Hosta of the Day - Mr Blue

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Oct 30, 2012 11:27 am

Mr Blue is a hybrid of Riptide. It was developed by Arthur Wrede. It starts out green and the blue develops over the season.

There is a short thread on this plant that discusses the size of the plant:
http://www.perennialnursery.com/forums/ ... =1&t=56319

Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... =Mr%20Blue
MyHostas - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Mr+Blue
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/m/mrblue.html

Here is a longer set of photos.

: Mr Blue - June 3, 2012

: Mr Blue - June 3, 2012

: Mr Blue - July 22, 2012

: Mr Blue - August 22, 2012

: Mr Blue - July 13, 2011

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Oct 30, 2012 11:32 am

Here are some smaller versions with differing looks in pots.

: Mr Blue - May 5, 2012

: Mr Blue - May 5, 2012

: Mr Blue - May 5, 2012

: Mr Blue - August 16, 2012

: Mr Blue - September 11, 2012

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Dec 03, 2012 9:29 am

A point of interest:

The name "Mr Blue" was registered without the "." (period) after the "Mr".

I was curious and just did some research. The "." (period) is not permitted in naming things. So "Mrs. whatever" would not be permitted to be registered but "Mrs whatever" is fine. Or "Dr. whatever" couldn't be registered but "Dr whatever" could be.

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » Oct 25, 2014 11:22 am

Mr Blue in 2014

: Mr Blue - October 25, 2014

: Mr Blue - October 25, 2014

: Mr Blue - October 21, 2014

: Mr Blue - August 11, 2014

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » May 06, 2015 9:15 am

Mr Blue today:

: Mr Blue - May 6, 2015

And Mr Blue with Elvis Lives in the background with Paradise Red Delight and Raspberry Sorbet to the right (RS is the bigger one)

: Mr Blue & Elvis Lives - May 6, 2015

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » May 28, 2016 2:37 pm

Mr Blue in my new garden with Foxfire Palm Sunday bottom/center.

: Mr Blue - May 28, 2016

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » May 09, 2017 8:10 pm

The odd weather this spring wrecked what had been my biggest Mr Blue:

: Mr Blue - May 8, 2017

My other two look great.
Here's the one in my "New Garden":

: Mr Blue - May 8, 2017

And my third on the north side of my house:

: Mr Blue - May 8, 2017

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » May 20, 2017 8:03 am

Got some nicer photos of one of these. I was walking by it and noticed how up-right it was looking.
That's Niko on the left with Whirligig above it. On the right is Whirling Dervish with a tiny Eternal Flame behind it and further to the right and above is a Dust Devil. Directly to the right is Brenda's Beauty and Emerald Necklace.
I don't know what the little gold one in there is.

: Mr Blue - May 15, 2017

: Mr Blue - May 15, 2017

: Mr Blue - May 15, 2017

redcrx · Post by **redcrx** » May 29, 2018 10:34 pm

Mr Blue this season. The one that had been the biggest isn't doing too well - I think the chipmunks may be getting under it.
This is in my side garden.