Hallson Gardens

I think the ones that go for the most money right now are the breeders. Most of the well known breeders you will find in the Hosta Library. Some like the one pictured are pretty much one of a kind. The one pictured is a Chastain Lakeside Breeder that escaped Tennessee just before she started auction...

Got mine yesterday and enjoyed Josh's article very much.

Keep it up Josh!

If I find a plant that is suspect I use the hot water method, 120 degrees for 10 minutes and repot them right after. So far I have never had them return to the same plant I treated or have they resurfaced in areas where I poured boiling water in the hole. Granted the plant takes quite a while to rec...

I have been at the TC growing site a lot of times and if you look at the rows of little ones when they first put them in liners there are some little differences for sure. The process of culling at that level comes down to good quality control and I think the better respected TC people do a great jo...

My Niagara Falls and T-Rex are both 3rd year plants and not that impressive yet but.....

Sum and Substance - 17.5 * 15
Solar Flare - 18 * 11
Blue Angel - 15 * 13
Blue Umbrellas - 15.5 * 12
Mr. Big - 16 * 12

There might be some others of this size out there but this is a quick look.

You might be surprised how many collectors grow virused plants in their gardens. There are some harmless viruses that do not seem to pass plant to plant.
However I have noticed they keep them away from their good stuff .
Some of them are very interesting plants.

They are a lot of fun to watch and not very bashful.

This is one in my Lavendar Hyssop.

This is one of my favorites Hank!

I have one that is going on its third year and getting huge.
I may have to re-evaluate the location I have it.

The flower turned out nice.

I guess I did get at least one sad looking pod forming on my Elvis Lives.

A few common hostas of the year making a playground for the bees.

As you can see on my two Jewel of the Niles, the leaf color is all over the place.

You have to love Aspen Gold. Sets lots of pods regardless of weather conditions. Wish all of mine were this easy. Hosta Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.php?id=392&Variety=Aspen%20Gold MyHostas - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Aspen+Gold Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/a/asp...

The bees would be very disappointed if I started cutting off the flowers.

Very nice picture.

Updated picture of the original Fire and Ice shown in this thread.

Anyone like to share any pictures of their purple scaped plants. The one pictured is Carolina Blue. Hosta Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.php?id=1064&Variety=Carolina%20Blue MyHostas - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Carolina+Blue Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/c/carolinabl...

Rumor has it that this is one that hates to be disturbed.

However, the local gardens split up their mature specimen and sold them and the two very nice divisions I got are growing like crazy.

It is a My Cup of Tea sport and the ones to come out of TC are just getting around. Should be exciting to see how it does. I must admit that the Spam message has me wondering.

I have a very mature specimen of Elvis Lives that I have been playing with the year. No luck either direction so far but I have not given up.
I has about 10 scapes full of flowers and even though they are going to be finished in a week or two, there is some promising looking ones.

This is a very nice streaked plant that came out this year. It looks better and better as it gets bigger. H. Monty Python Hosta Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.php?id=4458&Variety=Monty%20Python MyHostas - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Monty+Python Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibr...