An article about favorite blue hostas in
The
Hosta Journal (2006 Vol. 37 No. 2) reported the
responses of the following hosta hybridizers:
-
Charles Tuttle
- "H. 'Buckeye Blue'
has to be up there in the top five."
-
Bob Balitewicz
- "My favorite is 'Yankee
Blue'."
-
Kent Terpening
- "H. 'Winfield Blue'.I
also vote for 'Venetian
Blue' and 'Blue Jay' and 'Deep Blue Sea' and ..."
-
Mary Chastain
- "Several garden
visitors have stated that 'Lakeside Color Blue' is the bluest hosta they have
ever seen"
-
Virginia and Brian Skaggs
- "What is the bluest? What time of
day? What time of year? The color is different under different lights and
different times of the year. Everyone's eyes see colors differently too. Tough
call!"
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