Anyone up for hosta ID'ing?

[gardner4eternity]

Hello Everyone

I have been absent from Hallson's forums for several years due to work and helping to take care of my granddaughter who is now five.

The gardens have been neglected and now that I can finally spend some time in them I'm immobilized for the next 5 weeks due to a muscle tear in my lower leg. So, since I can't work in the gardens I thought I'd get a start on ID'ing many of my hosta that have lost their tags over the years.

Is anyone up for the challenge of helping me ID a few, or a lot of hostas? I could post pics along with my list of close to 300 hostas I've collected over the last eight years, which would probably help the ID process.

If not, I totally understand....there's gardening to do!

Thanks

Sandy

[Mary Ann]

Sandy, please show off your 'Regalia' again, the most beautiful one I've ever seen.

[Kent]

Fire away Sandy...Pics and a list would really help.

Kent

[jgh]

welcome back, Sandy!

[largosmom]

Hi, I'm always up for pics, but ID'ing is a challenge for me.

I'd love to see some of your hostas however.

Laura

[Linda P]

Nice to hear from you, Sandy. There are days I'm not sure what my own name is , but I'll help if I can!
Linda P

[gardner4eternity]

Thanks Everyone!

I've been having trouble logging in...I've tried coming in thru IE instead of AOL...let's see if this post shows up.

If it does, that's good, but I can't see any images...only little x's.

Geesh!

Sandy

[gardner4eternity]

Here's the list of what I've acquired over the years...some have died from years of drought. This year however, I've had a few plants reappear after several years absence. I think it was due to the constant snow cover this past winter and the abundant rain this year! I'll post pics as I find time to snap them---kind of hard hobbling around with one good leg. And we've got a rain/cold front coming thru...but maybe I'll try and snap a few before it starts pouring. I really appreciate the help in ID'ing, and its good to be back!

1) A Many Splendord Thing
2) Abba Dabba Do
3) Abiqua Moonbeam
4) Abiqua Recluse
5) Alex Summers-S2001
6) Allegan Fog
7) Alligator Shoes-S2001
8) Alvatine Taylor
9) Aqua Velva-S2002
10) Aristocrat
11) August Moon
12) Austin Dickenson
13) Azure Snow
14) Beauty Substance (2001)
15) Big Daddy
16) Bill Brincka-S2002
17) Black Beauty
18) Black Hills
19) Blue Shadows
20) Blue Angel
21) Blue Vision
22) Blue Wedgewood
23) Blue Wiggles
Bottom Line-S2004
24) Brendas Beauty
25) Bridegroom
26) Bright Lights
27) Brim Cup
28) Carnival (F2001)
29) Cherry Berry-F2001
30) Cherub
31) Chinese Sunrise
32) Choo Choo Train
33) Christmas Tree
34) Collectors Banner-9/2000
35) Color Glory
36) Colossal
37) Columbus Circle-9/2000
38) Crumples-S2001
39) Crusader
40) Cutting Edge
41) Dark Star
42) Darwins Standard gone
43) Delta Dawn-9/2000 gone
44) Diana Remembered-S2001
45) Dream Weaver-S2001
46) Dust Devil-F2001
47) Ebb Tide
48) El Nino
49) Embroidery
50) Emerald Necklace
51) Fair Maiden
52) Fan Dance-gone
53) Fascination
54) Filagree
55) Fire & Ice
56) Formal Attire
57) Fortunai Albomarginata
58) Fortunai AlboPicta
59) Fragrant Bouquet
60) Francee
61) Frances Williams
62) Fried Bananas
63) Fried Green Tomatoes
64) Galaxy
65) Gay Blade
66) Geisha
67) Gold Edger
68) Gloriosa
69) Gold Standard
70) Golden Prayers
71) Grandmaster
72) Grand Tiara
73) Great Expectations
74) Green Gables
75) Green Piecrust
76) Ground Sulphur
77) Guacamole
78) Guardian Angel
79) Halcyon
80) Hampshire County
81) Happy Hearts
82) Heartache
83) Helen Doriot-S2002
84) Helionodes Albopicta
85) Hillbilly Blues
86) Hirao Supreme
87) Hollys Velvet Piecrust
88) Honeybells
89) Ice Cream-2001
90) Ice Age Trail-F2002
91) Indiana Knight
92) Inniswood
93) Invincible
94) Iron Gate Glamour
95) Island Charm
96) Jade Moon-S2001
97) Jade Cascade
98) Janet S2002
99) Jewel of the Nile-S2001
100) June
101) Kabitan
102) Kathryn Lewis
Korean Snow-S2004
103) Krossa Regal
104) Lakeside Black Satin
105) Lakeside Cha Cha
106) Lakeside Kaleidoscopt
107) Lakeside Looking Glass-F2002
108) Lakeside Masterpiece-S2002-gone
109) Lakeside Mom
110) Lakeside Premier-2001
Lakeside Roy El-S2004
Lakeside Surf Rider-S2004
111) Lakeside Symphony
112) Lakeside Waterfall
113) Lancifolia
114) Laura & Darrell
115) Leading Lady-S2001
116) Leather Sheen
117) Lemon Lime
118) Little White Lines
119) Longipes
120) Mama Mia
121) Marilyn
122) Marquette Park
123) Mary Marie Ann
124) May
125) Medusa-2001
126) Midas Touch
127) Midwest Magic (F2001)
128) Mildred Seaver
129) Minuteman
130) Montana Aureomarginata
131) Montana Kinkaku-S2002
132) Moon River-S2002
133) Moon Waves-2003
134) Moonlight
135) Mount Tom
136) Mr. Big
137) Neat N Tidy
138) Niagara Falls
139) Night Before Christmas
140) Nigrescens
141) Northern Exposure
142) Northern Halo #6-S2001
143) Obsession
144) Old Glory-2001
145) Olive Branch-9/2000-gone
146) On Stage-(4) F2001
147) Pandoras Box
148) Paradigm
149) Paradise Joyce-F2002
150) Patriot
151) Patriots Fire
152) Pauls Glory
153) Photo Finish-S&F2002
154) Piedmont Gold
155) Pilgrim
156) Pineapple Upside Down Cake
157) Plantiginea
158) Polar Moon
159) Potomoc Pride
160) Queen Josephine
161) Radiant Edger (F2001)
162) Rascal
163) Red October-F2001
164) Regal Promenade
165) Regal Rhubarb
166) Regalia-F2002
167) Regal Splendor
168) Reptillian
169) Revolution
170) Robert Frost
171) Rosedale Spoons
172) Royal Flush
173) Royal Standard
174) Sagae (1) new S2002
175) Salute
176) Satisfaction-S2001
Savannah Supreme-S2004
177) Sea Beacon
178) Sea Dream
179) Sea Lightening
180) Sea Sapphire
181) Sea Thunder
182) Second Wind
183) September Sun
184) Serendipity
185) Shade Fanfare
186) Showboat
187) Sieboldiana Elegans
188) Spacious Skies-2001
189) Spinach Patch
190) Splish Splash-S2002
191) Spilt Milk
192) St. Elmo’s Fire-F2001
193) Stained Glass-S2001
194) Standing Ovation-S2001
195) Stiletto F2002
196) Striptease
197) Sum and Substance
198) Summer Breeze
199) Summer Music
200) Sun Power
201) Sunshine Glory-S2001
202) Sweet Home Chicago
203) Tattoo
204) Thunderbolt
205) Tijuana Brass
206) Titanic-S2001
207) Tokudama Flavocircinalis
208) Torchlight
209) Tu Tu
210) Twilight
211) Twister
212) Tylers Treasure-S2001
213) Undulata Univittata
214) Unforgettable-S2002-gone
215) Ventricosa Aureomarginata
216) Venusta
217) Wahoo
218) Warwick Choice
219) Warwick Delight
220) Whirlwind
221) White Christmas-F2001
222) White Triumphator-F2002
223) White Wall TireS-2001
224) Wild Bill-S2001
225) William Lachman-S2002
226) Wolverine
227) Wylde Green Cream
228) Yellow River
229) Zagers White Edge
230) Zounds

[gardner4eternity]

Here's the 1st one...all's I know is its a Tiara....

[gardner4eternity]

Haven't a clue....stunted in size because of being overshadowed by other hosta. Probably 5 years old...

[gardner4eternity]

Another....

[gardner4eternity]

Yet another...

[gardner4eternity]

Last one for now....I know its not Neat N Tidy, Crumples or Potomoc Pride. Spinach Patch perhaps?

[Chris_W]

Hi Sandy!

The first one looks like Radiant Edger to me.

The second looks like Whirlwind.

The third looks like Royal Flush.

Nothing comes to mind for the others, so they might not be things I've grown, but hopefully others recognize them

[Mary Ann]

The 4th one might be your Lakeside Waterfall, the 5th does look like Spinach Patch.

[ViolaAnn]

That's quite a list. Are they ALL unidentified? It would help if you could eliminate some of the names. And as we identify them you ARE going to label them ASAP aren't you?

One other question. Were some of them wet when photographed? If you can try really hard to take your pics on an overcast day and of dry leaves it helps a lot in the process. The other thing is something in the pic to give us an idea of scale if possible.

Fire away. I'm always up for a challenge.

Ann

[ViolaAnn]

MYSTIA.JPG looks a lot like my Grand Tiara.

I wasn't so sure about the one Chris ID'd as Whirlwind, thinking there's too much plain white in the leaf, but when I look at the pic of mine at this time of year it IS similar.

MYS3.JPG - what colour are the petioles? And did it start out this colour?

[spencer1400]

Since you say the first one is a tiara, I would say it may be Grand Tiara. The second looks like a Great Expectations. I have one that looks like this and I just moved it.
Jane

[John]

First one could be GRAND TIARA, as suggested, or GLEN TIARA, not sure what the difference is...and I grow both!

But both of those TIARA's seem to have more well-defined centers than your photo.

[Pieter]

MYSTIA sure reminds me of 'Grand Tiara' when grown in complete shade, or quite early in the season.

MYS1 looks like what I have as 'Morning Light' which I found to be prone to burn-out and a poor grower to boot. Not quite sure why I persevere with it...