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| It's a gorgeous Spring Day here in Central Massachusetts. The Red Sox are playing their home opener. No frost in the forecast. It's 60 degrees today, with 70 tomorrow and 80 on Sunday. And rain is in the forecast for next week. But most importantly many of the Hostas have decided to announce their arrival today. Some are leafed out, some are still in beautiful tight spears. Here are some pics.
Sagae
Liberty
montana Aureomarginata
Cracker Crumbs
So Sweet
Sweet Innocence. Those are Darwin Hybrid Tulips in the background.
Touch of Class
Stingray
Lakeside Cha Cha
Shade Fanfare
Dance With Me
Glory
Victory
Blue Angel
Golden Sculpture
Go Sox! Steve |
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- Posted by moccasinlanding z9A AL (My Page) on Fri, Apr 13, 12 at 14:32
| Yee-haaaAAAAA!! Go Sox! And looks like go hosta as well. If weather continues to be so great, the gorgeous plants in the pictures above will be doubled in size within a week. Of the ones above, I have Sweet Innocence, Victory, and So Sweet. My Victory is a little bit ahead of yours as far as leafed out, it has about 5 leaves open on one plant. Oh yeah, my Blue Angel finally broke the ground with two or three eyes, which really surprised me. I thought something ate it! Holes all around it. But there it was, much later than the Winter Snow emerging--Winter Snow is a mass of tender green right now, so thick I cannot tell how many eyes came up as shoots. But it is pretty, and it is one of my three planted in the ground. Testing one two three. Please think about repeating the show from up there next week. |
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- Posted by hosta_freak z6 NC (My Page) on Fri, Apr 13, 12 at 16:03
| WoW!! Nice to see eyes poking thru,isn't it! I know you've seen some of my pics,but those look like a month ago down here. Hope you're weather continues to improve. I hope that rain stops by here on the way to your house;we are so dry. Continued success! Phil |
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- Posted by anniegolden z7a (My Page) on Fri, Apr 13, 12 at 18:11
| Your post made me laugh. Spring is grand, indeed. Christine |
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| Wow Steve! All those beautiful plants and NO weeds! We have three days of rain in the forecast this week so perhaps some of mine will jump. Isn't life great?? Jan |
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| Beautiful. Almost perfect. I say "almost" because, while the Sox won, we might have lost Ellsbury for the season. Glad to know that someone else's idea of summer joy is "hostas and baseball." the other Steve |
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| Steve - Looks like your hostas are having a leap year. I can't believe the number of shoots on your Lakeside Cha Cha! Oh, all the memories of Fenway Park! Those are stories I'll never tell my children :) Gesila |
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| And the Red Sox won with Becket! Steve, 4 hours west from you via Mass Pike here in zone 5 in NY state the hostas are still shivering under the mulch, except for Albo Marginata and Lancifolia only pips are showing for most of them, some are still under ground. Though spring flowers are giving a great show. Since no rain is in the forecast for 10 days I will water today the whole backyard. But the day will come when mine look like yours, Steve and Phil! Bernd |
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- Posted by hosta_freak z6 NC (My Page) on Sat, Apr 14, 12 at 15:44
| BTW,Steve,Daffodils are long since done blooming here,and Rhododendrons are starting to come out. Phil |
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