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Eliza Waters 
Pretty purples…💜
Thank you, Jane. 🙂
I didn’t realize that was the name of the flowers on a hosta.
Not a common name per se, but the title I chose to describe them. 🙂
I like it!
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Just beautiful.
Thank you, Susie. They have an elegant beauty. 🙂
What lovely pale pastels!
Thank you, Cindy! x
Beautiful Hosta, the colours are very soothing.
Thank you, Maria!
Modest but pretty.
Thank you, Laurie. Are yours blooming yet? They are great shade plants.
Yes, they are blooming. Since you visited, I have planted many hostas in my side gardens. They are thriving.
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So pretty
Thank you, Sheree!
Everything looks so lush. You will never get a wrinkle.
Thank you, Gary. Not this year at least!
Perfect dance skirts for little Wood Nymphs or hats for the small creatures.
Ah, yes! 🙂
I have one hosta in a pot under a glass table that I had to pull out so the bells could stand tall. 🙂
Nice! I have so many different kinds, all unique in their beauty. Do you have a favorite? I am torn between one with deep green leaves topped with dark purple flowers and the fragrant H. grandiflora.
I have some really pretty hosta, and I love them all even the plain green ones find a place to live in a ring under our trees. I wish I had kept their names because I have blue ones, small ones, huge ones, and the only one I ever know the name of is Patriot. I can honestly say I never met a hosta I didn’t like. 🙂
They surely come in all forms, small (I have a 4″ tall one) to huge, a yard or more across.
Pastel perfection, gentle summer beauty.
Thank you, Barbara. ❤
Those are such happy Hostas with plump, healthy buds! I’m in awe, Eliza. Your flowers this summer are just exquisite. After a slow start and late spring, your garden appears to be in full splendor!
Thank you for visiting! (Wish it could be in person, maybe one day. 🙂 )
The relentless rain has made the plants pretty happy, and thus, me as well.
Ah, of course rain always helps…. until it it too much and it doesn’t. You have such a beautiful selection of flowers! I’m still avoiding travel since spring of 2020, but one day look forward to adventuring once again. Wouldn’t that be fun to visit in person? ❤ ❤ ❤
Yes, it would, to meet in person after all these (10!) years. 🙂
They are so pretty! Mine haven’t flowered yet. I think they may be overcrowded.
Thank you, Dale. I have many different types, all looking great right now. The hummers are appreciating them as well. 🙂
Lucky!!
I like Hostas, but only in other people’s yards. Their propensity toward attracting slugs and snails creeps me out (sorry!)
Yes, I know the problem very well! 🙂
I would have thought them lilies or something, since I never think about hostas. I think there’s a reason. I just found this on a Texas A&M gardening site: “Hostas are not commonly grown in Texas. They rarely reach the same perfection here that they achieve in northern U.S. gardens, English picture books, or plant catalogs. Many varieties burn up in our hot, humid summers, and since new varieties tend to be pricey, some good varieties may be overlooked as candidates for shaded Texas gardens.” I’ll just admire yours!
Thank you, Linda. Yes, they need moist shade and even here, aren’t happy in partial sun.
Ours have been flowering for a while but not as lovely as yours.
Thanks, Steve. The larger-leaved Hostas have esp. nice blooms, I find.
Looks like it’s Hosta time in the garden. So beautiful.
Thank you, Monika. Dozens of bloom stalks are peaking throughout my garden right now. They are quite dazzling. 🙂
Perfectly titled and beautifully captured. 😊👍
Thank you, Pepper!
Have a great week. 😉
Such a delicate purple – lovely
Thank you, Karina, close observation reveals its subtle beauty. ❤
Very pretty Eliza. Hope the leaves are still looking good too. I rarely got any blooms on mine when I grew them in my last garden due to the dreaded molluscs. 😉
Thank you, Cathy. These are from ‘Sum and Substance’ a large-leaved cultivar. I find their tougher leaves are more resistant to slug damage. Believe me, if you look close enough, there’ll be holes! Deer are now the biggest threat, but luckily, I’ve discovered a repellent that works well (very stinky however!).
Oh, I am so glad we have a fence around our garden. The deer would have a feast if we opened it up! I put a potted annual outside the gate a couple of weeks ago and the flowers were all eaten overnight! LOL!
Deer are getting so numerous here, particularly in the Northeast, that they have become a scourge!
As if hosta foliage isn’t beautiful enough, the plants have lovely flowers too.
Thank you, Kris. They are having a great year with all the rain we’ve had. Rather soggy out there!
Lovely.
Thank you, Alys. 🙂
I rarely think of hostas as being worthy for their flowers alone. that one is. Very pretty.
Thank you, Amy. Unless they are variegated, textured or a dusky-blue, I think the flowers are their highlight!
You are probably more of a connoisseur of hostas than I am. I couldn’t grow them in Atlanta for anything!! There’s something called a sun hosta here!?
Is it a true hosta or a namesake?
It’s a hosta. Supposed to be low chill like the awful peaches they grow down here. Hardy zones 4-10..do you believe it?
Maybe… but only in shade with enough moisture!
They’re a stringy shadow of what yours look like.
So serene 🤍💜🌿💛😇
Thank you, Susan! 🙂
Lovely gentle colours, almost spring like.
Thank you, Belinda!
Is that a type of hosta? I have a hosta that looks similar but with white flowers, and it smells “lily-ish”.
Hope you are enjoying a bit of sun!
Definitely loving the weather today! Yes, that is a hosta. I have many different cultivars and while all have bell-like flowers, each has a distinct look to it. White, lavender, dark purple and thinly set or fat and chubby!
I always overlook the fact that hostas have flowers! 🤦
Some are rather bland, while others are knockouts like my favorite Hosta plantaginea ‘Grandiflora’