Vote : Favorite Hosta on the forum?

[sugar]

I would like to know what hosta is the favourite of this forum. So let's find that out.
I suggest that everyone posts his "top 10 Hosta List' (let's stick to commercially available hosta's), I will do the math afterwards and update the ranking regularly.
We could get a nice shopping list out of it

There are more then 43 active members on the fourm KEEP ON VOTING please

You don't need to own/breed the plants...

Current rankings :

Standings after 43 votes... Sagae is in the lead, June in second place. The gap between 2nd and 3rd place is impressive.
Blue Mouse Ears is still in third place, Kiwi Full Monthy in 4th.


1. Sagae .........................25 votes
2. June...........................24 votes
3. Blue Mouse Ears..........14 votes
4. Kiwi Full Monty.............11 votes
5. Stained Glass................9 votes
_.Touch of Class
7. Guacamole....................8 votes
8. Liberty..........................7 votes
_.Plantaginea
_.Sum and Substance
11. Niagara Falls.................6 votes
__. Pandora's Box
__. Paul's Glory
14. First Frost....................5 votes
__. Gold Standard
__. Great Expectations
__. Krossa Regal
__. montana 'Aureomarginata'
__. Queen of the Seas
20. Blue Angel....................4 votes
__. Clovelly
__. Halcyon
__. Komodo Dragon
__. Lakeside Dragonfly
__. Marilyn Monroe
__. Old Glory
__. Paradigm
__. Regal Splendor
__. Striptease
__. Summer Breeze
31. Abba Dabba Do............3 votes
__. Azure Snow
__. El Nino
__. Galaxy
__. Little Sunspot
__. Love Pat
__. Manhattan
__. Maui Buttercups
__. Moonlight Sonata
__. Mount Tom
__. Northern Exposure
__. On Stage
__. Praying Hands
__. Rainforest Sunrise
__. Sky Dancer
__. Spring Fling
__. Sun Power
__. Thunderbolt
__. Whirlwind
__. Wolverine


Almost all the 'big names' are getting onto the list!

You can change your list at any time, I will integrate all changes....

[sugar]

Here is my top 10

Royal Tapestry (the best by far in my garden)
June
Liberty
First Frost
Hanky Panky
Kiwi Full Monthy
One Men's Treasure
Early Times
Lakeside Love Affair
Devon Green



No longer in my top 10:
Rock Island Line
Diana Remembered
Blue Mouse Ears
Calypso
Stiletto
Kiwi Full Monthy (Great plant)
Fire Island

[barbara]

Do we have to own the plants, and be growing them? or also include plants we wish we had? I will start thinking about this.

[caliloo]

FYI, I am listing only plants I own and know will come back year after year looking great. No particular order....


Sagae
Whirlwind
Thunderbolt
Stained Glass
Aristocrat
Old Glory
Lakeside Elfin Fire
Katheryn Lewis
June
Gunsmoke

Alexa

[sugar]

Do we have to own the plants, and be growing them? or also include plants we wish we had? I will start thinking about this.

I edited the 'rules' : you can choose a Hosta you don't own...

[barbara]

Its really hard to pick, they all shine in their own time I do like the following each year. No particular order either.
Old Glory
Sea Gulf Stream
Manhattan
Stained Glass
Misty Gold
Sea Gold Star
Spring Fling
Split Decision
Clovelly
Dick Ward
there are so many others, but for now these come to mind which I grow. AS soon as I hit submit, I will wish I had listed a few different ones.

[barbara]

but I also really love
June
Sagae
Liberty (YES!)
Mount Tom
Satisfaction
Azure Snow (love it!)
Northern Exposure
Frosted Jade
Lakeside Symphony
Queen of the Seas (seen the real thing...awesome)

[greenguy]

sum of all
guardian angel
touch of class
warwick comet
ginsu knife

[Chris_W]

Of the ones I grow, I really like and would replace in a heartbeat if I had to (in no particular order - subject to change after everything sprouts again )

Kiwi Full Monty
Touch of Class
First Frost
Squash Casserole
Holy Mole
Frosted Dimples
Blue Mouse Ears
Sum and Substance (and many of its sports )
Regal Splendor
Rainforest Sunrise

[barbara]

Yup, I see a few more I could have named in my list (s). Its just so hard to narrow it down.

[renaldo75]

Always hard to do, but I seem to usually come up with mostly the same batch each time. I just went with ones I already have & am thinking what they looked like this last year. It's hard to narrow it down from the top 20 or 25 though.

Here's my Top Ten list [for today anyway] in alphabetical order:

Bridegroom
Collector's Banner
Dream Weaver
June
montana 'Aureomarginata'
Old Glory
Pizzazz
Silk Kimono
Spring Fling
Summer Breeze

[Blue Mouse Ears, Deep Blue Sea, Fragrant Dream, Pandora's Box, Regal Splendor, & Sagae could just as easily have been in there too.....I've already switched 3 out of the top 10 already. LOL]

[addieotto]

In alphabetical order because I would be here all night if I tried to rank them:

Blue Mouse Ears
Guacamole
Paul’s Glory
Kiwi Full Monty
Krossa Regal
Liberty
Moonlight
Moonlight Sonata
Sagae
Shade Fanfare

I stuck with ones I actually own so my brain wouldn't short circuit.

[wzbt03]

If the criteria is "10" that I would replace asap if they did not come back this season:

1- June
2- Sagae
3- Sum and Substance
4- Paradigm
5- Yellow River
6- Komodo Dragon
7- Touch of Class
8- Foxfire Irish Moon
9- Choo Choo Train
10- Francis Williams

Honorable might make the list for sure
Piedmont Gold
Blue Umbrellas
Aspen Gold

[NWhosta4life]

Top Ten for me (that i currently grow) at this point in time.
Marilyn Monroe
Sky Dancer
Kiwi Blue Baby
Kiwi Full Monty
Olympic Sunrise
Queen of the Seas
Theo's Blue
Delta Pride
Winfield Blue
Elvis Lives

[viktoria]

Sagae
June
Blue Mouse Ears
Pandora's Box
Dream Weaver
Tom Schmid
First Frost
Striptease
Praying Hands
Stained Glass

The list changes daily except for 'Sagae', which stays at the top of it.

[planwerk]

Hard decision...

June
Sagae
Harry van de Laar
Rhein
Halcyon (the real one, not the TC-Halcyon with elliptic blades)
Osprey
Guacamole
Blue Mouse Ears (and Sports)
El Ninò
plantaginea

There are many more but just ten positions

Greetings planwerk

[jgh]

I'll go off the top of my head... and not use up all 10 votes right away because my memory is like swiss cheese...

not ranked... but I couldn't live without...

June

Touch of Class (I never thought a hosta might replace June in my #1 spot, but maybe...)

Kiwi Full Monty (I started with Striptease, but I really do think this is an improvement... but if I had more votes, good ole' Striptease would be on my list, too...)

Guacamole (I know... people are enamoured of Stained Glass... but darnit, it just doesn't grow as easily or big and lush as Guacamole for me...)

Tattoo (yeah... I know... but its GREAT for me!)

Abba Dabba Do (people, people, people... don't you get it??? 6 foot diameter, 4 feet tall, fast, easy, cute name... should be a centerpiece in any hosta garden... why isn't this on more lists???!!!)

Sagae

Fortunei Aureomarginata (got to have one bulletproof old standard!)

[and saving 2 votes for later!]

[Papou]

Sum and Substance
Liberty
Sagae
Touch of Class
Sun Power
Paradigm
Paul's Glory
Manhattan
Risky Business
Blue Mouse Ears

[John]

June... for spots 1 - 10!

[LucyGoose]

I hate making decisions......Anyone who knows me will agree....

No order....



1. Regal Splendor......I love it every year...
2. Dark Star
3. Wolverine
4. Paradigm
5. June
6. Lakeside Cha Cha
7. Lakeside Dragonfly
8. Praying Hands
9. Spring Fling
10. Blue Mouse Ears

Let me think some more and I will add later.....