Hosta 'War Paint'

Hosta 'War Paint' is one of my favorite spring hostas.  It is so beautiful with it variegation and pie crust edges.  I always hope that it will stay that way, but it greens up as spring progresses.  So this year I decided to take a picture of it every week just to show the difference in color.  Even after it turns all green it's still a beautiful hosta.

Hosta 'War Paint' early spring

Look at the beautiful variegation in the leaf.

Hosta 'War Paint' one week later

Hosta 'War Paint' two weeks later

Hosta 'War Paint' three weeks later

Hosta 'War Paint' four weeks later, almost all variegation is gone.

Hosta of the Day - 'Journey's End'

You know I love me some pie crust edge hostas!  So I just had to have 'Journey's End'!  It's a sport of 'Choo Choo Train' (which I also love).  It has huge bright gold leaves with dark green margins.  The leaves are very pointed and have a pie crust edge.  It has been a very fast growing hosta in my garden, as evident from the pictures below.  Pair this one with white edged or blue hostas, and remember to give it lots of room to grow.

Hosta 'Journey's End' 2011

Hosta 'Journey's End' 2009

Hosta of the Day - 'Jewel of the Nile'

Last week when writing about streaked hostas I mentioned hosta unstability and reverting.  I decided to feature Hosta 'Jewel of the Nile' to show what that looks like in hostas.  'Jewel of the Nile' is an unstable sport of hosta 'Dee's Golden Jewel'.  'Jewel of the Nile' is unique in that every leaf can have a different look to it.  Some will be green with gold margins, others gold with green streaks, etc.  I have seen some beautiful 'Jewel of the Nile's which is why I decided to take a chance on it.  Below you will see mine.  In 2009 all of the leaves are green with a gold margin, but by 2011 half of my plant has reverted back to all gold ('Dee's Golden Jewel').  You can dig up the hosta and separate off the part that has reverted back to all gold, but this is a hosta that reverts very quickly compared to others.  So I am not going to tell you not to buy this hosta, but if you do, you will probably have to do maintenance on this plant to keep it from reverting back to all gold (and even that can't be guaranteed).

'Jewel of the Nile' 2009

'Jewel of the Nile' 2011