Of course I had heard the stories, but I dismissed them as folklore. Surely it couldn’t possibly be true, it was just idle gossip. And then this week I saw one for myself, I rubbed my eyes in disbelief, it was in truth an immaculate hosta. So apparently they really do exist, it was not just a tale our parents told us at night to send us on the fast train to dreamland, just as generations had done before them. This dry spell has meant the tedium of trudging throughout the garden, arms stretching under the weight of watering cans. However one great advantage to this mini-drought, notwithstanding the gardener’s mood enhancement, has been that our friends (obviously said with irony) the molluscs have not thrived, affording the emerging foliage a good head start. Perhaps though we should remember this hole free moment, it is unlikely to last.
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Off The Edge Gardening 
That is a beautiful Hosta!
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It is just perfect at the moment. As it is raining at this very moment the prognosis is not good!
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Where do hostas come from? Where is this magic, mollusc free place where hostas survive long enough to actually evolve?
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I was thinking the exact same thing yesterday when I took this photo. What I thought (for what it is worth) is that perhaps they have such lush large leaves that it doesn’t matter if a proportion gets eaten. I am sure there is a proper grown up scientific reason, would love to know.
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This might make a great painting. I have never seen a hosta!
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Too dry where you are I expect. Please make a painting from my photo. 🙂
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That’s a lovely hosta. I’ve hardly ever seen hosta’s without munch holes. Even the ace gardening lady round the corner from me has holes in hers. I’ve never bothered with them in my garden – bit too damp in my part of manchester 😦
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They can be a nightmare, but when perfect they look amazing!
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Let’s hope the molluscs stay away for a bit longer.
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Fingers crossed!
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So fresh and plump! We can understand why the molluscs are so in love with them.
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In my experience I have noted that the blue leaved hostas are less favoured by molluscs!
Another beautiful picture.
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Thanks MM, that is interesting, will have to try it out, especially as I love the blue leaved ones.
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Knock on wood, my many hostas do okay except for when the deer decide to stop for a salad lunch. 🙂
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Yes, the deer are a much larger problem than the slugs!
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Would commenting that your photo hosta “looks good enough to eat” (as my mom used to always say about something especially nice) be totally inappropriate here? 😉
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Well it make me laugh!
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When I lived on the west coast I tried to grow hostas but the monsterous slugs thought I was giving them candy. One time I bought a huge one at a nursery (thinking it would be big enough to take a few hits) put it in the ground and the NEXT MORNING there was nothing but a few limp veins. But I am left wondering if maybe you used photoshop to create this mythic image hahahaha (kidding)
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Wow that is scary mega-slug work. How dare you even suggest photoshop! Actually I don’t know how to work any of that stuff, I got as far as the “cropping” lesson. 🙂
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=)
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Not only hole free, but mathematically perfect. A great photo.
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I read something about the golden ratio the other day and I thought of this hosta. Looks quite different this week, no holes yet but totally unfurled.
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