How are your hostas looking ?

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More lace -
'Elinor Lachman'
'Elinor Lachman'
a leaf from 'Lakeside Reflecting Glass'
a leaf from 'Lakeside Reflecting Glass'
'Moonstruck' - this was sometimes "melts out" in the leaf centre, but this year it was just slug damage.
'Moonstruck' - this was sometimes "melts out" in the leaf centre, but this year it was just slug damage.
leaf from 'Paradise Island'. I have no idea why this plant was so badly afflicted this year while 'Fire Island', very close by, was not.
leaf from 'Paradise Island'. I have no idea why this plant was so badly afflicted this year while 'Fire Island', very close by, was not.
'Peppermint Ice' leaf
'Peppermint Ice' leaf
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And more lace -
'Peppermint Ice'
'Peppermint Ice'
'White Christmas' leaf
'White Christmas' leaf
'White Christmas'
'White Christmas'
To be fair, there were many others which still looked pretty good and I'll work on editing pictures of them soon.
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A few of my better ones from last week.

Here is a group of Wolverine in a trough:
Wolverine - October 16, 2013
Wolverine - October 16, 2013
Here are Luna Moth & Fragrant Bouquet:
Luna Moth & Fragrant Bouquet - October 16, 2013
Luna Moth & Fragrant Bouquet - October 16, 2013
Here is Striptease with a couple of small Gypsy Rose to the right:
Striptease - October 16, 2013
Striptease - October 16, 2013
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And a few more:

A couple of First Frost. I don't know why one has a yellow edge and the other has a white edge. In my yard I normally see a yellow edge all season - my biggest is always yellow edged but I can't show it because the deer got to it this season.
First Frost - October 16, 2013
First Frost - October 16, 2013
First Frost - October 16, 2013
First Frost - October 16, 2013
Here is Babbling Brook. The darker green leaves at the top of the photo are from Blue Angel in a pot next to Babbling Brook. Babbling Brook has huge leaves.
Babbling Brook - October 16, 2013
Babbling Brook - October 16, 2013
Here is a reverse sport of Gold Standard - flips center and margin colors leaving a thin white strip between them (I have shown this one before - viewtopic.php?f=1&t=53313).
Gold Standard sport (reverse Var G) - October 16, 2013
Gold Standard sport (reverse Var G) - October 16, 2013
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:) They get their own sort of beauty, but not the sort you want I'm sure :(
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Still admiring my hostas on 10/22. :)

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ViolaAnn your's are sad, sad, sad.. :( ..I'm glad Ed and Phil posted their's to cheer this thread up a bit.
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It's going to be a looooong Winter. :(
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We have had 2 nights of frost. I brought my tropicals into the garage yesterday - Thanksgiving Cactus are budding and a couple tropical orchids are spiking.
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Yes, the party's over here also. :(
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The killing frost has finally reached most of my garden. Until yesterday, Nov. 3, they were all standing and there were a lot of them with that glowing golden fall color. Most are laying flat now, but there are still some that don't look too bad.
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Ours are buried up under a thick coat of pine needles and fast asleep for the winter months. :snow:
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Ugh, our hostas are covered with snow now :( I still haven't finished tagging for the year, which is getting more and more difficult given that they are all a nice shade of yellow and now... About 75% is probably done and the rest still have tags from last winter, but yikes, I'm not ready for snow :eek:

I'm going to sit here and look at hosta pictures from last summer for a little while now :)
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Oh no the 'S' word has hit in the midwest. So sorry to hear this, I agree it's going to be a long winter. I'm headed out to the Brug
House where B. 'Wild Thing' is in full bloom so I'll enjoy it for a while. Here us what I get to enjoy today!!
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