Hostas

 Mrs. F.G. started collecting Hostas at least 40 years ago.  We lived in the country outside Guelph at the time, and created a large garden where the Hostas spread.  Hostas come in a wide number of varieties, each with its own name, though by this time, 40 years later we have forgotten most of those.  When we moved north and started creating our garden in the valley, we moved many Hostas up there, and when we moved again we took about 30 of our favourites with us here to Meaford.

I can`t give you a horticultural description, but I can show you some of the differences that are obviously apparent, so I hope you enjoy these.

I think my favourite Hosta now is this light green two tone one, with quite small leaves.

   

This one on the other hand is huge!  Heavily ridged leaves and about three feet across.

Looking down beside the shed we have one that is almost yellow, growing in full sun.

I love this one, with the heavily wrinkled leaves.  About how I feel many days!

Here are a couple more with the two-tone leaves, the second one much more distinct with white borders.

This is another huge one with slightly `blue` leaves, but they are very big!

Finally we have what I consider a `sport`, a variety that emerges spontaneously with different leaf features.  Some leaves are plain light green, while other have light borders on a dark green leaf.

I hope I`ve shown you how Hostas can come in a variety of sizes and pattern if nothing else!