Hosta ID, Please

 
I recently found a Facebook group that does nothing but help people identify the variety of Hosta they have. They have very exacting standards for the kinds of pictures they need, but there are several experts that really know thier stuff. I have learned for sure what several of mine are.

This is the yellow-green one I love so much that has all come from two leaves and a tiny root that I stole from a planter long ago. It has been IDed as 'Golden Scepter,' although a small one. Not immature, just small for some reason.

It is in bloom right now.

This one isn't very interesting. I'd be fairly happy to replace it, but haven't done anything about that yet. Then again, there is always a place for dark green just for contrast. This has those tiny white edges on rather pointed leaves. It was IDed as 'Allan P. McConnell.' It seems to be quite normal in size. Originally a gift from Ester. It has buds now, but is not blooming yet this year.

This is 'Golden Tiara,' but it makes me smile. This clump is probably 20 years old, in this same spot, and it stumped the experts until I got them good pix of the flowers because it is unusually small. Only 'Mouse Ears' and 'Tiny Tears' of mine are smaller. Its "normal" smallest dimension is 16" tall. Mine is more like 6". I'm very happy with it being small. This one also came from Ester.

Here are the flower stalks, called scapes.

And a pretty good view into the flower.

The one I just got from Ester last month has been IDed as 'Gold Standard.' This one is also supposed to get much bigger, but I hope it doesn't. I don't have huge beds to accommodate the big hostas. It has not bloomed yet, but it seems very happy considering it was just moved here a month ago.

Another freebie from Ester. I think I have three of these. They sort of hitchhiked on the rootballs of other plants. This is 'Halcyon,' a reliable solid blue hosta.

I think I only have two hostas yet to identify. This is great! You know I love having them identified correctly. I've found a ton of hosta groups on Facebook.

Every known Hosta has pictures and a link to the registration page at hostalibrary.org. The Facebook group is simply Hosta ID.

In other news: Air quality terrible as anyone local knows- AQI was at 500. Now it's down to 195, but the temperature went up! We had a surprise rain shower of 0.2 inches this afternoon which catalyzed the shift and bumped the humidity again. Whew.

I got myself in gear and took all the metal recycling to Padnos, the returnable cans and plastic bags to Meijer and bought ice cream! Edited and started writing my columns. The yard and gardens need work, but I really can't do much of that until the humidity backs off a little. No walking- that's not a good thing.

See One Handful of Hosta