#2 The Poll To End All Polls (until the next one) - BLUE

[jgh]

VOTING FOR BLUE HOSTAS

The Objective: to come up with a list of the best-of-the-best hostas by coloration and clump size. Blue Mouse Ears and Queen of the Seas are both fine hostas, but they don't serve the same functions in the garden, so we're going to generate a very useful list. Please encourage your friends to vote... the bigger the pool of voters, the better the results.

The Rules:
You can vote for ONE OR TWO hostas in each size category - don't agonize over the sizes - just give it your best shot... we can move things around a little as necessary. The goal is just to get at least one good vote from each person in any size category for which they have a favorite.

Size:
We all know sizes are tricky to nail down - we are basing our votes on the overall diameter of the hosta clump at maturity under typical gardening conditions. When a hosta is a contender but seems to straddle the categories, I will refer to Zilis and consult with folks - but ultimately I'm the decider! Just give me your favorites - we can sort things out later.

Here are your five categories... please list your votes by category:

Dwarf/Mini = equal to or smaller than 18” diameter
Small = larger than 18" and smaller than 28" diameter
Medium = larger than 28” and smaller than 48”
Large = larger than 48" and smaller than 66"
Extra Large = equal to or larger than 66”

If you frequent more than one hosta forum, please vote on only one of the sites.

BLUE HOSTAS... YOUR FAVORITES!

[guardbear]

Listed what looks 'blue' in my garden but, a couple are considered blue/green officially so may have to be overlooked by the poll-taker .

Dwarf = Blue Mouse Ears (yes, I know people will argue that this is a small, but mine fits here after 5 years)
Small = Blue Chip, Blue Blush
Med = Silver Bay, Love Pat
Large = Gunsmoke, Queen of the Seas
x-lge = Blue Angel, H. Sieboldiana Elegans

Linda

[Lessadragon]

These are my picks. Don't know if Blueberry Waffles will truly be X-large, but I like it so far!

Dwarf = Gemstone
Small = Baby Blue Eyes, Blue Mouse Ears
Medium = Deep Blue Sea, Awakening Angel
Large = Queen of the Seas, Singing the Blues
X-Large = Blue Angel, Blueberry Waffles

Lynn

[rockNhostas]

Dwarf = Blue Ice

Small = Blue Jay / Dorset Blue

Med = Deep Blue Sea / October Sky

Large = Abiqua Drinking Gourd / Blue Seer

X Large = Blue Mammoth / Bressingham Blue

[ShortShadows]

Small: Hadspen Blue(can I vote for it again?)
Med: Blue Haired Lady/ Pacific Blue Edger
Large: Blue Angel

[jgh]

thanks for voting... hope a lot more folks will join in! In the meantime... SS - I'll register your Hadspen Blue vote under medium...

and Blue Angel gets to be in the Extra Large category...

The story on Blue-Haired Lady is kind of interesting... I thought it would disappear. Q&Z, some years back, put out two new hostas at the same time... Old Coot and Blue-Haired Lady. A lot of us ordered Old Coot... not so many BHL. Then later we learned that a mistake had been made in the tc lab and it looks like Old Coot disappeared entirely (sad... loved that name!) and that what we thought was Old Coot was BHL. They sent us new pot tags and thought we should be satisfied, but eventually enough of us said we really wanted Old Coot and not BHL... and they gave us refunds. I don't know how many were sold, but this year I've seen it several times in tour gardens and a nursery, so apparently it is going to remain around. Nice Plant!

[boops]

mini/small-don't have one
Medium-Halcyon
Large-Queen of the Seas
Very Large-Blue Angel