I can hear the Stones in the background on your first photo Rose!

crawgarden said:I can hear the Stones in the background on your first photo Rose!

I actually had to go back and look! I knew that Satisfaction wasn't around any borders with stone... then it hit me

Rose - your NOID looks a lot like a faded Emerald Ruff Cut.
I've managed to edit the first round of pictures and here are a few. I've also dug several, removed tree roots, filled in with compost and replanted with the sections closer together for a number of hostas. Some of mine have failing a bit lately.

Many of mine are still just pips, though if I couldn't see the pips clearly in the photo, I trashed it.

'Blue Ivory' I've had for a long time and it's reluctant to really grow. At least, it avoided the frost that got some of my plants this year.


'Chinese Sunrise'


'Cracker Crumbs' border


'Dorset Clown'


'Emerald Ruff Cut'


'Galaxy' - I'm still watching to see if it's all streaked this year. A couple of years ago two large eyes had sported.


'Hans' was new late last year.


'Island Breeze'


'June' - one of my divisions


'Korean Snow' suffered some frost damage. I'll likely trim it a bit later.


'Little Treasure'


'Rainbow's End'

'Raspberries and Cream' also sustained some frost damage.


'Remember Me' with it's bright yellow leaf centres in early spring.


'Roller Coaster Ride'


'Tickle Me Pink' in the crocus foliage


'White Christmas'

Nice show, Anne! It's dangerous to keep looking at all these hosta!
Blue Angel

Blue Mouse Ears

And I've got quite a few seedlings.

An older seedling from 'September Sun' that I've named for my grandson - 'Golden Nolan'


A 2009 seedling from 'Touch of Class'. It really stands out in the garden at this time of year with its fluorescent yellow glow.


A 2012 seedling from 'Lemon Frost'. One of my smallest hostas.


A 2016 seedling from 'Curly Fries' looks a lot like mama.


A 2016 seedling from 'Emerald Ruff Cut'


A 2016 seedling from 'Purple Heart'. This one has red petioles and intensely purple flowers late in the summer.


A 2019 seedling from 'Electrocution'. So far, I REALLY like this one.


A 2019 seedling from 'Ice Age Trail'


Another 2019 seedling from 'Ice Age Trail'


A 2019 seedling from an earlier seedling of 'Salute'

Those are fun! I always heard hosta seedling results were usually green. Do you find that to be true, Ann?

Risky Business is becoming my favorite, it grows pretty fast too.



A NOID Hosta, I like this one too



Lakeside Paisley Print, growing very slowly



Catherine is the tiniest

The vast majority of hosta seedlings should be culled and most of them are solid green or solid blue or solid yellow. But they may have other interesting characteristics that get passed on such as red petioles (the one from 'Purple Heart), wavy or ruffled leaves (as in the EFC seedling). Streaked hostas such as 'Ice Age Trail' are likely to throw streaked seedlings, but the last one I had lasted only a year before going solid colour. These are two years old now. Misty plants may also give more interesting seedlings and then you can get plants that beat the odds.

Here are a few others. THESE PICTURES FROM LAST YEAR. 'Dancing With Leila' is from 'Last Dance'. It's reverse variegation from the pod parent and looks very similar to 'Dance With Me' hence the name in honour of one granddaughter.


'Heidi Ho' is a seedling from 'Spilt Milk'. Named after another granddaughter.


And this is an unnamed seedling, also from 'Spilt Milk'. It looks nearly identical to my 'Milkmaid'.


and for comparison, 'Milkmaid' It is registered as of unknown heritage but I'd be willing to bet it was found in a garden that contained 'Spilt Milk'.

This is where I plant my hostas and astilbes. Terrible area near the garbage bins, not very good soil.



Same here, next to a down spout.

Lettuce Salad


September Sun


Grey Ghost


St. Paul


???

I love Lettuce Salad.

I thought I posted these here... went back a few pages and couldn't find them. So, if I've posted them already I'll apologize!

Powder Blue


Stiletto


June


Dark Star


Striptease


Curly Fries


Lakeside Surfrider


Touch of Class

Lettuce Salad is a fun one!
SoCal, astilbe by the downspout seems like a good idea.
Ann, those seedlings are great! You make me want to try to plant a few.
Rose, so many pretty hostas! They look like they love to live by you.

Your right Loretta, look at pictures and want them. Need to get a Korean Snow.

I love Touch of Class.

I missed Korean Snow, what a lovely Hosta.

Loretta, with growing hosta seeds, you also have to remember that the young plants can take 5-6 years to mature and they can change from year to year. I've grown some that I went back and forth for years before deciding to keep them or toss into a plant sale. I don't generally give them a garden name until I'm really sure I'm going to keep them.

Beach Boy today.

That is a nice one.