Just purchased these new Hostas for spring 2018, curious if anyone has had any experience with the following varieties.

Aquamarine
Flamenco Mouse
Gravity Rocks
Holar Purple Rocks

It took me a while to get the hostalibrary to cooperate! Those are some really interesting choices. I don't have any of them, but if Flamenco Mouse is like Dancing Mouse or Church Mouse, it should be a vigorous little plant. I have those two and they have done well here. Keep me posted on Aquamarine. I really like that one.

Hoping Aquamarine looks like what is advertised.

Aquamarine has very interesting colouring and I really like the looks of Gravity Rocks as well. Couldn't find Holar Purple Rocks in the library; did you mean Holar Purple Flash? That is a cool looking plant! All look like wonderful Hostas ; hope they do well for you.
I got Church Mouse this year and it seems a sturdy little grower; will see how it fares over the winter.

crawgarden said:Hoping Aquamarine looks like what is advertised.

Me too!!! I've bought some that have never lived up to the pictures that I've seen in the catalogs. But with the camera and photo editing program I have, I know how easy it is to enhance colors

Debbie, you are correct it is Holar Purple Flash, ordered them from http://www.inthecountrygardena... always had good luck with Josh!

Rose, I've have purchased a few like that, but found when some matured they did look like the catalog. First Blush and Whee that come to mind.

Just wondering how Purple Flash, First Blush and Aquamarine are doing. I am starting a new Hosta bed and was looking at these ones.

Bob,

Here's one of my First Blush. This one is in filtered shade and looks pretty nice. The one in a more sunny area has been fried by our hot, dry summer days. I've read that the more morning sun it gets, the better the coloring. I think I'd rather have a healthy looking plant than more color in the spring!

Thanks for responding, it looks like a nice healthy plant. Though not sure how it would do in my new garden which will get some afternoon sun.





A Rising Sun Red Bud and a BoBo Hydrangea will be going in here and the rest will be Hosta. Slowly have been picking some up from online sales and some very good clearances around here.Still want a few with white middles , but having a hard time finding them.

Mine doesn't like the sun! I've got 2 Bobo hydrangea and they are the best bloomers of all my hydrangea. I just noticed this one today.


I meant to say that I love that new bed. It won't take you long to fill that up!

Very nice looking Hydrangea. Mine has been in shade for the past 2 years and I am lucky if it gets 2 flowers, so I figured I try an area with a bit more sun.
Your garden looks great, hope mine comes close to that nice,

With plenty of water Bobo can take a lot of sun.

Aquamarine, growing great, hard to tell at this point on the colors.



Holar Purple Flash, a little slower grower, the scape is very purple, earlier in the year I noticed some of the purple flash in the leaves.



First Blush, this is my 3rd year for FB, its growing nicely, gets partial early sun, you can notice a little blush earlier in the year, additionally the OAT has a lot to do with the coloration.

Thanks for posting RJ. They all look nice. I will have to plant what I already bought and see what room I have left.

I ordered Aquamarine and Milkmaid from in the country garden, but saw that Aquamarine was marked as recalled on ilovehosta.net. and Hosta Direct took it off their site. I wonder why.

I asked Josh that question and cited the same reference. He researched it and said several years ago it was removed due to the virus x, not an issue now apparently

Good to know. I thought it was a recent thing since Hosta Direct had it for sale last week. Maybe they just sold out of it.

I was hit by a sudden violent storm yesterday. The hail though small really tore up the backyard hostas. The front yard fared much better. Most of my hostas are in the back.

Bummer, sorry to hear that.

Sorry to hear that as well Gary. Every time a thunderstorm rolls through here I hold my breath hoping there will be no hail. Lots of wind this summer but so far hailhas avoided us.