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| You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. ~Author Unknown Quickly show us your Qs! |
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- Posted by steve_mass 5b (My Page) on Wed, Jan 30, 13 at 7:26
Queen of the Seas (leaf detail)  QOTS 2 yr old clump Steve |
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- Posted by Hostanista 5B (Ont) (My Page) on Wed, Jan 30, 13 at 11:03
| First year baby Queen of the Seas. I'm loving this one. Can't wait to see everyone else's mature clumps. Also, I hope someone posts a pic of Queen of Islip... |
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- Posted by Hostanista 5B (Ont) (My Page) on Wed, Jan 30, 13 at 11:05
| October pic of Queen of the Seas (year 1) |
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| Not many Q's. Both of the Queen J's I have are in recovery. They were in different locations but one year one and the next year the other went weird and declined to where I thought they were gone for sure. At least one of them is making a comeback. Hostas are wonderful but also sometimes weird. Speaking of weird, maybe some of you will be interested in these pictures of Queen of the Seas. I had heard of the blue melting off but had never experienced anything like this before. My blues had been strictly grown in the shade - complete shade. Gradually a few found their way into more sun seemed to thrive and grow. I noticed it often brought out the blue (in defense of the sun?). Anyway I moved my slowly growing Queen of the Seas into lots of sun in late 2011. It looked wonderful for a while until the afternoon of June 22.
I spent the hot day sitting in the sun with a book. When I did my 'tour' in the afternoon I couldn't believe my eyes. What a shock! It was not windy and no rain or watering - just hot sun. Being an optomist I thought maybe it would grow back some blue. It didn't. Here it is a month later. Here it is another month later. I didn't really mind and thought it was an interesting experiment. I will be moving it this spring to more shade and putting something else here. My one lonely other Q. |
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- Posted by paul_in_mn 4b (My Page) on Wed, Jan 30, 13 at 12:41
Queen of the Seas - moved it to a brighter spot with morning sun - improves every year. Empress Wu in upper left and an Abba Dabba Do sport at upper right - so gonna have some big neighbors over the next couple of years.  Queen Josephine - Gets 1/2 day of sun Paul Here's a bed of Queen Josephines at local Arboretum- |
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- Posted by Hostanista 5B (Ont) (My Page) on Wed, Jan 30, 13 at 13:08
| Paul --- what is the blue-edged ruffled leafed hosta on the bottom left of your first picture? |
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- Posted by paul_in_mn 4b (My Page) on Wed, Jan 30, 13 at 13:21
| Hostanista- That is Golden Meadows. Check out link below with color transitions it goes thru - starts out white/cream in center. Paul |
Here is a link that might be useful: Golden Meadows starting Its Show
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| Hosta 'Queen of the Seas' after a rain. |
This post was edited by berndnyz5 on Wed, Jan 30, 13 at 18:45
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| Mctavish, thanks for your Queen of the Seas progression pictures. Mine was in its second year last summer and I didn't take a pic. I bought Queen Josephine because of the shiny leaves. Mine gets mostly filtered sun. QUEEN JOSEPHINE (year 3) on May 25, 2012 |
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- Posted by Hostanista 5B (Ont) (My Page) on Wed, Jan 30, 13 at 16:28
| PAUL: Thanks. You just put Golden Meadows on my lust-list. |
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- Posted by hosta_freak z6 NC (My Page) on Wed, Jan 30, 13 at 18:37
| Here's my Queen-of-the-Seas from last spring. This plant was planted in 2006,so it has grow very well. Phil
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- Posted by moccasinlanding z9A AL (My Page) on Wed, Jan 30, 13 at 20:54
| Paul, I was about to ask too....Golden Meadows....maybe mine will have those dark ruffles this year. It looked nice before but now I know what to expect. And now back to the alphabet: Queen Josephine in August having a small flush of new leaves Queen Of The Seas in August Quilting Bee, newly arrived in June from Savory's. |
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- Posted by sandyslopes z5 UT (My Page) on Thu, Jan 31, 13 at 17:13
Another Queen Josephine in spring. Eye Declare in upper right.  |
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- Posted by almosthooked none (My Page) on Thu, Jan 31, 13 at 18:41
| Ater seeing all the beautiful Queen of the Sea. I just have to add this to my want list 2013. Great pictures . |
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