Vote for the most popular hosta of this forum - 2009

[hortwino]

Fire Island
Tokudama Aureonebulosa
Blue Mouse Ears
June
Dawn's Early Light
Orange Marmalade
Bridegroom
Pandora's Box
Stained Glass
Guacamole
Silver Lode
Rainforest Sunrise
Princess Anastasia
Alligator Shoes
Kinkaku
Warwick Choice
Moonstruck
Pixie Vamp
American Sweetheart
Paradise Glory

[paul_in_mn]

Give me 2 wks and this list will change

• Abiqua Moonbeam - always seems to call for a photograph
• Aristocrat - Dusty blues with creamy edges, reallyy grown on me as it matures
• Blue Arrow - Dusty Blues, great leaf shape, good growth rate
• Earth Angel - Substance, waviness
• Fair Maiden - subtle color mix ina small hosta
• Fireworks - Upright form, leaf convulsions
• Fragrant Bouquet - Apple green and cream, scent
• Golden Meadows - Leaf complexity
• Invincible - Veining, gloss, wavy
• Jimmy Crack Corn - Form, veins, edges
• June - Blue and Green Combo, growth, color changes
• Krossa Regal - Vase form and color, petiole height
• Liberty - color
• Love Pat - Blue cupped ruggose leaves
• Montana Aureomarginata - Leaf shape and form, the one I am always looking for in a garden
• Paradigm - Color changes, growth, texture
• Sagae - plant form, wavy swirling leaf and color
• Summer Music - Color Palette in the shade
• Sun Power - Color change and flowing form
• Whirlwind - Veins, upright, twisting leaves

[sugar]

Update... All plants with at least 3 votes

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1....June.............................11 votes
2....Liberty...........................9 votes
3....Sagae.............................6 votes
4....Summer Breeze.....................5 votes
5....Blue Mouse Ears...................4 votes
.....Dream Weaver
.....Fragrant Bouquet
.....Striptease
.....Touch of Class
10...Hanky Panky.......................3 votes
.....Little Sunspot
.....montana Aureomarginata 
.....Olympic Sunrise
.....Orange Marmalade
.....Pandora's Box
.....Praying Hands 
.....Rainbow's End 
.....Regal Splendor 
.....Sun Power

[Candy]

While none of mine are up yet, here's my vote (as you can tell, I'm VERY partial to the old "tried and true" varieties)

Sagae
montanta Aureo
Paradigm
Regal Splendor
Antioch
Leola Fraim
August Moon
Sagae (can I give it two votes???)
Elegans
Stained Glass
Super Nova

[steg]

I'll put in on this one.......although you know things change over the course of a summer and fall. However, after looking around and recalling things last year, I'll put down 20 that catch my eye (in no order)

Touch of Class
June
Alex Summers
First Frost
May
Maui Buttercups
Sum and Substance
Fire Island
Camelot
Silver Bay
Sagae
Krossa Regal
American Sweetheart
Lakeside Shore Master
Grand Slam
Moonlight Sonata
Dick Ward
Riptide
Cherish
Thunderbolt

[digs57]

...voting for hostas in the dead of winter, eh? how very quaint...OK, with apologies all round, some of us (me) put our hosta dreams to bed along with the plants. But now that they're gradually rising out of the ground, and with so many still to emerge here in my very shady garden, I'm getting all psyched up to vote. But voting sight unseen isn't fair, especially if the plants are young. I'm looking forward to so many of my old friends - but also anticipating getting acquainted with a bunch of newbies, barely stuck into the ground before winter set in. With just a smattering of eyes above ground this week, I think I'll postpone my vote by a month. (pssst! Liberty is definitely going to make the list. shhhhhh!)

[grdnnkd]

Striptease
Lakeside Mom
Clovelly
First Frost
Dancing Queen
Ringtail
Split Descision
Fire Island
Niagara Falls
Spilt Milk
Sagae
Wolverine
Choo Choo Train
Lakeside Dragonfly
Grand Slam
Ginsu Knife
Spring Fling
Jewel of the Nile
Foxfire Irish Moon
Thunderbolt

[thy]

All of mine were dug up and moved late last fall.

Some were planted in the soil by friends, some just standing on the soil...

Leaving for vcation most of April may not be the smartest idea... left when crocus and snowdrops was blooming and first daffodills was starting to unfurl - came home when the daffs was gone and the first tulips too.
It was a very warm April here this year... all over the area, the weed was knee high

Can't find a lot of them..sure, some of them left 2 legged... All is open US style, no fences, no hedges Not Danish at all ...and a lot of them are still in boxes or on the ground...way smaller than before... they were dug up rather narrow...and was planed way to narrow, so for now my biggest ones are the potted ones

But I will scroll around them one of these days... some I hardly noticed before are just stars in their new garden area. Funny how they can change with some other ligh/ shade conditions

Pia

[hostako]

1. Liberty
2. June
3. El Nino

[Ed_B]

Thunderbolt - my favorite of them all
Liberty - close second
Touch of Class
Mama Mia - gets better every year
June
Potomac Pride
Minuteman
Regal Splendor
Don Quixote - love the streaks
Blue Angel - always looks good
Angel Eyes - it has the look
Tokudama Flavocircinalis - both of Tokudama's are beautiful
Tokudama Aureonebulosa
Nigrescens - big bold, can't miss, centerpiece hosta

[k9clipper]

Here is my list of 20 in no particular order. These are all plants that I have.

Queen of the Seas - love the ruffles !
Spilt Milk - has been a great grower and loved the streaking !
Big Daddy - love the color and size
Emerald Ruff Cut - love the coloring and the ruffles
June - what can I say
El Nino - love the blue & white
Kiwi Full Monty
Blue Mouse Ears - so cute !
Ice Age Trail - love the streaking
Xanadu - steady grower, nice colors
Little Sunspot
Gold Drop - good grower, great color when it first unfurls
Rascal - unique coloring, love this one !
Blue Cadet
Sagae
Hanky Panky
Eye Declare - first year here, was super bright when it unfurled
Fragrant Blue. great color and corrogation
Fantasy Island
May - love the color on this one

[sugar]

Time for a new update, all plants having at least 3 votes

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1....June.............................15 votes		
2....Liberty..........................11 votes		
.....Sagae		
4....Touch of Class....................6 votes		
5....Blue Mouse Ears...................5 votes		
.....Regal Splendor 		
.....Striptease		
.....Summer Breeze		
9....Dream Weaver......................4 votes		
.....Fire Island		
.....Fragrant Bouquet		
.....Hanky Panky		
.....Little Sunspot		
.....montana Aureomarginata 		
15...Krossa Regal .....................3 votes		
.....Maui Buttercups 		
.....Niagara Falls		
.....Olympic Sunrise		
.....Orange Marmalade		
.....Pandora's Box		
.....Paradigm 		
.....Praying Hands 		
.....Rainbow's End 		
.....Spilt Milk 		
.....Stained Glass		
.....Sun Power		

[gamekeeper]

June

[Carol]

Here is my list in no particular order. Although there are plenty that add color and variation to my garden, these are the ones that add WOW and are trouble free.

Montana Aureomarginata
Abba Dabba Do
Bressingham Blue
June
Alleghan Fog
Paradigm
Summer Breeze
Whirl Wind
Spilt Milk
Queen Josephine
Northern Exposure
Ani Machi
Bright lights
Thunderbolt
Dream Weaver
Jewel of the Nile
Regal Splendor
Krossa Regal

[dian57]

In my garden it's Queen Josephine, hands down

A distant second is Paul's Glory followed by Guacamole.

[moongirl]

Hi Folks,
Let me start off with a 'Thank You' for being such enablers! You all are bad for my budgert!
I don't have all that many hosta, but here are my faves of the bunch (so far!)
In no particular order:
Jade Cascade
Wide Brim
Liberty
Great Expectations
Rainforest Sunrise
Fire Island
Halcyon
Brother Ronald
Blue Mouse Ears
June
Krossa Regal
Northern Exposure
Raspberry Sorbet
Clovelly
montana aureomarginata
Queen of the Seas
Sagae

Not twenty, but close.

edit
EEEK I forgot:
Emerald Ruff Cut

I am a perennial lurker, annual poster, and love this forum and Hallson Gardens.
Moongirl

[SUEDIA]

Hi, I'm going to add my 2cents worth, and say please add Thunderbolt. It may not look like much at first but give it a few years and it is just beautiful. Mine is 6 years old and almost as big as Blue Angel. Maybe not a real easy one to grow but sure worth the effort.
Sue

[wbara]

janet 4 its unique leaves
pinapple upside down cake
sum and substance large lime green leaves and wide spread
krossa regal stands alone
liberty 4 th of july
biue mammoth a real giant
key west beautiful leaves large full mound
candy hearts
christmas tree whats not 2 like about christmas
guacamole like mine with chips
gold standard really lightens a dark corner

august moon and old standard
there r others 2 b added later

[gamekeeper]

June my #1

[lessa's dh]

I'm on Dian57's side - I love Queen Josephine!