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Posted by don_r Z 5 (My Page) on Wed, Feb 23, 11 at 13:08
Mountain Snow is a fine hosta...but I think there are so many others that are much more stunning...like hosta Liberty! What do you think...could we all get together and request GardenWeb to post Liberty in the righthand corner rather than Mountain Snow? If they consent to doing so, then we could all submit photos of Liberty and vote on who has the best pic!
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RE: Change GardenWeb's Mountain Snow pic?
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| I agree. Ken has a great picture of Liberty. |
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| I think changing to Liberty would be a nice tribute to Papou too. |
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| Good luck with that. It has been suggested to change that dumb picture several times in the past 10 to 15 years that I've been coming here, each to no avail. |
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| I remembered this thread that Don started last year suggesting Liberty for the photo at the top right of the page. Viewing Papou's photos especially of his Liberty reminded me of this. So I sent a message to GardenWeb through the 'contact us' link at the bottom of the main page. I got an email back from Tamara Amey of GW saying that if we could all agree on a picture she would be happy to change it. The two Hosta suggested above were June and Liberty. Let's use this thread as a means of voting. From the votes above I count 3 votes for Liberty, and one for June. You can vote for one of these two or suggest one of your own. I'll tabulate the results and then send them by email back to GW with a picture. If you've got a picture that you think might be used please post it in this thread. Oh, and no negative advertising by outside Super Pac groups. Steve |
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I vote for Liberty, both reasons are good reasons. Cher |
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| As much as I love June, I'd say to go with Liberty. tj |
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| I love June, but I think Liberty would be a good choice. So another vote for Liberty. |
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My vote is for Liberty. I have a nice Liberty photo, but it would be much better if someone could photoshop the plant marker out of the picture.
Wendy |
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- Posted by babka 9 Northern CA (My Page) on
Tue, Jan 24, 12 at 0:39
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| I would vote for Liberty and suggest using Papou's pic! |
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I vote for Liberty! I have two, and they are the best! Bernd |
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| Liberty. and as much as I appreciate the idea of using Papou's pic, that one by Wendy is breath-taking. Its edge is so wide that it's almost a new cultivar. Nance |
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| Possibly a 3 or 4 picture .gif file that rotates could be uploaded? I think thats fairly simple and low tech.. On a side note, what was the story on the Liberty's in regard to Papuu? I showed up after his time, but I think I heard it mentioned.. Did he share a bunch of starter plants? 
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| I think Ken and UK-hostaman both have great pictures of Liberty. Can you post those? Steve |
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| I like best when the edges are white, but I am happy either way. Liberty is fine with me. bkay |
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| thanks steve....heres mine 
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| Thanks, UK, and everyone else for weighing in. It seems like it should be Liberty. The best picture I have is an early season picture from the Seawright Display Garden. Here it is:
Let's decide on which photo. Thus far we have photos from Don R, Wendy, UK and the Seawright photo. Merle, do you have a Liberty photo? Anyone else have a good one to share? Let me know which photo you like. Steve |
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| I vote for the Seawright pic. Gary |
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I vote for don r's photo. Perfect condition and the color looks good plus no debris or anything on the leaves and you can see the leaves well. Perfect photo. Cher |
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The Liberty pictures shown above have too many leaves to be placed into that small picture. You want to have leaves on a Liberty at least as large as Mountain Snow has in that picture real estate. (that is not in real inch size of the leave, but in % of the GW picture). Or you could show only the centers of above Liberty pictures. Bernd |
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Bernd the photos can be cropped down and resized to the proper size and look perfect and the whole plant will fit in. Cher |
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| I agree Bernd. I think the Seawright pic is too close. I took it with my cell phone. I think either UK's pic could work if it was cropped properly and I also like Wendy's pic with the yellow companion flowers. I agree with Wendy that the tag should go if possible. Does anyone have good editing skills with Photoshop elements or other editing software? Here's UK's Liberty with a little bit of cropping and some edge blur. I'm trying to make it pop out from the photo. That's about the most I can do with iPhoto.
What do you think? Steve |
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| Steve Mass, quoting him:"The best picture I have is an early season picture from the Seawright Display Garden. " Steve, is that Robert Seawright in Carlisle MA? That's where I picked up a LOT of hostas after he'd closed for the season, but because DH and I and he liked the same book, he opened up and gave us a real deal that I could not refuse. And, Liberty is awesome. For many reasons, it would be a perfect choice as the new standard bearer for the Hosta Forum. |
RE: Change GardenWeb's Mountain Snow pic?
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| Yes, that's the same Seawright. Check the new thread to vote for a Liberty pic. |
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