The Garden Basics for 2013

As of the

2014 March (Second Edition)

of this blog this document is considered to be

an archival reference only document.
The current document is: 2015 Survival Document and Diagram

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The Hosta of Peter Kelley
General Information Document

As of August 2013

Current Links for this blog can be found at these locations:

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Garden Diagram and General Statistics

                                Height      Diameter

     Variety of Hosta           Small Large Small Large

1. Hosta 'T-Rex'              28    36    36     96
2. Hosta 'Sum and Substance'  - -   28    72    108
3. Hosta 'Dancing Queen'      10    28    24     40
4. Hosta 'Blue Mammoth'       28    36    42     65
5. Hosta 'Emerald Tiara'      10    18    24     36
6. Hosta 'June'               10    18    36     48
7. Hosta 'Golden Tiara'       10    18    24     36
8. Hosta 'Vulcan'             10    18    24     36
9. Hosta 'Popcorn'             6    10    24     36
10. Hosta 'Holy Mouse Ears'     4     6    12     15
11. Hosta 'Frosted Mouse Ears’  6    10    15     18
12. Hosta 'X-Ray'               4     8     9     12
13. Hosta 'Dragon Tails'        4     6     8     10
14. Hosta 'Little Devil'        4     5    - -    12
15. Hosta 'Little Sunspot'      4     6     9     12
16. Hosta 'Itsy Bity Spider'    2     4     3      8
17. Hosta 'Lemon Lime'          4     6     6     12
18. Hosta 'Dixie Chickadee'     4     6     6      9
19. Hosta 'venusta'             4     6     6      9
20. Hosta 'Gorgon' (center)     5    15    12     36
21. Hosta 'Xanadu Empress Wu'  PP20774 CPBRAF

                                28    48    48     72

  A. Astilbe x chinensis var. taquetii 'Superba'
                                24    45    18     24

See HostaLibrary.com for more information and pictures
Garden space represents 3 feet by 6 feet.  Dimensions to the right are in inches.
Data represents maximums and minimums from various online sources.

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Authors Hosta Wish List ... 

Ok I admit it!  I do have a list of hosta I would like to have someday IF I had the space to have them.
And here's the list!  Those marked with * indicate unlikely acquisition.
Please don't leave orphaned hosta at my door (if you know where I am) - I don't have the space.

1. Abiqua Trumpet
2. Abiqua Drinking Gourd
3. Alba Minor   
4. American Dream   
5. Amime Tachi   
6. Archangel Micheal *
7. August Moon   
8. Beet Salad   
9. Birchwood Ruffled Queen
10. Bizarre   
11. Blue Blush   
12. Blue Cadet   
13. Blue Ivory   
14. Blue Jay   
15. Blue Splendor   
16. Blue Vision   
17. Brim Cup   
18. Buttered Popcorn   
19. Calypso   
20. Chartreuse Wiggles   
21. Cheatin Heart   
22. Cherry Berry   
23. Chinese Sunrise   
24. Christmas Cookies   
25. Clown Collar   
26. Day's End   
27. Delta Dawn   
28. Devine Winds   
29. Dew Drop   
30. Dixie Chick   
31. Double Up   
32. Dust Devil   
33. Eleanor J. Reath   
34. Fan Dance   
35. Fireball   
36. Flat Tire   
37. Fourth of July   
38. Gamma Ray   
39. Ginko Craig   
40. Gold Standard   
41. Golden Nugget   
42. Golden Oriole   
43. Grand Forks   
44. Grand Tiara   
45. Green Smash   
46. Harvest Glow   
47. Hope   
48. Hunter   
49. Imperial Dragon   
50. Innisbrook   
51. Jelly Belly   
52. Julia   
53. Katsuragawa Beni   
54. Kifukurin Ko Mame   
55. Kiwi Polar Bear   
56. Komodo Dragon   
57. Lakeside April Snow   
58. Lakeside Cha Cha   
59. Lakeside Neat Petite   
60. Lakeside Zing Zang   
61. Lancifolia   
62. Liberty   
63. Little Drop   
64. Longipes   
65. Marashino Cherry   
66. Masquerade   
67. May   
68. May Moon   
69. Medusa   
70. Metallic Sheen   
71. Mito-mo-Hana   
72. Montana Auromarginata
73. montana f. macrophylla
74. Mostly Ghostly   
75. Mr. Big   
76. Munchkin   
77. Nakafu (Narrow, long leafed) *
78. Now   
79. Obssession   
80. Oil on Canvas *
81. On Stage   
82. Papoose   
83. Paradigm   
84. Patriot   
85. Peidmont Gold   
86. Pizzazz   
87. plantaginea   
88. Purple and Gold   
89. Queen Annie Lamay   
90. Queen Josephine   
91. Queen of the Seas   
92. Red October   
93. Regal Splendor   
94. Richland Gold's Moonlight Child
95. Sea Gold Star   
96. Sentinels   
97. September Sun   
98. Shiny Penny   
99. sieboldiana   
100. Silver Lance   
101. Snake Eyes   
102. Split Milk   
103. St. Bernadette *
104. St. Elmo's Fire   
105. Striptease   
106. Sybil   
107. Terry   
108. Then   
109. Tokudama Aureonebulosa
110. Trifecta   
111. Undulata var. marginata
112. Valentine Lace   
113. Vanilla Cream   
114. Venticosa var. Areomarginata
115. Veronica Lake   
116. White Christmas   
117. White Feather   
118. White Hot   
119. White Trouble   
120. White Wall Tires   
121. Wild Bill   
122. Wind Blew   
123. Work of Art   
124. Xanadu Mighty Mite   
125. Yankee Blue   
126. Yellow Emperor   
127. Zion   
128. Zippity Do Dah   
129. Zodiac   
130. Zoroaster   
131. Zounds   

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This collection is based on the theme of Chaos and Destruction
Here is the reasoning for this collection of Hosta by plant.

T-Rex
It is said that T-Rexes were probably some of the most ferocious, aggressive creatures to live on earth.  Just remember that the plant was actually named for Tom Rex.

Sum and Substance
This reference is for writing.  For an author to express the essence of chaos and destruction they must use the right words to convey the sum and substance of the scene they are writhing about.

Dancing Queen
A queen may have center center stage at a ball, but if she has no skill in dancing things may become less than orderly.

Blue Mammoth
A predecessor to the modern day Elephant.  Mammoths had both great size and impressive ivory tusks.   I  can't say they were blue but maybe some were sad; just avoid those stampedes.

Emerald and Golden Tiara
Royalty have a history of being chaotic and disruptive.   Regardless to the nation the effects are the same.

June
Starts the hottest part of the summer.  This plant considers the effects of temperature that for some can be chaotic and destructive.

Vulcan
Sometimes simple logic can be the most destructive thing known.

Popcorn
This hosta considers the pop, bang, boom, and even kabooms in our world.

Holy Mouse Ears and  Frosted Mouse Ears
Regardless if it was sent by divine guilt (Movie: Mouse Hunt), or found in frozen in the snow (Cartoon reference: Tom and Jerry); or as a plague (Biblical reference) mice can be chaotic and at times very destructive.

X-Ray
These medical images can bring chaos and destruction if not taken with correct precautions, or when they are bearers of bad news.

Dragon Tails
Imagine, if you will,  an exceedingly happy dragon sitting on the ground wagging its tail  uncontrollably - much like a dog might.

Little Devil
Devils, imps, and demons from mythology and religion have been portrayed as chaotic and destructive.

Little Sunspot
Here is the acknowledgement of our sun's chaotic and distructive power.  Sunspots have a cycle of 22 years and effect the weather here on earth.  There is now evidence that there is a second more longer cycle as well of about 300 years.

Itsy Bity Spider
This hosta reminds us that there are phobias, fears, and anxieties in the world that for some can be very disabling.

Lemon Lime
This reference reminds us of the bad and good sides of genetic engineering.  The hosta plant was produced by Savory Nursery.  The collector takes note of the Nicolas A. Turmes, Junior's hybrid known as the variegated lemon-lime tree named Lemonine'.  This Hosta variety is GREAT!

Dixie Chickadee
This takes a little adapting or stretching  to understand.

Let's start with Dixie.  That is what you might expect as the geographic region south of a civil engineering line known as the Mason-Dixion Line.  

Chickadee is a small seed eating bird that comes in 6 subspecies.  In this case we're not talking about 'those birds'.

In this case were talking about the slang of how the word chickadee might be used.  We know that a Dixie Chick might be known is a mature southern bell with attitude.  So … a Dixie Chickadee might be is a immature southern girl with attitude.  IF we can accept that interpretation of the name then one might fathom the chaos and destruction that a Dixie Chickadee might cause.

'venusta'
This plant has a latin name.  The latin is said to mean Venus; the goddess of love.  I think we all know how chaotic and sometimes destructive love can be.  A few examples might be:  Cleopatra and Mark Antony; Romeo and Juliet, Lancelot and Guinevere,  Orpheus and Eurydice, and Paris and Helena to name a just a few.

Gorgon
This is one of the lessor known Greek mythologies.  The Gorgon were three sisters.  The best known was Medusa.  Dependent on the version of the story you read the Gorgon were all fated to turn men to stone; while in other stories they were fated to be exceptionally, terribly ugly beings.  Irregardless of the version of the story; mythology suggests that each sister eventually had a penchant to kill humans.

Xanadu Empress Wu -  PP20774 CPBRAF

This hosta steps outside of the theme of Chaos and Destruction.  Although it might be argued that the only female Chinese Empress; or even more properly EMPEROR; may have raised as least a few eye brows when she assumed power.  Readers my also want to take note that this Hosta was registered under the name noted above; while being sold under the name 'Empress Wu'.