Vote for the most popular Hosta of Hallson Forum 2008

[pauhaus]

This list is based on last summer:

Abiqua Drinking Gourd
Blue Mouse Ears
Bridal Veil
Emerald Necklace
Fragrant Fire
Gold Standard
Guacamole
Guardian Angel
Jewel of the Nile
June
Maui Buttercups
Montana Aureomarginata
Niagara Falls
Pineapple Juice/Upside Down Cake
Rainforest Sunrise
Raspberry Sorbet
Sagae
Second Wind
Spilt Milk
Torchlight

[planwerk]

Hmm, let me see:

Blue Mouse Ears
Guacamole
June
Montana Aureomarginata
Niagara Falls
Raspberry Sorbet
Sagae
Second Wind
Lakeside Accolade
longissima
First Frost
plantaginea
Emerald Crown
Grünspecht
Osprey
Little Jay
Lederhosen
El Ninjo
Rhein
Violetta

and some more...

Greets planwerk

[Mary Ann]

My favorite favorites . . . .

Brenda's Beauty
Cameo
ChooChoo Train
Dragon Tails
Fire Island
Gin & Tonic
Grand Master
Island Charm
Lakeside ChaCha
Lakeside Mom
Lakeside Elfin Fire
Liberty
montana Aureomarginata
Moonstruck
Niagara Falls
Northern Exposure
Old Glory
Pizzazz
Rainforest Sunrise
Summer Joy

[barbara]

I don't know if I can narrow it down to 20, but I do know I am mad about these:
Liberty
Spring Fling
Azure Snow
Sea Gulf Stream
Mount Tom
Rascal
Brave Amhurst
Good Golly Miss Molly
Clovelly
Manhatten
Also like:
Blue Mouse Ears
Pandoras Box
Banana Boat
Cinnamon Sticks
Deep Blue Sea
Frosty Morn
Split Decision
+ Galaxy
& War Paint
Formal Attire
& Alligator Shoe
Diana Remembered
and a few unamed seedlings of my own, and others...
lots of new ones that may take over next year so much fun growing hostas, and so many more I could add....

[LucyGoose]

Wow, I thought I just looked at this thread, and now it's on the second page....

Here goes....I am going on what they looked like last year

Blue Mouse Ears
Dark Star
Lakeside Baby Face
Lakeside Cha Cha
Montana Aureomarginata
Paradigm
Permanent Wave
Praying Hands
Regal Splendor
Sagea
Sea Fire
Silver Threads and Golden Needles
Spilt Milk
Tokumama Auronebulosa
Venetian Blue
Wolverine

[Kent]

In no particular order:


Dick Ward
montana Aureomarginata
Old Glory
Shazzam
Mount Tom
Emerald Ruff Cut
June
Liberty
Winter Lightning
Clovelly
Northern Exposure
Praying Hands
Guardian Angel
Lakeside Cupcake
Lakeside Metermaid
Totally Twisted
Fatal Attraction
Mid Morning
Warwick Comet
Sea Gulf Stream
Bridegroom

Kent

[Shade Tolerant]

My 20 favorites currently, the first two were new last year and while I wouldn't normally pick new ones for a favorite list, Atlantis and Cathedral Windows were stars in the garden.

Atlantis--lovely wavy leaves
Cathedral Windows--very impressed with this one
Dark Star--really good grower and attractive
El Capitan--majestic
Great Expectations--slow but worth it, gorgeous coloring
Moonlight Sonata--beautiful rounded silvery leaves
Niagara Falls--lovely and imposing
Gin and Tonic--nice rounded leaves with good texture
Ginsu Knife Supreme--Ginsu Knife with streaks
Glacial Lake--a cool big blue, different kind of coloring
Lakeside Cha Cha--awesome yellow coloring in sun and rippled edges
Liberty--positively stunning
Pineapple Upside Down Cake--sweet hosta
Revolution--different and pretty
Sagae--a true classic
Sea Gulf Stream--pillowy yellow leaves with deeply impressed veins
Spilt Milk--the name says it all, uniquely different
Spring Fling--frilly, frilly,frilly
Summer Breeze--a honey of a hosta
William Lachman--my favorite streaked hosta

[greenguy]

I only included plants i have because it only makes sense to me to do so.

Guardian angel - really like all of the blue angel plants
Earth angel - see above
gunthers prize - love the plant and wanted it for a long time before I got a nice one. The name is also important to me on this one
warwick comet - great round leaves, great hosta, it could only get better by being larger
war paint - great hosta, only improvement would be to hold its color longer
Touch Of Class - a perfect hosta? maybe more size would be nice

maybe i'll pice some more after some thought I do like s&s and all of the sports - yes even the ones that look the same

[hagranger]

ALL the "dragons"
Jade Cascade
Sagae
Liberty
Blue Angel
montana 'Aureomarginata'
Dragon Tails
Guacamole
Halcyon
Blue Arrow
Blue Cadet
Paradigm
Spilt Milk
Striptease
Wolverine
Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Raspberry Sorbet
Sum and Substance
nigrescens
Praying Hands
Krossa Regal and all the other Gold Regal, Regal Splendor, etc.
Helen

[sugar]

'ranking updated'

[oldcoot]

OC didn't see them until they went dormant because of the heat and draught. But while thriving these were beautiful:

Blue Mouse Ears Grand Tiarra, Golden tiarra, Regal Splendor , Fried Green tomatoes (really took the heat and draught well - last to go.)


OC

[Patrushka]

Here's my list. Subject to change at a moment's notice.

Tyler’s Treasure – Beautiful and looked great all season
Niagara Falls – Big, ribbed leaves, love it
Komodo Dragon – Another biggie with distinctive leaves
Blue Mouse Ears – Such a cutie
Moonlight Sonata – Love the leaf shape, pretty
Lakeside Neat Petite – Cute hosta, love the prolific blooms, on my want list
Bridal Veil – Lovely form
Love Pat – Texture, cupping, what’s not to love?
Guardian Angel – A beauty, holds it color for me
Stained Glass – One of my absolute favorites
Earth Angel – Mine is young and already impressive
Dick Ward – Love the variegation and the texture
Dream Weaver – Slow grower but just beautiful
Squash Casserole – Wonderful golden color, fast grower
Sagae – I want mine to be gorgeous like Tigger’s someday
Lakeside Coal Miner – Beautiful dark color and cool leaf shape
June – Beautiful, dependable, a must have
Spring Fling – Love that wavy edge
Regal Splendor – Regally splendid
Touch of Class – One classy hosta that I don’t have

[Marlys]

I had a terrible time choosing favorites for the AHS Hosta Poll and I totally forgot about hosta Ann Kulpa & some other favorites too! But it was too late - I had all ready sent the ballot in.

So I'm not going to revamp my list now:
See attachment or check out the following link:

http://www.marlysgardens.com/photos/hos ... s_2007.pdf

Thanx!

MM

[sugar]

New update after 28 votes counted, starts to get a very nice list...

For all those that didn't yet enter their list, you're still welcome

[Hosta-Haven]

Cameo – beautiful coloring and a mini
Captain Kirk – awesome growth rate
Earth Angel – Large, heart shaped & pointed blue-green leaves with irregular creamy margins
Elegans – my largest (almost as tall as my shoulders) and most reliable hosta…always looks good!
Emerald Ruff Cut – I almost cried when my sprinkler fell over and cut a trench right next to it right after I planted it. It apparently liked the rough treatment and the temporary pond …never skipped a beat
Fantasy Island – just planted in 2007; the growth rate was excellent for a small hosta
Geisha – always beautiful
Guacamole - looks great next to my Stained Glass
Heavenly Tiara – love the pale green & yellow leaves
Hole Mole – WOW!
Krossa Regal – love the form and the height
Liberty – saw a mature one in a display garden and immediately bought one for me and one for my DIL
Olympic Sunrise – thick leaves, wide blue-green margin with lovely shade of yellow center. This was stunning even in its first year in my garden
Pandora’s box – beautiful mini that looked good from spring through fall
Rainbow’s End – saw this on Hosta forum and loved it so much I bought 2 in 2007
Regal Splendor – Wonderful vase form; excellent growth rate
Sagae – big & beautiful Love the yellow margined, heart shaped leaves
Satisfaction – this one was a sleeper for me. I bought in 2006, not that impressed last year until I moved it and in August, WOW! All of a sudden it had these wide, yellow, very rippled margins. Every time I went outside, my eyes were drawn right to it!
Silver Threads & Golden Needles – very unusual mini with heart shaped, gold center flecked leaves and streaked with green. Very pale green edge
Sun Power – just got in 2007. Unbelievable growth rate

[Indymom]

Crazy Quilt
Deep Blue Sea
Stilletto
Lady Isobel Barnett
Blue Mouse Ears
King Tut
Teaspoon
Galaxy
Niagara Falls
Summer Warrior
Guardian Angel
One Man's Treasure
Fire Island
Blue Ice
Wolverine
Sagae
Frosty Morn


I realize most of these aren't new. I've not added but one new hosta in the last year (Whoop Whoop)-sob! The 'todes situation in the trade plus a severe drought last year have really depressed me hostally speaking.
Ellen
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[sugar]

Ranking updated once more... there ar still alot of forum members out there that didn't vote up to now, (30 votes counted )

sugar

[Spider]

I've not seen enough to put in a proper vote. I've grown June and now plantagenia. I love June, and plantagenia has impressed me with how fast it has grown. It's now putting out a new eye and 2 flower scapes. The Junes are now putting up their eyes after being removed from the fridge ten days ago. "P" doesn't like the temps getting below 45 and has some burn from wind chill (such as it is )

So if you want to count my vote:
June
"P"
From my want list (from photos only)
First Frost - every time I see the photo on the catalog I want it more
Cameo - like the verigation
Deja Blue - same as first frost.
Country Mouse - want it
Cool Waters - want it
Revolution! - would be great on my porch - nose to nose with it
Niagra Falls - love the ripples and over all look of everyone's plants!
Komodo Dragon - just too cool, name and all, just too darn big for me right now!
Grand Slam,
Raspberry Sorbet - both those for the flowers
Hanky Panky

[whamadiddle]

ok sugar - here is my top 20 in no order at all:

northern mist
sargeant pepper
misty gold
filagree
dorothy b
cross stitch
more elegant
alex summers
kiwi full monty
sally & bob
warwick comet
june
gunther's prize
manhatten
lakeside shoremaster
lakeside cha cha
lakeside black satin
guardian angel
embroidery
tyler's treasure

hard to cut.........

[sugar]

Yes, updated once more, now with 32 votes

PLease continue to vote so we can seperate the cream from the crop

We have now 95 hosta that got at least two votes.