Hallson Gardens

Hmmmmmm.... so it is possible that I have a good chance of getting what I am looking for (small/medium with thick leaves) from seed I already have - from Frances Williams, Abiqua Drinking Gourd, Olive Bailey Langdon - and any seed that might set from what I have growing in the garden, and I am wasti...

Glad this topic popped up, I"ve been wondering... if you have seeds from large pod parent with thick leaves, what attributes could you reasonably expect the offspring to carry? Large? Thick leaves? Both? Neither? I would like to have some small or medium thick-leaved hosta (limited space [even tinie...

I don't see anything "funny" about it... ... that's the same color I turn when I get overmuch sun too.

But that sure would brighten up a shady spot, wouldn't it? Ooooh, or a nice shade of neon orange....

Terri

Wow, that would be exciting if it's true! I will have to keep an eye out for mom's patch of this stuff, and hopefully hers will bloom soon (if it is HP) and set seed (we never watched for this phenomenon before, used to throw everything away :eek: :oops: ). Perhaps I will have something attractive t...

Well, I finally congregated all my hosta into one place - the two-year-olds just weren't doing well north of the pin oak, I think they were getting too much sun in the evening... all the sun-loving annuals were thriving there. So here are some pics. Also added another one that I'd appreciate some ID...

Hi Chris, I'm Terri. "Sheesh" is just what I'm thinking most of the time, especially when I'm looking online at the sheer volume of hosta varieties. ;-) I think I got the top one from Wal-Mart (comes from Tri-B nursery in OK) and the bottom one from Home Depot (comes from J. Berry nursery in TX). I ...

Two hostas on sale at two different big box stores, no tags. First one was ID'd on another site as possible Patriot... no flowers left on scapes to help: http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l302/roflol_2006/ahosta1.jpg http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l302/roflol_2006/ahosta2.jpg Second one no ID sug...

I like how my two Francee are looking and would like to perhaps get more of those along with something else in the middle of the Francee. The Francee seem to be thriving in a semicircular bed I made along my property line, under the northern edge of the drip line of a pin oak in the middle of my fro...

In case anybody is still following this (I still was dying to know), I PM'd Chris and here is his reply...hope he is okay with me cutting/pasting: There are two scenarios that can cause this. First, in the industry, field grown plants are often mowed down in July and August, dug, sometimes divided, ...

Well, I was reminded of this issue again when flowers opened up amongst the leaves of these top plants and I again wondered what they are called. On another forum I asked what they were called, and was given some clues although now there is some debate. Suggestions included fastigiates, and leafy br...

One Gold Standard is putting up not just one, but two of these "scapes" with what renaldo remembered might be whole new plants but couldn't remember what they were called - does anybody recall what they are? And is there a chance I can get new plants from these, even though they are just greenies? I...

Hi, Charla. I knew when we met up at that nursery I was forgetting to ask you something, and this was it. Thanks for weighing in. I did find a lot of pictures online of GS with HVX, but really paranoid I guess, and probably a little bit more of a hypochondriac about this and none of them looked quit...

All of my hosta plants took a big hit in the freeze earlier. I am so new to really "noticing" the differences in individual plants of even the same name, and HVX is of course rattling my cage as well. I bought 11 plants - Francee, So Sweet, and Gold Standard - from WalMart last year. As the So Sweet...

Had to google it since I only hear it hit-and-miss in the car.

He's on 980 KMBZ from 6-10am on Saturdays. Studio line is 576-7798 (area code 816) according to the website. I remember they do a lot of yakking with guests in the studio but they do take outside calls several times during the program.

Charla, it was really nice meeting you yesterday, and thanks again for the seedlings! Toby Tobin has a long-running lawn and garden call-in radio show on AM radio on weekends; don't know if you know about it. Toby used to live in a house up the street from where I live now in Lee's Summit. Maybe a c...

:D Thanks for responding, Charla! (turning chair approximately west and waving to my practically-neighbor). I'm aware that hostas are hybrids and the seeds can produce surprises. I am just hoping they are thick, slug-resistant surprises as I am tired of my garden serving as the local Sluggy Sonic. :...

Hello! Before I joined any gardening forums, I bought some hosta last summer at Wal-Mart: Gold Standard, Francee, and So Sweet. They suffered more slug damage than I cared to see any other plants endure, so this winter I got seeds from Frances Williams and another unknown thick-leaved variety in hop...