June Sun or Shade : which do you prefer?

[sugar]

I have one 'June' in the shade, and one in full sun... Quite some difference this early in the season...

Sun


Shade

[caliloo]

WOW! What a difference!

I am going to move my June from sun to shade as soon as it stops raining! I like the sade one MUCH better!

Alexa

[Spider]

Shade, definately shade!

[redcrx]

In the sun it doesn't even look like June. I have May and June together in the sun and it's hard to tell them apart. I have another in more shade to get the color. And then I have June Fever and Remember Me near it to give the area color (along with some others).

June area

You can't tell much from this distance but June is the biggest one to the left of center. Three June Fever are at the top. Three Remember Me are bottom right and center right. There a few others in the frame - Great Escape on the bottom left of center, and to the left of it is Blue Ivory and Touch of Class is just above that (but hard to see with the background).

[newtohosta-no more]

My suggestion is to have at least three Junes. One in mostly shade, one in lots of sun ,and one in partial shade/partial sun. All bases are covered and all look fabulous in their own right! I love June!

[Noreaster]

I much prefer June in the shade.

[redcrx]

It does look best in shade.


Spider, you changed your avatar - is that a Red-tailed Hawk?

[steg]

My suggestion is to have at least three Junes. One in mostly shade, one in lots of sun ,and one in partial shade/partial sun. All bases are covered and all look fabulous in their own right! I love June!

I have to concur with this.....

[Spider]

Joan, I actually had that with my first ever hostas. I bought 3 Junes from the local nursery and planted them all in the same bed. The shade from the tree fell on each for different amounts of times. I did notice the significant color difference, and liked the shade one best.

RedCRX, it's a Red Shouldered hawk I saw on my birthday. He was within 10 feet, possibly about 5 feet away. I posted photos here: viewtopic.php?f=25&t=51060

[jobranch]

My June starts out looking like your "sun" photo and then turns to the color of the "shade" photo in the summer. Both are awesome. By the way, like the hosta/fern combination.

[tsl]

I love all the pictures the hostas, it's amazing how different they look depending upon the light they get.. All of mine are looking wonderful, just need a little warm weather. Now I think I want to plant more trees so I wil be able to have more shade, since I've seen so many more hostas I want!! We have 3 acres, I'd rather have hostas than mow!! I'm going to try to get some pics of this weekend, hope they turn out as well as everyones on the forum.

[Diana]

Shade! Shade! Shade!

-Babka

[renaldo75]

My June gets quite a bit of sun but still seems to hold the bluish margin for quite a while. Just to see the difference I divided off a couple of eyes when I moved it a few yrs ago, and planted the new plant about 4 feet behind the main one where it gets virtually no sun at all. There is a distinct difference, but I like them both. Prefer the one that's more shaded though...

[nanny_56]

I thought that IS WHY everyone should have at least 2 Junes....to have both looks!

[Spider]

You guys are killing me! I just ordered another June from Chris to replace the non-Hallsons that croaked on me. (also bought a BME for my friend, she wants one bad, lol, another convert!). My porch is pretty deep shade most of the day.

[ViolaAnn]

Shade for me too. I think maybe I'll divide mine this year and put part of it in an area with different light conditions. It presently gets morning sun as it's on the east side of my house.

[thy]

Shade is what I Prefere for h. June and my shade is deep shade

I have 5 of them and not one too much, 2 in the deepest shade, one in an hour less and 2 in 2 hours less shade- all very different and non in even half shade.

Being up north it is best to grow it in half shade or more sun the first one to 3 years and then bring it to the deep shade. June is cheap and one of the / if not the most beautiful and easy hosta to grow- no reason to grow less than 3 of them - and I do belive you can grow 10 rather different in the shades

Pia

[Linda P]

I like June no matter where it's growing, sun or shade. I'd follow nanny's advice and get another one, but I have rows and rows of hostas out in the growing area waiting their turn to get placed in a bed somewhere, so I'll just stick with the one I have in shade.
Linda P