Hey, I was hoping to start a thread where you all would just post what is looking good in you garden today, what you find odd, etc. I really like looking at everyone's pictures.
This is my favorite hosta du jour, Cathedral Windows.
Hosta Musings
I can practically hear this frog thinking, "You can't see me!"
Rainforest Sunrise about to get eaten by Sum & Substance.
These are my 2yr old babies out in the 2baby beds outside. Look at that yellow one. YIPY !!!!! BEV
Not much to see here yet ... I'll have to wait to post until some hostas unfurl.
Love the little frog ... what hosta is he sitting on?
Sandy
Bressingham Blue after 8 yrs of babing. BEV
Carnival comeing on strong.
Choo Choo Train
Love the pics. Like Sandy said, a bit early for us though my Obsession and Cracker Crumbs are both unfurling. Save the pic with the frog for the photo contest.
Fragrant Bouquet.
Fried Bananas
Frosted Jade
Love the frog pic! He looks so cute and content snuggled in there.
Nothing to show here yet, either. They are all taking their sweet time.
Orange Marmalade looks so pretty in the spring!
Brother Stefan was new last year...was glad that he came back!
Key Lime Pie was new last year too. It is planted in memory of my dad. His favorite dessert was Key Lime Pie!
Ooh La La is two years old...looking much better this year!
June...what more do you need to say!
Don't you just love JUNE!!!
Little Sunspot
Stained Glass
No wonder there have been few pics lately- didn't occur to me that everyone's hostas were not up. I have about 75 varieties and they've all emerged. Only one bit the dust- 'Revolution.' Temps here are already in the mid 80s and it's only dropping into the 60s at night.
I think the frog is on 'Frances Williams.' The squirrels have played havoc with my labels this year.
Jenny
I'm clearly gonna have to get me an Orange Marmalade. How many eyes on your Brother Stephan? Mine was new last year, but it still has just one eye. Sorry about the lost Revolution. Sandy will be happy to know that the eye she gave me of Revolution two years ago after mine died now has three eyes. Not open yet, but up!
Brother Stefan is 3 eyes ..just had to go look!
Man, you fellow zone 5'ers are so far ahead of me- you're killing me! I think we desperately need some rain to make stuff start to happen.
Nanny you are only half a zone warmer than me and your 'Orange Marmalade' looks a lot better than mine does! Mine was planted last year and is coming back as two puny eyes. I wonder if I need to move it, it is right under a maple and the other hosta planted close to it, 'Barbara Ann' appears not to have made it. Maybe that one spot is just not hospitalable because of the maple. Hostas ten feet away are doing great and up much higher.
Elizabeth
We've had a ton of rain this past week, but it has been COLD - 40's and such. I think that slowed a few things down. Some of my hostas showed pips earlier than others but they are really taking their sweet time to emerge. It seems like 'Gunther's Prize' shot up tremendously, but 'Jack of Diamonds' and 'Jimmy Crack Corn' are not much higher this week than they were two weeks ago.
Elizabeth, It takes everything lots more time under a Maple because of the trees shallow roots taking all the water Sum & Substance uncurling three yrs old.
Too much rain making my White Feathers sick. Should I take them out and pot them up for the summer?? BEV
I am in zone 5b but I am very close to the edge of 6a. So I am finding it does make a bit of a difference than when I lived about 45 miles farther north.
dragonfly62 - I'd watch White Feathers for a short time and if it doesn't dry up, yes, I think I would pot it.
It has been pouring and they look worse so will pot up today!! Thanks BEV
I didn't think you could get too much rain for hostas! Poor White Feathers. :(
I love seeing fresh hosta pics! Thanks for sharing everyone! I need to get out there and get some pics!
Hawkeye
'So Sweet' has some funky leaves this year.
Jewel of the Nile
These were both in one pot labeled 'Paul's Glory.' I split it up when I bought it. Now I have three of the yellow, and two of the one with more green. Any ideas which one is actually Paul's Glory because I see pictures of both under that name.
The one in the front looks like my Paul's Glory - it has a wider margin. The back one looks like Gold Standard to me.
Sandy
I was gonna say the other way around until I looked at my pics from last year.
Borders - I think the key thing with moisture for hostas is really good drainage. I had one last year that got into a spot of clay soil and started dropping leaves. It spent the rest of the summer in a pot.
I'd be VERY interested in seeing how your So Sweet develops during the season.
Ann
