Show me your Lakeside Party Dress
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Show me your Lakeside Party Dress
Lakeside Party Dress, please! I need to see some pic.'s to decide if mine is o.k. or a dud. Can you also tell me how long you've grown it. Thanks, I appreciate it, but won't say so after every post
Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... ty%20Dress
MyHostas - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Lakeside+Party+Dress
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/l/la40.html
Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... ty%20Dress
MyHostas - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Lakeside+Party+Dress
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/l/la40.html
Well I'm on my third one, and its just as weak and unappealing as the first two. In my garden they've proven to be slug magnets, poor growers and not as pretty as the Hosta Library pics.
I keep trying and I keep getting disappointed.
I keep trying and I keep getting disappointed.
~PIM~
°`°º¤ø,¸¸Kindness is the oil that takes the friction out of life¸¸,ø¤º°`°
°`°º¤ø,¸¸Kindness is the oil that takes the friction out of life¸¸,ø¤º°`°
Here's mine this spring. This isn't the best pairing in my garden, but both plants seem to be doing well here, and I hate to risk losing either of them by messing with them! I'll try to get a better pic of LPD later, that is, if the cutworms haven't found it.
Linda P
Linda P
And time remembered is grief forgotten,
And frosts are slain and flowers begotten.....
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Latitude: 41° 51' 12.1572"
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And frosts are slain and flowers begotten.....
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Latitude: 41° 51' 12.1572"
My Hosta List
My 2 are much younger than those pictured...but both look pretty much exactly like the first pix at the Hosta Library. The leaves arch out, slightly more upright than purely horizontal and don’t touch the ground. When those pictured were younger, did they also hold their leaves well off the ground?
I really like mine - especially the streaked one. The borders are very uneven this year on this one - some places very wide, some very thin and some places missing...often on the same leaf.
wanda
I really like mine - especially the streaked one. The borders are very uneven this year on this one - some places very wide, some very thin and some places missing...often on the same leaf.
wanda
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Party Dress
That's OK, Reldon. If the spirit moves you, you can always pretend there's a party.
George
George
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Party?
That's OK. No need for the disappointing LS Party Dress, but 'Party Favor' is a nice plant that I use in hybridizing. It's still on a party theme. It can be a summer barbecue, and we can all dress casually.
Have most Mary's more recent introductions been somewhat disappointing? I throw that on the floor for discussion.
George
Have most Mary's more recent introductions been somewhat disappointing? I throw that on the floor for discussion.
George
I think it looks promising. This time next year it will probably look really nice.
MollyD
MollyD
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Lat: 42.89N, Lon: 77.28W
Lat: 42.89N, Lon: 77.28W
Have you tried emailing the hybridizer to see if it requires any special conditions to look it's best?
MollyD
MollyD
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Lat: 42.89N, Lon: 77.28W
Lat: 42.89N, Lon: 77.28W