Thanks for posting these, Paul. I want to acquire some more small to medium hostas this year. Your timing is perfect. i got a second Rainbow's End this spring when I saw a good sized one. I didn't think the one in a spin out bag was going to make it but it did. What a nice sturdy hosta. Yours looks lovely, nice and full and really well propotioned.

I have a few of those,including Illicit Affair,which is a good grower. I see yours hasn' t gotten the variegation yet,but it will come later. I just got Rainbows End this year. I have had Stetson for years,and it always comes up. Nice collection of small ones! Phil

irawon, I was surprised how quickly Rainbow's End has responded and grown in the sun....just shows you that sometimes stretching shade tolerant to a bit of more light can benefit hosta.

Phil, thanks for the reminder about the margins on Illicit Affair....still new in my brain and hasn't sunk in that it is margined. Here's a leaf pic from early July last year.

Thanks both of you for the comments.

Paul

As always, your pictures are great. Really like the golden meadows.

I am doing my own experiment with the sun this year. Neighbor took out a huge tree, and suddenly my all shade garden is almost full sun. So far I'm pleasantly surprised. Although it hasn't been really hot in MN yet,most of them are doing better than they did in the shade. The only one thats really unhappy is a Blue Ivory.

Thanks, Paul, for posting those. Those are gorgeous. It gives me lots of ideas. I'm on the lookout for smalls for next year. The problem is knowing which smalls are really smalls. Your post helps. So Sweet is considered a small, but mine is 14" high and 35" across, IN A POT, in Texas. How much larger would it be in Southern Illinois?

bk

Beautiful, Paul.

Don B.

Lovely. I have really been impressed with Blue Flame. It was a scraggly little thing last year when I bought it for $4, and I didn't recognize it when it came up this year. That light powder blue really is nice, and its form is very well-mannered. Can't wait until those margins widen like yours!

Excuse the untidy photo...it was pre-spring cleaning!

jamie, I'm still experimenting on a couple to see if they will stay in the sun. I have also purposely grown a few in sun to expand the number of divisions over 2-3 years before moving to a new location. Leaves may be narrower and smaller in sun.

bk, AHGA (growers) created a reference to size differences north and south - pic below.

Thanks Don.

jadie, nice to find a beautiful hosta at a bargain.

Paul

Very nice Paul. The blue edging on the Golden Meadows is electric. I haven't seen anything approaching that on mine yet.

Jon

Thanks for the AHGA chart Paul. I've always wondered how the sizes were determined.

Since I'm the middle zone (along I-70), I converted it using public school math.

Close enough for horseshoes & hand grenades :-)

Thanks for the chart, Paul.

bk