That variegation is absolutely gorgeous. Thanks for posting!

Don B.

I don't know how to spell a long whistle sound but that's what came out of my mouth along with a gasp! Holy Hosta!

Babka, all your hosta are already gorgeous and so far along already...is that Seducer or Goodness Gracious to its left, or? What is it please.

I really love how they look early on in the season...your pics are a delight!
Thanks for sharing the joy. :-)

Wow! That's the most beautiful pic of that hosta I have ever seen. So much prettier than Fragrant King. Now I must have it.

I MUST have it too!! It's so pretty!

Linda

The one to the left is Ice Follies. That one also will have white edges later. I've had it for a couple years, but really noticed it last year as it stayed so perfect looking late in the season. It is a patented sport of Antioch. There are some nice photos of it at the HL showing off it's beautiful margins.

-Babka

Fragrant Queen was one of my most expensive acquisitions last season...It was love at first sight. Those smooth, creamy white margins are just irresistible.

Your photos are always such a treat...perfect plants, perfect groupings, and perfectly photographed. Thank you!

What good news...that it's a sport of Antioch! because I have one (which was incorrectly identified as So Sweet). I hope my A gives me a sport one day - but somehow I don't think I'll wait for that to happen, lol I should just get a FQ for instant gratification.

Does anyone react like I do about seeing a fabulous picture of a hosta, such as this one? First, I have this one imbedded in my brain so when I next hear 'Fragrant Queen' no other picture but this one pops up in my mind. Second, the very next reaction is "I want mine to look EXACTLY like this one" .

Babka, I don't know if you set out to "enable" but you performed an exemplary "coup de gras".

Jo

Actually I wasn't thinking about enabling. (wink, wink) When my hostas outgrow my largest pot (3 gal black plastic nursery pot) I have to split them so I rarely get whopper leaves or really large plants. This one made me stop in my tracks yesterday and I had to post it. I remember a couple years when the edges burned, so it wasn't so impressive. That's a good thing about pots...when any given hosta is having a bad year, you can put it in the back row somewhere.

-Babka

Thanks Babka, I did replace mine. It should be here next week.

bk

Beautiful plant,Babka!! Never saw one in person,but if I ever do,It'll be coming home with me. My Ice Follies is just barely opened,but still see no variegation. Maybe it gets it later? Phil

Phil- Ice Follies is slow to develop color. I'm kicking myself for not taking a photo last Summer with her glorious white edges. I take my "school photos" to document growth in May, after the first flush, and before bugs find their way to messing with the leaves, and when I looked at last years' photo it still looked light and dark green. I'll be watching that beaut more closely this year. It is a real keeper...OMHO.

-Babka

Wow, fabulous. I had one I had to move last year. It had only two eyes and they fell apart in the move - so now I have two. Can't wait to see them. Thanks for sharing your photo.

Beverly

OMG....with the first pic, I thought "ok, very nice", then I scrolled to the 2nd shot and my heart flipflopped, I love the way that holds its leaves up! I'm heading over to the hosta dealer sites RIGHT NOW to see where I can get it!

Babka,
Your picture of Fragrant Queen looks really blue. What color is the center by the time the leaf edges turn white?
Kathy

When the edges turn white, the center is several beautiful shades of green. No blue for me here. (could be the light, overcast skies) I will make a note to take more pics as she gets her white petticoat. We don't get very hot summers here, so most of my blues stay blue. That is Great Escape, which is blue, at her 7:00 position.

-Babka

Stunning hosta! I'm so happy that is one of the new ones I got last year. I'll try to be patient and hope it will look like that someday.