Here is the Sun Power I got last summer.

Very cool photo. Love it.

I love the photo of Sun Power - very dramatic. Have you entered that in the DG photo contest? If you are still there and they have such a contest next autumn, you should.

Thanks Ann... I always forget about the contest until the voting is going on.
and Yes, i'm still there.

It really did turn into a nice photograph. Got lucky i guess.

Wow what beauty! I never would have guessed the flowers were so diverse .......... just stunning Now I wish they would flower up here

Rann

Do they NEVER flower for you? I guess that must be a function of a longer summer.

Some flower occasionally, most have never flowered. That being said, I've only had the majority of them for less than five years. One flowered for the first time after almost 10 years. It hadn't even occured to me that it could!

Hosta sieboldii has flowered most often, about 3 times I think. It doesn't grace me with flowers every year though, and it was at least 5 years old when it flowered for the first time. To me Hostas are foliage plants and flowers are just a very rare bonus ;-)

I bet you'd have best luck with those that bloom early in the season. I have a few which are iffy for me even in Ottawa because they bloom so late.

You're absolutely right! That's true about all perennials, late bloomers don't stand a chance of flowering up here .... for instance most Astilbe flower late August - September, some years they don't flower at all. I think they flower mid-season elsewhere? Astilbe japonica cultivars flower earlier and they're the only reliable bloomers here (of the Astilbe cultivars that is).

I've organized all my photos of hosta pictures into one folder regardless of what year they were taken. Here are some more - This is a young 'Blue Shadows' taken a few years ago.

'Cat and Mouse' last summer - mid July

'Cutting Edge' - a second bloom in September

'Ghost Spirit' in July

'Halcyon' - mid August

'Heart and Soul' in mid July

'Hope' in early July

'Korean Snow' with its spidery flowers in September

'Marilyn Monroe' in mid September.

'Tick Tock' in mid July

Wow! That's all I can say Tick tock is spectacular! I have Halcyon and it's flowered once for me, very pretty flowers. I wouldn't mind a repeat of that