Blue Arrow
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Blue Arrow
I've been busy culling photographs from my photo files and in going through my hosta photos came across this photo of Blue Arrow that I thought I'd share again.
Of all the oldies in my garden, Blue Arrow really impressed me and still does. It's always been consistently a good hosta and continues to look good the entire season ... not like that ratty Patriot/Minuteman bunch!
Even "foster mom" Wanda has fallen in love with it, although she says it's a bit more "green" where she has it. (Sorry, no current 2007 photos of this one) ...
In the evening light this hosta photographs with an almost unearthly blue like the attached photo shows.
Please correct me if I'm wrong (Wanda has my hosta baby books) ... if I remember correctly this is a Herb Benedict introduction.
I believe it is a 10 ft. rule hosta with its upright pointed leaves and good substance.
It likes to be in "high shade" and did very well in my former garden shaded by both a wooden fence and from harsh evening sun by a large globe arborvitae.
Hosta Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... ue%20Arrow
MyHostas - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Blue+Arrow
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/b/bluea.html
Helen
Of all the oldies in my garden, Blue Arrow really impressed me and still does. It's always been consistently a good hosta and continues to look good the entire season ... not like that ratty Patriot/Minuteman bunch!
Even "foster mom" Wanda has fallen in love with it, although she says it's a bit more "green" where she has it. (Sorry, no current 2007 photos of this one) ...
In the evening light this hosta photographs with an almost unearthly blue like the attached photo shows.
Please correct me if I'm wrong (Wanda has my hosta baby books) ... if I remember correctly this is a Herb Benedict introduction.
I believe it is a 10 ft. rule hosta with its upright pointed leaves and good substance.
It likes to be in "high shade" and did very well in my former garden shaded by both a wooden fence and from harsh evening sun by a large globe arborvitae.
Hosta Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... ue%20Arrow
MyHostas - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Blue+Arrow
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/b/bluea.html
Helen
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That is a very striking plant! The closest to it that I have a Halcyon which had that same blue coloring until a few weeks ago.
I like it!
MollyD
I like it!
MollyD
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That is a gorgeous blue!
Jane (from the middle of the Mitten state)
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This one's been on my wish list for a while. I like the upright blues very much. Salute, Kingfisher, and Blue Crinkles are other must-haves (and, do-haves for me ) in this class.
...greening up the Great White North!!!
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Wanda has my hosta book, so she'll have to check to see where I purchased it from ...
Jamie, thanks for the correction to Ken Anderson as the one who introduced Blue Arrow. Without my hosta book I'm sort of flying blind here.
I just remember that when I saw it I had to have it and I've not been disappointed by it. I definitely would recommend it.
My concern is always that with all the new introductions some of these very garden worthy oldies will be lost to the trade.
Blue Arrow is not finicky about being divided ... not like Niagara Falls ... and as Wanda said it "divides" readily into nice clumps (wink, wink) ...
Helen
Jamie, thanks for the correction to Ken Anderson as the one who introduced Blue Arrow. Without my hosta book I'm sort of flying blind here.
I just remember that when I saw it I had to have it and I've not been disappointed by it. I definitely would recommend it.
My concern is always that with all the new introductions some of these very garden worthy oldies will be lost to the trade.
Blue Arrow is not finicky about being divided ... not like Niagara Falls ... and as Wanda said it "divides" readily into nice clumps (wink, wink) ...
Helen
A day without laughter AND gardening is a day wasted ... oh ... and be kind to your children ... they will choose your nursing home!
Wanda,
I was wondering when you'd step in (smile).
Weigold's is the nursery/greenhouse in Chesaning where I bought my very first hosta.
Does anyone have a recent Hosta Finder that they could look up Blue Arrow?
Thanks
Helen
I was wondering when you'd step in (smile).
Weigold's is the nursery/greenhouse in Chesaning where I bought my very first hosta.
Does anyone have a recent Hosta Finder that they could look up Blue Arrow?
Thanks
Helen
A day without laughter AND gardening is a day wasted ... oh ... and be kind to your children ... they will choose your nursing home!
It's a very pretty hosta, Helen!
From The Hosta Finder: H. 'Blue Arrow', K. Anderson, 82, 18", blue, white flowers, Average price $8.32, MANY LISTINGS
From The Hosta Finder: H. 'Blue Arrow', K. Anderson, 82, 18", blue, white flowers, Average price $8.32, MANY LISTINGS
Pat
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Keep your face always toward the sunshine and the shadows will fall behind you.
~ Walt Whitman
Helen, that's a beautiful shot of a great older hosta variety.
I've had it for years, some years it is bluer than others.
LG...you were standing a couple feet from mine when Pat was taking the picture of George sitting in the hosta bed.
Linda P
I've had it for years, some years it is bluer than others.
LG...you were standing a couple feet from mine when Pat was taking the picture of George sitting in the hosta bed.
Linda P
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And frosts are slain and flowers begotten.....
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Latitude: 41° 51' 12.1572"
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