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Name: Rj Just S of the twin cities of M (Zone 4b)     crawgarden Jun 16, 2020 10:40 AM CST |
| Goodness Gracious Liberty Queen of the Seas Hanky Panky Volcano Island Alex Summers Blue Lettuce Tenryu Foxfire Palm Sunday Love Pat Isaac Asimov, once wrote, “Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in.” |
Name: Debbie Manitoba, Canada (Zone 3a)              DebbieC Jun 16, 2020 12:51 PM CST |
| Regal Splendor June First Frost Seducer Blueberry Muffin Prairie Moon Blue Mouse Ears Curley Fries Grand Tiara Waterslide |
Name: Rose Oquawka, IL (Zone 5a)             Rose1656 Jun 16, 2020 3:04 PM CST |
| Gunther's Prize Fickle Blue Genes Grand Prize Powder Blue Satisfaction Laura and Darrell Saybrook Surprise Stand By Me Hands Up Summer Breeze |
Name: Bob Vernon N.J. (Zone 6a)          NJBob Jun 16, 2020 7:31 PM CST |
| Gunther's Prize would be if I had it,I think it is the best looking Hosta and regret not buying it when it was not crazy expensive. Out of the ones I have. Stained Glass On Stage Tobacco Road Brave Attempt Confused Angel Spilt Milk Milkmaid Allegan fog Etched Glass Gravity Rocks Ask me tomorrow and the list might be different. |
Name: Rj Just S of the twin cities of M (Zone 4b) crawgarden Jun 16, 2020 7:50 PM CST |
| Different times of the year changes my rankings Isaac Asimov, once wrote, “Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in.” |
Name: Ann Ottawa, ON Canada (Zone 5a)         ViolaAnn Jun 18, 2020 3:51 PM CST |
| 'Electrocution' 'Ghost Spirit' 'Guardian Angel' 'Island Breeze' 'Jewel of the Nile' 'June' 'Lakeside Paisley Print' 'Milkmaid' 'Restless Sea' 'Wheee!' Ann Pictures of all my hostas, updated annually and tracked since 2008 begin at: https://violaann.smugmug.com/G... |
Name: aud/odd Pennsylvania (Zone 6b)  Cinta Jun 20, 2020 1:58 AM CST |
| I am a oldies girl love the old Hostas. June - I have it in Dark shade and the yellow and blue spring colors last well into the summer Halcyone - I like the blues. Again in dark shade and no sun my blues stay blue. Sagae - Gorgeous when it matures Ventricosa - Great Hosta to compliment yellow and light green Hostas Tokudama Flavoplanata Zounds - Kossa Regal For fragrance-- 'Royal Standard' Fragrant Bouquet/ Fried Banana |
Name: aud/odd Pennsylvania (Zone 6b) Cinta Jun 23, 2020 3:11 AM CST |
NJBob said:Gunther's Prize would be if I had it,I think it is the best looking Hosta and regret not buying it when it was not crazy expensive. I looked it up. I had not even heard of Gunther's Prize. My S&S did that and I was on GW and they said it had the virus. It was ugly and I believed them and garbage bagged it. I did not do it right away. I loved it and it was one of the first large Hostas I had purchased. This is why I tell people not to throw away their hostas when people say they have a virus. |
Name: Gary Wyoming MN (Zone 4a)  hostasmore Jun 23, 2020 8:48 AM CST |
| Liberty Sea Fire Alvatine Taylor Titanic Lady Isobelle Barnett Justice Striptease Bridal Falls Queen of the Seas montana Aureo-marginata |
Name: Bob Vernon N.J. (Zone 6a) NJBob Jun 23, 2020 8:34 PM CST |
| @Cinta if you think it is Hvx it is just not worth the risk of keeping it. It spreads to the other Hosta. Sum and Substance is one of the ones that really show it. It starts on maybe one leaf and gets worse each season . I had one plant with it and it went up to 6 in a couple of seasons. Just thankful Ann pointed it out to me before it wreaked my whole Hosta bed. |
Name: aud/odd Pennsylvania (Zone 6b) Cinta Jun 24, 2020 8:12 AM CST |
| I agree not keeping a sick plant but it appears what appeared as a virus was possibly a sport. Sum and Sus came up with so many sports it makes you wonder how many removed plants that were not diseased were removed. Diagnosing a hosta on line with all the different screen is like diagnosing a patient with a cold or a virus virtually. The instruction was you only know for sure is if the plant is tested. There was panic when we first heard about the virus and a lot of plants were destroyed. We were in the garden with magnifying glass.  |
Name: Rose Oquawka, IL (Zone 5a) Rose1656 Jun 24, 2020 9:42 AM CST |
| I usually watch them for the season. If they return the next year, look the same then they sprayed with roundup! Mine are planted too close to each other for digging. I have one I'm watching this year😢 |
Name: aud/odd Pennsylvania (Zone 6b) Cinta Jun 24, 2020 1:19 PM CST |
| The only reason I felt bad about removing S&S is my hostas were 20 yrs old when the virus first broke, I am a very selective hosta buyer. If I see a hosta and there are 10 others that look like it I did not buy it. I did not buy a hosta just because it had a name. Now that I am rebuilding I am following the same plan. I will not have a hosta that it could be this or it could be that. I know the name. If I have a favorite I just divide it and put it in another location. I have about 50 -60 and I am good with that number of variety of shape, size, fragrant and color. I am now starting to buy hostas because since moving here I have had deer kill a lot of them. They were eating the leaves as soon as they leafed out and they finally died. Because of the build up and replacement I might start watching closer. I say might because I really do not want to worry about my garden. I want it to be my joy not a worry. |
Name: Jim Wisconsin (Zone 5b)     brozeus Jul 1, 2020 8:40 AM CST |
| I have seen some gorgeous pictures online but I am limiting my list only to those I personally grow, since that seems most in the spirit of the thread: June Touch of Class Rainbow's End Volcano Island Mango Tango Kaleidochrome Royal Tiara Snake Eyes Ben Vernooij Geisha (Ani Machi) |
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