Show Me your Lakeside Kaleidoscope

[Mary Ann]

In ViolaAnn's thread, some of you said you really like this one. I've seen a few nice ones, but to me it looks like a dozen other green and white ones. What makes it worth keeping? (Mine got mixed with some albo marginatas and got Freecycled).

[Lessadragon]

This one is from 2006 as I can't find last years just yet... It shows some frost damage. It was a bad year for frost here.
I think that I like the feathering of this plant.
Lynn

[LucyGoose]

Very pretty Lynn!!

Here is mine in 06.....in all sun, remember...(for those that do not know, I lost 2 trees and lots of shade a few years back and DH never has built me any.... )

[Wanda]

I really like it! I have mine right in front of/between nigrescens and my Krossa Regal sport 'Regal Flame'. I have more shade here, so my L. Kaliedoscope has a lot more blue/grey tones than those pictured. It really sets off the big upright blue/grey hosta...and you can sort of borrow that empty space under the skirts of the big ones! Always fresh looking.

wanda

[newtohosta-no more]

Gorgeous pics ! Here's mine taken a couple years ago.

[LucyGoose]

Waving to Wanda!! Hey Missy!!

Yeah, I used to have some shade....

[Hank Zumach]

Hi--Here is a newer one of ours. When I posted this as the Pic of the Day several people mentioned that their plant went downhill after a few years. So did my older one.

[yardmom]

This picture was taken in '06. I was thrilled with my plant that summer.

This leaf picture says it all.


This summer it did not do as well...the margins tore some and pulled. I will see what happens next summer.

[Linda P]

Mine was gorgeous for the first 3 years. Every year since then, it comes up looking fabulous, and then within a month or so goes downhill until it just looks awful by August. I moved it 2 years ago, and was hoping it would do better in the new spot. I think it did look better last year, maybe because the move set it back enough so it thinks it's a kid again.
Linda P

[thy]

Mine was a dream for 2 years

then half undulata looking, melting down and even with some tearing...

Candidate for this years compost bin

I loved it the first years

Think it have ideal placement and sooil... morning and mid-late afternoon sun and clay with compost and grit....

[ViolaAnn]

I think it has been downgraded on my wish list to the point where I'm unlikely to buy it. Was also thinking that many of those pics looked a lot like undulata A.

Ann

[Marlys]

My LSK was another big disappointment in the garden. I was going to throw it away but my neighbor took it home. It got tattered leaves by mid-season & was, well, nothing special.

MM

[Trudy]

I ordered 12 a few years ago, all 12 were very disappointing, they just didnt grow well, even in the shade house!

At a friends house, he had a row of them in the sun, around his pond and they looked good......go figure!

[thy]

trudy i know that...long time ago my neighbour wanted vinca ninor.. it was a weed in my garden, but could not grow in hers.. think she got more than 20 cuttings and 20 clumbs.. next year we chatted at the intrance of the gardens...and you culd see a line in the commom bed.. mine had vinca and a lot of them but they never crossed the line to her garden more than a few inches... cant telll you why ...and still do not understand

Have any of you tried to treat it like Ginko Graig, divided, split. and kept as a small clumb.. or is it a bad idea sure is some extra work

It is so beautiful... when it preforme

Yardmom... what a great pic showing how beautiful it can be and the reason this plant can have 2 treads running for so long
We all want it to look like that every ýear.

[Wanda]

I really like the feathering in this one also! Found and old pic from '04.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12156004@N06/1283650472/

And here is a pic that shows where I have it planted, under/in front/between a big nigrescens and Krossa Regal. The L. Kaleidoscope is in the lower right. This pic really shows the feathering well.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12156004@N06/1247504882/

wanda