Longissima and Wolverine starting to unfurl! It's amazing what a few warm days has done to my gardens. I see a lot of plants waking up!

Mine has never shown yellow. These are pics of it from last year. The first is early June, then late June and July 19 when it was blooming.

We went to one of my favorite nurseries today and I found a nice looking White Feather. This will be my fourth attempt at growing this one. I usually will give them two tries, but this one is a challenge!


Here's a few more pics before our predicted freeze next week😢


Rainbow's End

Whee

Little Treasure

Whiskey Sour

Wiggles and Squiggles

Yours are way ahead of mine which are just starting to break ground. Good luck with White Feather , I tried it 2 times. Best was 2 seasons.

Here's a mystery hosta, I think it's a mouse ear! So cute!!!!!! Max likes it too, I think. He wouldnt stop sniffing it.

Rose, good luck on White Feathers, I've never got up the nerve to try it!
Bob, mine are just barely up, hope they are not to affected by the frost this week, 3 nights forecast for low 30s and high 20s.
Alex, is does look like it could be Blue Mouse Ears with that veining.

Here's mine

Abiqua Moonbeam


Mediovariegata

Looks great SoCal!

Thanks Rj!

I've never had one this big (3 eyes), so maybe it will last a few years! I'm sure it was just an expensive annual!

Wow So Cal
i never gave Hostas a thought when i was in F.V. Orange County
didn't think they could handle the summers
now i am in Hosta heaven

Dick, I have them in the shade.
Here is another picture of Empress Wu recently. The center plant.

SoCal the name 'mediovariegata' is an incorrect name, like given to the plant by a nursery. I think your plant is 'Undulata'. If the white in the middle of the leaf is less than 1/3 of the leaf, then it is 'Undulata Univittata'. See this discussion on hostas in the Undulata family. https://www.delvalhosta.org/un...
But your hostas do amazingly well for your location. Good luck with them.

Here in Ottawa, they should not be showing yet. Or maybe I should be able to find emerging pips by kneeling and feeling. BUT, many of mine are an inch or more above ground and some are beginning to unfurl which worries me because we are certain to get more cold weather. I haven't taken pictures, but from the window I can see a 10 yr-old seedling that's up a good 1 1/2". My Korean Snow is the same. A small border of 'Cracker Crumbs' is up, my 'Wheee!' is also up more than an inch. I haven't gone over the garden with a check-list yet and I try not to walk in it until I know exactly where the hostas are and I have so many crocuses that many of the hostas are lost in a sea of crocus foliage.

I also have a 'White Feather'. I wouldn't have bought it, but a friend gave it to me a few years ago. I need to either pot it or build sun protection for it until the tree above leafs out. What have people done for sun protection for individual plants?

@ViolaAnn

I use windowscreen netting stuff that was from old windows. I think you can buy similar stuff in big rolls. Or under a porch if you pot it up. I do this for my shade-loving perrenials sometimes.

Thanks Ann, I just posted what I purchased otherwise with so many hostas out there, it's very easy to get confused. I often have to refer back to what I purchased.
Beach boy today.



Lakeside Paisley Print, still small

My Empress Wu is growing so fast in just a few days.

I added some leaf mulch to the hole before I planted my Empress Wu. Are you fertilizing? With what?

I don't fertilize my hostas, Empress Wu is a giant already without anything. I have a small garden.

I am looking forward to seeing it get HUGE lol.

I use 10-10-10 when they first come up, than in early summer I do a foliar feeding.