Hallson Gardens

Great! One of my favorites, Hank.

George

Beautiful plant, Hank. It's in the lineage of a lot of Hostas.

George

$7684.86

George

Jim, 'Daughter of Ledi Lantis' was my donation. Where have you been? We've missed you.

George

Lynn, I just copied the columns, popped them into a spreadsheet, and used the sum function on the dollar column.

George

As of 4:55 pm today the total value of Auction bids is $5,835.73.

George

I concur. It's a great variety. Mine, however, sets seed sparsely as Zilis notes. I have used the pollen successfully too.

George

Hank, the problem is that Di-Syston in its 2% formulation has become unavailable in NY and OH. I'm not sure about PA. In a weaker 1% strength, I think it's still in the Bayer Rose product.

George

I will be teaching Hosta Hybridizing 101 again this year at Hosta College (two sections this year), and will be in need of one or more Hostas in flower. Does anyone have a heated greenhouse that could force a few early flowering varieties, or know of anyone who could? Otherwise it's Easter Lilies ag...

Mary Ann, your plant looks like 'Glory' to me too.

George

Ditto, but I'll add:

May the deer dine in someone else's garden.

George

Hah, but Roxanne, is Wheaton Blue a sport or a reversion to PTB?

George

I wonder why there hasn't been any research since 2000?

Is BAP-10 a dead issue?

George

How about 'Deep Blue Sea' in lots of sun.

Jeff, I'm sorry, but this is old news. The late Ed Elslager taught courses at Hosta College for many years that had a lab portion to them. We took home plants to which we had applied BAP or something else, like water (control group), as a spray. We reported our results to him about 10 weeks later, i...

Need more info. What are the lighting conditions, and what direction does it face?

George

Art, it's a great pollen parent. Doesn't set seed real well for me. Maybe one or two pods a year is all I get.

George

I registered 'Lily Blue Eyes' (named for our granddaughter) early this year. I had previously posted pictures of it here.

It was a blue ribbon and section winner at First Look a few years ago. It is in tissue culture, and will be available commercially in 2-3 years.

George

The only useful Don Q is the rum!

My Don Q Hosta never set seed, so I traded it away several years ago. Some people just like streakers.

George

There seems to be some confusion here. The problem is that many variegated Hostas have streaked forms, either the original streaked form, or a tc sport. 'Little Wonder' is such a Hosta. I have a couple of them myself. It isn't very stable in the streaked form, however. You have to separate the margi...