more.
Krossa Regal
Love Pat
Miss Linda Smith
Monashee Blue Cup
Mystic Star
Powder Blue
Regal Splendor
peren.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada
4 years agoLast ones- I did say I liked the blue.
Silver Bay
Smokey Mountains
S
Venetian Star
oursteelers 8B PNW
4 years ago
djacob Z6a SE WI
4 years ago
Prairie Sky in this row stands out as a real blue. Sorry I don’t have a better picture.
peren.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada
4 years agoBeth (5b - SE-Michigan)
4 years ago
Laura z4b / Helsinki, Finland
4 years agoI have a row of different blues living side by side (too crowded I know, have to make them more room pretty soon) but it’s nice to be able to compare different hues.
From left to right: ’El Nino’, ’Blueberry Muffin’, ’Mourning Dove’ and ’ Queen of the Seas’ - and there is a small ’Rhino Hide’ with only a few leaves in front of BM and MD.
Under, photo of ’Flemish Sky’ and ’Blue Cadet’ leaves on the right:
oursteelers 8B PNW
4 years agodjacob Z6a SE WI
4 years ago
mbug_gw
4 years agoSome late editions for the blues...
Blue Angel
Blue Cadet
Blue Flame
Bulletproof
Dean's Dream
Tom Schmid
Sky Dancer
old_dirt 6a
4 years agoOne of my favorite blues, have to get the pic just at the right time.
Krossa Regal
Karin Black Cat
4 years agoIT's not easy to get pictures of blue hosta at the right time, but sometimes...
Valley's Blue Print
Chiemsee Blaue Taube
Flemish Sky
Blue Skin
Krossa Regal, still one of my favourites :-)
undertheoaksgardener7b
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoI just ordered Krossa Regal. Here are blues from last season.
Abiquiu Drinking Gourd in May.
Deep Blue Sea in July
Tokudama in August
Parisian Silk in May
Mystic Star in May.
And these 10/26/19First Frost
Beth (5b - SE-Michigan)