Hosta C 2023 .............................
They say it is 34 outside and I have a nice 49 and 44 degrees in the greenhouses. Because it is cold let's see some Cs today.
I just booked a New Years Cruise with these people.
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2 years agoI also thought the third picture was a lady gardening, had to stare at it awhile to see the camel :)
Canadian Shield
Candy Dish
Captain Kirk
Celtic Uplands
Chinese Dragon - I often wonder if this one is correct, I never see any variegation on this hosta
Choo Choo Train
Climax
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part 2
Coal Miner
Coast to Coast
Color Festival
Cracker Crumbs
Cranberry Wine
Curly Fries
Cutting Edge
2 years ago- 2 years agoilovetogrow z9 Jax Florida thanked ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoat first I also saw a lady that Crashed..
Saija and Beth..lots of great pictures..you two Covered the C’s!..
Coast to Coast..adds some Color in the shade..
Clausa..an old picture..I have less now but I’m still trying to Control it..
I don’t have many C’s..here’s a Cute Cartoon..C is for Cash..Coins..Cashier..Checkout..and Cash register 😀..
2 years agoThat cat is sooo dramatic! The Poseidon Adventure is a blast from the past.
Such fabulous C's!
Cherry Berry
Cherry Flip
Choo Choo Train
Christmas Tree
clausa var. clausa
clausa var. normalis. I will keep this one potted since it is a spreader too.
Cloudburst
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A few more.
Coast to Coast got chewed very early season.
Cracker Crumbs
Cranberry Wine
Crumb Cake
Cup of Grace
Cupatini
Curly Fries
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It really is a terrific one Ann. Perhaps you will add it one of these years. Houzz is being very slow and funky today.
I will try and add Curly Fries again. Houzz is so funky I don't want to take a chance on editing.
Curly Fries
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2 years agoMy one and only C photo from last season, just love my Coast to Coast.
Sherry
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I think my Cool As A Cucumber has been through about as much as the folks on that cruise.
(You may be able to see I've placed chicken wire around it to keep the bunnies out -- but it was struggling even before they got to it.)
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2 years agoI see some C's I think I need. :-)
Center of Attention
City Lights
Climax
Cool as a Cucumber
Cool Dreams
Crazy For You
2 years agoI’m glad Ken asked because I didn’t know, but I remember that movie!
Saija, love the flowers on Church Mouse.
Laurie/ peren.all, Cupatini always looks like it would feel like velvet to the touch.
Only one, my new Coast to Coast. I hope it will be a bright yellow where I placed it.
2 years agoI just have 4:
I don’t think this survived
some day mine will look like peren’s
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2 years agoPaula, that silhouette joke is cool.
Here are my few:
Church Mouse (in the center) with a sport? or a seedling? I will find out next season.
Clear Fork River Valley
Curly Fries (with netting so the darned squirrels don't dig!)
2 years ago- 2 years ago
Coast to Coast early in the season before weeding
His late season color-my favorite
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2 years agoI had trouble with my Cool As a Cucumber and Christmas Candy too - which is why you will not be seeing pictures of them. But what you will see is pics of this China Girl
(I just love Alttera Scheer's introductions). And I suppose the make good progeny too in this Christina Brinkmann intro - Chris' China Girl
Still young but starting to strut her stuff.
This Cold Heart gives me anything but. I'm so glad I picked a couple up when I could, but now I need more space for the other one.
Cutting Edge
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Coconut Custard is one of the prettiest yellows. I'm not a Hosta eater, but that one tempts me.
That emerging Cutting Edge leaf looks like it means business - so long. Although, I took pics of less than one fourth of my Hosta this year, I managed two of Cutting Edge (with Arctic Blast looking on - and Astral Bliss still waiting in my shopping cart. I just couldn't pull the trigger after having these two. Not to mention Joy Ride, Neptune, Waterslide, Skywriter . . . Hmm sounds like a good idea for a beauty contest between all the ruffled blue Hosta).
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Pieter zone 7/8 B.C.