Name: H. 'Blue Shadows'
Description: Blue-green margins surround a centre that changes from bluish green to a combination of chartreuse, green, and gold by mid-season. The leaves are heavily corrugated and have a good resistance to slugs. A slow grower.
Size: Small
Origin: sport of H. 'Tokudama Aureonebulosa'
Flowers: White in early July
Source: Budd Gardens
Added to garden: spring 2004
Notes: Until 2011, I couldn't tell the difference from H. 'Tokudama Aureonebulosa' (which I got in 2003). But at the end of the season, I dug TA which wasn't doing very well, found absolutely no new root growth since I moved it a couple of years ago; so I don't know whether being able to tell them apart was a function of one doing poorly.
Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.ph ... %20Shadows
MyHostas - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Blue+Shadows
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/b/blushad.html
Daily Hosta #1 - 'Blue Shadows' - Add your pics
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Daily Hosta #1 - 'Blue Shadows' - Add your pics
Ann
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Re: Daily Hosta #1 - 'Blue Shadows' - Add your pics
Here's a pic from a 2010 tour garden
Paul
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Re: Daily Hosta #1 - 'Blue Shadows' - Add your pics
My 'Blue Shadows' suffered some damage from cutworms in 2012 - as did much of my garden. Others experienced it too - was a bumper year for the little beasts.
Ann
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http://violaann.smugmug.com/Garden/Host ... 361_qL3gHS (SmugMug gallery now updated for 2016)
Pictures of Ann's Hostas:
http://violaann.smugmug.com/Garden/Host ... 361_qL3gHS (SmugMug gallery now updated for 2016)
Re: Daily Hosta #1 - 'Blue Shadows' - Add your pics
In 2014, this one has done well for me. It's 9 or 10 years in my garden.
Ann
Pictures of Ann's Hostas:
http://violaann.smugmug.com/Garden/Host ... 361_qL3gHS (SmugMug gallery now updated for 2016)
Pictures of Ann's Hostas:
http://violaann.smugmug.com/Garden/Host ... 361_qL3gHS (SmugMug gallery now updated for 2016)
Re: Daily Hosta #1 - 'Blue Shadows' - Add your pics
2015 - July 3. This one looks very good this year. (Although upon studying the picture, it looks as though I may have a solid blue eye. I'll need to take a good look at that.)
Ann
Pictures of Ann's Hostas:
http://violaann.smugmug.com/Garden/Host ... 361_qL3gHS (SmugMug gallery now updated for 2016)
Pictures of Ann's Hostas:
http://violaann.smugmug.com/Garden/Host ... 361_qL3gHS (SmugMug gallery now updated for 2016)
Re: Daily Hosta #1 - 'Blue Shadows' - Add your pics
Ann, thanks for posting more pics. This one has been on my want list for a long time.
~Shawna
Re: Daily Hosta #1 - 'Blue Shadows' - Add your pics
Love this hosta. It still was doing well in 2016. July 13.
Ann
Pictures of Ann's Hostas:
http://violaann.smugmug.com/Garden/Host ... 361_qL3gHS (SmugMug gallery now updated for 2016)
Pictures of Ann's Hostas:
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Re: Daily Hosta #1 - 'Blue Shadows' - Add your pics
2017 update. July 9.
Ann
Pictures of Ann's Hostas:
http://violaann.smugmug.com/Garden/Host ... 361_qL3gHS (SmugMug gallery now updated for 2016)
Pictures of Ann's Hostas:
http://violaann.smugmug.com/Garden/Host ... 361_qL3gHS (SmugMug gallery now updated for 2016)