Hosta ID

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

http://www.hostalibrary.org/
found this link a couple years ago and have kept it handy when i can't quite find info on a new type i spot for sale. i agree on the Wide Brim for the one you are looking at.

@Nyboy i have a 'giant' in my collection called Sum & Substance that tolerates sun well. it tends be on the chartreuse side and not really a yellow. i've been deciding if i would divide it next year.it was the most expensive hosta i've bought so far but has been worth it since it gets so lush looking next to the house. just wish it grew faster. i also have a sport called Parhelion that has a slight creamy edge but so far looks like it's parent.

 

[journey11]

http://www.hostalibrary.org/
found this link a couple years ago and have kept it handy when i can't quite find info on a new type i spot for sale. i agree on the Wide Brim for the one you are looking at.

@Nyboy i have a 'giant' in my collection called Sum & Substance that tolerates sun well. it tends be on the chartreuse side and not really a yellow. i've been deciding if i would divide it next year.it was the most expensive hosta i've bought so far but has been worth it since it gets so lush looking next to the house. just wish it grew faster. i also have a sport called Parhelion that has a slight creamy edge but so far looks like it's parent.

*mind officially blown* There must be 1000's of different cultivars!

 

[Nyboy]

Red is Flemish Sky really as blue as it looks in your photo?

 

[Smart Red]

I have a more recent photo of the hosta bed in front of the shed. There are now about 40 varieties in the bed.

Yes, Flemish is definitely a blue. See the contrast with the greens around it.

 

[Nyboy]

Nice bed

 

[Smart Red]

It was until I checked BridgeStone.

 

[Carol Dee]

It was until I checked BridgeStone.

No-no Red - It IS A VERY nice bed. And here you warned @Nyboy and me not to look as it would cause problems with out lack of will power! LOL. My limited space has taken care of that for me though.

 

[Smart Red]

@Nyboy, have you ever considered getting an Empress Wu hosta? I plan on one as soon as I find the right spot.

 

[seedcorn]

Never been a hosta fan but now I am thinking of spots where I could use them.....really like the color of blue ones. Do they really look blue or do you have to use your imagination?

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

more of a blue green with a smoky look to it. see the large one in bloom on the right of Red's pic, the one by the exhaust pipe. that is a 'blue'.