Hosta 'Great Expectations'

I have had this plant for 6 years and it has done little,its the only hosta I have not had luck with.

One of my very favorite hostas. Beautiful color and texture. Blooms June-July in my garden.

This is the most outstanding color combination of all my Hostas (the second would be Paul's Glory). I have it in morning light. As others...Read More have noted, it is indeed a slow starter. In our very alkaline clay, I add Fertilome Soil Acidifier + Iron early in spring to my garden, and it makes the blue-green coloration of GE more vibrant.

This is one of those Hostas which can be temperamental in NC. I've tried it twice, both in eastern NC and in the Piedmont. In the ground ...Read Moreit slowly decreased in size, Almost melted away. I loved the foliage so much I put it in a large decorative pot and it has rebounded nicely and now thrives.Been in the same pot for four years and it is beautiful. Best with some morning sun, to maximize the color, and afternoon shade, to prevent leaf scorch.

I live in New Zealand & we have a temperate climate, I have many hosta's & GE I find is a very slow grower, pest resistant to slugs. I ag...Read Moreree with the other comments it hates being moved & can sulk if done so, having moved my 1 GE hosta 3 times to different gardens.
Definitely worth growing but have patience with it.

I treasure this hosta as it is no longer available to buy here in NZ maybe due to the slow growing habit, & not a profitable plant for selling.

I love this hosta planted it here because one before it didn't like it there. This one is great and growing be it slow it still is.Love the color.

I read other reviews with interest, I purchased my plant from an individual who was selling her garden off as she was moving to New Zeala...Read Morend. This was approximately 4 years ago, needless to say I had bought quite a few plants and had kind of ignored this one. I ended up moving it 2 years ago and in the process split it into 2 plants, this year they have both come onlike gangbusters. Present location sheltered on east by large blue spruce,receives morning sun and sheltered on west by large barn.We have had a lot of rain this spring and this plant looks fantastic.My impression slow out of the starting gate but once you find the right niche absolutely delightful.

I have tried growing this beauty once before, and had no success....so, I thought I'd try it again....but, instead of direct planting, I ...Read Morehave it in a pot, and it is doing wonderfully! No problems so far! GE is finicky, and doesn't like being moved. So, I will probably keep it growing in the pot. I will add any changes, good or bad!

I've tried growing this variety twice now, and lost it both times. None of my other Hostas have failed, in spite of identical conditions.

My three year old Great Expectations is beautiful, but a very slow grower. I read a gardening hint somewhere that it will grow faster if...Read More it is left in a planter to constrict its roots a little and then set the planter in the ground. I have just replanted mine this way (July 2003)and will watch to see if it makes a difference.