The rabbits ate mine last year.

Eleven--it never came back? Did they eat roots and all?

sidney, yours is gorgeous. Mine is still small.

I like this hosta too, but mine can't match these two beauties. Gotta move mine to a place where it can stretch and grow.

Steve

Funny thing about Thunderbolt. I planted one a few years ago. It never even came back up the next year. They have them at my local nursery this year,so I may try it again. I have Dream Queen,and it looks similar,and grows quite well for me. I thought it was where I planted it,(Thunderbolt),that is,but I have since planted Dawns Early Light in the same spot,and it is thriving for many years. Nice plants,everyone! Phil

Beautiful plant! I agree it looks nice and muscular. You've had great success with it.

weekendweeder, nope, they killed it dead. I just got it in early in the spring, then they ate it multiple times. It was just a small mass of roots with one minuscule eye trying to emerge, then the eye died and the roots rotted. I really like the variegation, so I might try it again in the future.

ETA: I do make cages for the hostas sometimes when the rodents get out of control, but the damage happened over the course of 3 days. It had a cage in the end but too damaged by then.

This post was edited by Eleven on Wed, Jun 26, 13 at 13:49

Phil, if Dream Queen does well for you, why bother trying again with thunderbolt? (unless you want multiples). Dream queen, Dream Weaver, and Thunderbolt all look like the same plant with different names to me.

Yours is really impressive. Mine is in full shade. It's grown, but is not a big full plant like yours. Dream Queen is a few feet away in a bit more light, and has gotten bigger than Thunderbolt, but is getting squeezed between two S&S. Maybe they'll get moved next year.

Thunderbolt is in the background, Dream Queen in front.

I see what you mean,madplanter! Those S&s's will win out! Phil

They look good next to Sum & Substance because the colours are a good contrast and complement one another, but maybe not too close :)

Mine is a couple of years old. This year I took down a 35 year old Mugo Pine and now Thunderbolt is getting a lot more sun than it was used to. so I am interested to see what it does.

First pic 2012 and second pic 2013, it is small but I love the colours. The root competition is now gone so it should leap next year (I hope).
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Here is an updated pic from today. You can see the upsettled dirt on the left from where the Mugo Pine was dug up.

This post was edited by paula_b_gardener on Thu, Jun 27, 13 at 14:47