One of my very favorites.

Drooling.....

Gesila

Oh now that is gorgeous.

After seeing that beauty I had to pick myself off the floor!

See??? THAT'S WHY I LOOOOOVE JUNE...and I am on the road to "collecting" as many sports/offspring/whatever else they are called, of June I can....it's gotta be that clean, elegant look that hooks me in...'sedately regal' is what I think of...picture in your mind High Society. /. Aristocrat / Halcyon (not in proper order by any means) First Frost / Devon Green ...a nice crisp but substantial leaf. ... Gee, I ramble...

See what your Paradise Joyce did to me? Maybe I have a concussion?...?

reminder to self ... Wednesday...nursery...buy Paradise Joyce...

josephines67: where is that hosta place in Paris? Im the same zone as you (in Ontario) and Im not far from Paris. I would love to drive over to that grower and gander at his 800 hosta.

I second that, I am also in 5b in Ontario. Paris is probably about an hour and a half drive or so but worth it!

He had an impressive property and I've seen a few!! Unfortunately he and his wife sold it last year. When last we emailed, he wasn't sure the new owner would carry on with the home business, but it was called Tyndall Woods..his name is Keith Tyndall and he helped to identify a few of my mysterious hostas ( given to me nameless). He was/is helping a friend of his with his hosta business in Waterton..I was thinking of checking it out sometime...

Should I look Keith up and see what's new???

josephines67: YES PLEASE!

PJ is a much taller plant.. much bigger size potential ...

and i seen to think.. it greens up somewhat .. later in the season..

ken

Ken, my Paradise Joyce starts out dark, the center changes to yellow and then kind of a pale yellow white. Right now she's in deep shade so changes come slow. If I can remember, I'll post pics of her color changes. I need to move her out because the one and only maple I have is growing bigger. We cut down seven or eight maples a few years back but the last one was not going to fall in the direction we wanted it so it stayed and I have learned to work around it.

Is this it?
http://www.windmillwoodshostas.com/

Thank you marric. I looked it up and I plan to go visit. I looove finding new hosta sources. You just gave me a little gift.

Just checking in...and YES, that's it, Keltyn Woods was Keith's.

You are in for a treat - its a veritable hosta paradise...prices were reasonable when we were there two years ago ... - and you might want to bring along some mosquito repellant, just in case. It's a woodsy environment.

HAPPY hosta-hunting!

If anyone reading this thread finds Paradise Joyce there, post your finds. I'd be interested to hear how you enjoyed it. Jo.

Sidney 1515...would love to see more pics as colour changes

What you described sounds like the pic i saw in Diana Grenfell and Michael Shadrack's pocket guide to hostas...page 141 ... ( Just in case you have book) thanks. Jo.

I was thinking of placing June and her relatives in a pleasing mix...any suggestions on what "neutral" hosta to insert to showcase the Junes?

Getting a Paradise Joyce would be splendid to add to the family.

Referenced pocket book re PJ..quote: "needs full sun in cooler climates for stronger leaf colouring, elsewhere shade".

Cooler climate is me I guess...it makes no reference to it being viridescent.

Yup... just the opposite of viridescent... starts out all green for me, no hint of markings... then the center goes light green, chartreuse, yellow... and the one in more light actually goes pretty close to white.

Years ago we rented a car in Paris and visited Normandy, then went through Belgium, dropping in on Danny van Eechaute, then on to Holland.

We went looking for Paradiseweg... I believe that is "Paradise Way" - the road Marco Fransen's nursery is located on. We found the place and started wandering around. I couldn't get over fields of hostas growing in lines in full sun. Holland is so far north that the sun isn't as strong as a lot of us deal with.

Having heard Marco Fransen's name so often and knowing what a force in he'd become in the hosta world, we were expecting an old grizzled hosta veteran. Instead we found a neat little farm and a huge shaded hoophouse being looked over by a youngish blonde woman. At first we thought she was a teenager, but when she got closer we realized she had to be in her 30s.

We took lots of pictures. A lot of plants were potted up... including some massive 30 gallon pots of hostas they use for the big European plant shows. We must have seemes suspicious and eventually she came up to check on us. We explained we were Americans and couldn't bring any plants back with us, but we wanted to see the famous Paradise Hosta farm.

Her English wasn't very strong, so she went and got a big Dutchman... way over 6' and a build that suggested he could lift a cow. We chatted for a while - and found out this was Marco himself. Young guy... and the blonde was none other than his wife Joyce - already famous via Paradise Joyce, Marco's own selected sport from Halcyon.

A great morning... two neat folks who didn't want their three boys growing up in the city, so they built up a farm - and now I'd have to say Marco is a pivotal figure in the hosta world. Nice, humble, funny... hosta people are pretty great!

Informative commentary, Idiothe. I'll remember that about Paradise Joyce now.

Thanks Jim, very interesting. . and "colorful" explanation. . lol What a treat that must have been for you to see! Did you take pictures of your trip?
I have Paradise Joyce under a dawn redwood. That would explain why the year we trimmed up the under branches on the redwood we got an explosion of color. I suspected as much, which is why I thought to mover her as the maple started to gain mass. I hate those maples, but the green heron love them as much as I hate them. The farmers tap the sugar maples around here, too. One man's trash is another man's treasure. .

Maybe when I move her I will separate some for different light areas and experiment a bit.

Here's another picture to get more of a size comparison. . sorry, it's not the best picture but at least give a bit of an idea of size. Green Gold is to the right with Fire and Ice in the front.

Jim, glad to see you survived the storms. We had a storm last night that sent us to the basement. Blessedly it parted over us and went both sides of us. More storms coming through tomorrow for us though.

This post was edited by sidney1515 on Tue, Jun 25, 13 at 7:06

I couldn't find a mid pic of Paradise Joyce, but I did find a one of her just before the frost. I was out taking pics of who held on to the end and who didn't. . lol
This was taken from the other side of her now with Fire and Ice in front and Green Gold to the left.
Bad picture but shows a bit of her change.

thanks, Sidney... that's the reminder I needed. The older leaves going to parchment white while the plant continues to produce newer leaves with yellow centers...

Enjoyed the Interesting story, Idiothe about France and Paradise Joyce..what a trip!
Sidney...your PJ seems to "glow" in that last picture...it is simply beautiful, as are all your others.

marric, thank you so much! Road trip :)