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Roxanne
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Picture Time

Post by Roxanne »

'Christmas Tree', 'Deep Blue Sea', 'Elatior'

Hi everyone. It's rainy and cold here, so here's some pix I took this year. :P

Registry Link: http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... mas%20Tree
MyHostas Database link: http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Christmas+Tree
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/c/chrismastree.html
for size reference, the pot behind it is about 18" tall
for size reference, the pot behind it is about 18" tall
Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... Blue%20Sea
MyHostas - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Deep+Blue+Sea
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/d/deepbluesea.html
Deep Blue Sea.jpg
Hosta Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... ty=Elatior
MyHostas - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Elatior
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/e/elatior.html
Christmas Tree.jpg
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Post by barbara »

Beautiful, Rox! I love your "Deep Blue Sea", its so full :o Mine is nice, but not as plush :???: Your Dick Ward is great. Nice pictures :-) of beautiful hostas! :D
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Post by Jamie »

Very nice, Rox :wink: :D
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Post by JoshS »

Your pics are great, Rox! It's gonna be a while before they look like this again :(
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Post by barbara »

JoshS wrote:Your pics are great, Rox! It's gonna be a while before they look like this again :(
Isn't that the truth! :( :frosty:
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Post by Nathalie23 »

Wow! They are beautiful! Thanks for sharing! :D :D :D
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I usually speak french so sorry for my mistakes in english
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Post by LucyGoose »

Excellant Roxanne!! I can't wait till my DBS looks that big.... :D

Thanks for sharing!! :P
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Post by wishiwere »

Your pics are so gorgeous and alwasy so full of beautiful specimens! Lovely! Thanks for sharing them! :D
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Roxanne
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Post by Roxanne »

Thanks, everyone for the nice feedback! Yes, they all look like crap now, for the most part. I need to take a pic of
Touch of Class tomorrow. It still is hanging in there. Might be pic worthy....Have to see.
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Post by eastwood2007 »

Nice pics of nice plants, Roxanne. I think that Dick Ward is the nicest one I've seen! :D
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Post by baja220 »

Nice Pics!! I really like your Dick Ward!!
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Post by Willowy »

I love the Deep Blue Sea. I just bought one this year and I think it will be one of my favorites over time. Yours looks so blue. How much light (or sun) does this plant get?
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Post by Roxanne »

Buff, Deep Blue Sea is in high shade all day and is only in sun for about 2 hours, from 11 to 1, thereabouts.
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Post by jobranch »

Thanks for posting your pictures. I always enjoy seeing hostsa beds - gives me some inspiration for mine.
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Post by Linda P »

Roxanne,
Your pics just took me right back to mid-summer. Thanks!
It's such a grey, depressing day today.
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thy
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Post by thy »

Great pics, thanks for sharing.

Never notised St. Paul before, but it is beautiful..as the rest of them :D
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Post by Roxanne »

Pia, St. Paul is one of my favorite Hostas!! Imagine my disdain this last summer when I cut a pristine leaf for the leaf show and found it's unregistered. :( Problem is, I cut a leaf the year before, found out it wasn't registered, forgot, and did it again!! :lol: :lol:
My leaf got a blue ribbon, but I really wish someone would have registered the plant.......in the vast sea of look alikes we have now, yes it does look like a few others...but very worthy of registration, being a sport of Paul's Glory.
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Post by VThosta/daylilylover »

Rox,
Someday I hope my hostas will look like yours do! WOW! Beautiful combinations especially in the first photo.
What does it mean to say that a hosta isn't registered? I haven't been able to find the answer to that and don't understand why or how one could be named if it isn't registered. Thanks.
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Post by thy »

Rox, just went to look at the HL, and if I had not seen your pic here, it would have confused me... one blue and one green- and glossy :oops: do not tell anyone, I think those sprayed ones look slimy :oops:

So, please send your pic to Bob, then even I would know it is a blue one :wink:
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