My Babies by sunnygreenwood

My Babies

I have several dozen different Hostas in the gardens and they are starting to look droopy now that we've had a few cold nights. I took these pics in the pouring rain a few days ago.

"Love Pat" is on the left. It's normally more bluish but turned green late in the season. It's rugged, wrinkled and tough, kinda like me. "Whirlwind" is on the right, with dark green margins and an amazing white centre with green veins. They're probably the last of the hosta pics for this season.

Many thanks for dropping by and for your amazing comments on yesterday's pic of Kala. She's Barry's [@poppa] pride and joy. I'm mostly liking her too ... ;P
Great textures.
October 7th, 2011  
Your kids are very healthy and good looking :)
October 7th, 2011  
beautiful deep greens; vivid shots, anne. love the textures of the hostas. the hostas around here are almost dead.
October 7th, 2011  
Wonderful textures!
October 7th, 2011  
Beautiful shots. They look so healthy and vibrant still.
October 7th, 2011  
Still little beauties! My flowers have all wilited and look disasterous!
October 7th, 2011  
I love hostas too, Anne! I think that every yards needs them. These are gorgeous . . lovely textures and colors. They're pretty tough and good survivors.
October 7th, 2011  
your hostas are in really nice shape for now - and such shiny leaves.
October 7th, 2011  
Fabulous texture and colors Anne. I love Hostas. There are sooooo many different varieties - all delights in their own way.
October 7th, 2011  
You've captured the shine well in these. It will be sad to see our beauties go for the season.
October 7th, 2011  
Cool shots.
October 7th, 2011  
WOW! I didn't realise they were so shiny, lovely shots :)
October 7th, 2011  
Nice one
October 7th, 2011  
Your babies are lovely! Mine have started turning yellow already - we've had a few evenings with cool temps.
October 7th, 2011  
Beautiful color and texture on them both. :)
October 7th, 2011  
What gorgeous looking leaves. Beautiful collage. I really like hostas. I have some but the leaves are so much smaller.
October 7th, 2011  
An excellent collage of the two, Hostas have beautiful leaves.
October 7th, 2011  
Nice side by side pics. Hostas are such ahrdy plants and can get huge. These look pretty big.
October 7th, 2011  
Love the textures and the variety in hostas. Nice shot, Anne.
October 7th, 2011  
I love how hostas catch the water and the droplets. This is a fab shot
October 7th, 2011  
does look like they are drooping a little
October 7th, 2011  
Wow! Those are just about as green as green gets. Love it.
October 8th, 2011  
@carmichaelbev thanks bev, yes they're pretty slug resistant. We have so much shade here that we need shade tolerant plants. These and most of the other hostas would do better [grow bigger faster] if we had more sun, but they stay healthy in the shade and that's what we're happy with. i think the natural dimples on "love pat" and the pouring rain have thrown some people off a bit.
October 8th, 2011  
you must have a green thumb!! my hostas have never looked anywhere near this good!
your collage is great!
October 8th, 2011  
Love the rippling on Love Pt.. I like the white center on the Whirlwind.. great macro shots of both!
October 8th, 2011  
They are beautiful! The look so vibrant!
October 8th, 2011  
Neat shot!
October 10th, 2011  
Beautiful hostas. They just don't tolerate the heat here, so I love to see them thrive.
November 10th, 2011  
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