I thought I should start a new thread since it's no longer "Early Spring"!
Abiqua Drinking Gourd


All That Jazz


Blizzard


Color Glory


Dark Shadows


Deja Blu


Embroidery


Emerald Necklace


English Sunrise


Grand Marquee


Grand Prize


Gunther's Prize


Gypsy Rose


Hypnosis


Ivory Queen


Journey's End


June


That's enough for now. It's time to go pull some weeds!

A few more...

Komodo Dragon


Lakeside Paisley Print


Laura and Darrell


Midnight at the Oasis


Peppermint Ice


Powder Blue


Rippled Treasure


Satisfaction


The King (The Queen in the background)


Touch of Class


Barbara Ann


Blackjack

Hosta 'Hanky Panky'

Most of my Hostas are just tossing out their first few leaves for the most part but here are some of them as they look on this rainy Monday morning...

Here's a new one for me, and it's looking pretty nice!
Catherine

Looking good Rob. Especially love the colour on June Fever. I wonder how old is your Thunderbolt; mine is in its third year and only has one pip so far; I think maybe two last year. I am behind you zone wise; most of my hostas are pipping but nothing leafed out yet. Actually they are early for me this year because of our early spring.

@DebbieC

My thunderbolt has been in the ground here for 3 seasons now. Still just one pip. The place I purchased it from has a magnificent one in their display gardens, that one has at least 10 pips and I was told it's around 8 years old. They told me that I can expect a big push in size around the 5 year mark.

robertduval14 said:@DebbieC

My thunderbolt has been in the ground here for 3 seasons now. Still just one pip. The place I purchased it from has a magnificent one in their display gardens, that one has at least 10 pips and I was told it's around 8 years old. They told me that I can expect a big push in size around the 5 year mark.

I guess patience is the word here!

First Frost and OrangeMarmalade

Luna Moth and Ripple Effect

First Blush and Hush Puppie

William Lachman and Blueberry Cobbler

I thought I'd go out and get pictures before the forecasted hail storm. Unfortunately the gnats won the battle and chased me back inside! Here's a few that I got before running for cover!
Captain's Adventure


Guardian Angel


Saybrook Surprise


Fallen Angel


Sweet Home Chicago

How much sun will 'Guardian Angel' tolerate? I bought one for the hosta garden at church, but that garden has lost its shade tree - a huge evergreen that just died. I think I'm going to dig it and bring it home for safe keeping. It's the most interesting plant in the garden other than 'Praying Hands', but I know PH will do well in sun.

I'm not sure Ann. I had it in a spot that got early morning sun, but a lot of fine roots were strangling it. I've moved it to a spot that gets sun until around 1pm, but it's too early to tell how it's going to do there.

Guardian Angel is a beautiful hosta. Mine has done well in very moderate amount of sunshine.It gets only late afternoon sun. I would expect it to burn easily.

Mine has never been the beautiful full plant like I've seen in so many pictures. Hopefully the area that it's planted in now will have less roots to choke the life out of it I guess if you're going to plant in shade, you're going to have tree roots!

Cool weather=no gnats! Picture time...

Arc de Triomphe


Backyard Monster


Canadian Blue


Cool as a Cucumber


Glad Rags


Holy Mole


Mulah


Paradise Joyce


Planet X


Paradise Power


Potomac Pride


Rock and Roll


Satisfaction


Smooth Sailing


Stormy Seas


Sugar Daddy


Tick Tock


War Party


Seducer

Rose1656 said:Mine has never been the beautiful full plant like I've seen in so many pictures. Hopefully the area that it's planted in now will have less roots to choke the life out of it I guess if you're going to plant in shade, you're going to have tree roots!

Either that or you're going to have to deal with overwintering pots. For me, burying the pots is the only reasonably sure way to get them through the winter.

ViolaAnn said:How much sun will 'Guardian Angel' tolerate? I bought one for the hosta garden at church, but that garden has lost its shade tree - a huge evergreen that just died. I think I'm going to dig it and bring it home for safe keeping. It's the most interesting plant in the garden other than 'Praying Hands', but I know PH will do well in sun.

ViolaAnn, I have been growing Guardian Angel for several years in a few different locations. It will tolerate at least half a day of sun but I am not sure about a full day blast of sun. Probably a good idea to at least dig a portion of it up for safe keeping.

I've brought it home. Took a fairly large division as a memento for the woman who has been our interim minister this year (both our ministry staff retired a year ago). The rest is sitting in a pot awaiting my attention. I'll divide off one more small section for myself and put the rest in my "holding bed" at the back of my veggie garden.

An update on my Hostas progress this season...






and a couple of NOID's I've got...