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by Tigger
Apr 27, 2005 11:20 am
Forum: Member Journals
Topic: My Page: Roy
Replies: 1
Views: 1804

What a list! Looks like you need a hosta starting with "X".
by Tigger
Apr 26, 2005 12:02 pm
Forum: Hosta Hybridizing and Seed Growing Forum
Topic: How do you breed hostas?
Replies: 7
Views: 3940

Don't forget JGH's explanation: http://hostafaq.westside.com/wsContentP ... w?RowId=43

Actually, there are a couple of other entries at the FAQ site (mostly on page 2) for some good background on breeding.

David
by Tigger
Apr 15, 2005 2:29 pm
Forum: Member Journals
Topic: Tigger here!
Replies: 28
Views: 37288

Here's a picture from last June of the front walk. Don't know why I don't have a good pic of the major section of the hosta beds. Anyway, the walk to the front door says Welcome! I think our garden will be an "open garden" during the AHS convention next year (2006) (i.e. not on the bus tour, but ava...
by Tigger
Apr 13, 2005 6:00 pm
Forum: Hosta Forum
Topic: Messenger growth stimulator
Replies: 40
Views: 4913

I suppose it couldn't hurt, but consider that hostas are largely free of any disease problems, so strengthening their immune systems might not gain you as much as it would, say, with roses or apple trees that are so terribly prone to maladies. If you have bad nematodes in your hosta garden, this won...
by Tigger
Apr 13, 2005 3:57 pm
Forum: Member Journals
Topic: Tigger here!
Replies: 28
Views: 37288

Let's see if I can paste in my hosta list... 1 Abba Dabba Do 2 Alex Summers (replacement 04/07) 3 Allan P. McConnell 4 Amber Maiden 5 Ani Machi (aka Geisha) 6 Antioch 7 Aspen Gold 8 Betsy King 9 Big Daddy 10 Birchwood Parkys Gold 11 Blackfoot 12 Blue Angel (gone, if ever had it for real) 13 Blue Cad...
by Tigger
Apr 13, 2005 3:38 pm
Forum: Member Journals
Topic: Tigger here!
Replies: 28
Views: 37288

Tigger here!

OK, so this first post is a blurb I wrote up about our gardens a few years back for a local hosta society tour/meeting. Most of it remains true, although the gardens in the woods have largely been choked out by red maple roots... Teagate Gardens When we moved to this area from the Midwest, we soon d...