Hallson Gardens

Update of the rankings ... all plants with at least 3 votes 1....June.............................26 votes 2....Liberty..........................18 votes 3....Sagae............................15 votes 4....Blue Mouse Ears..................10 votes .....Regal Splendor  6....Paradigm ....................

Chris_W wrote:Thanks for casting your vote Janice I moved your votes to the thread where people are voting. Hopefully Tom will have a chance to update them for us

I should have some time this evening...

I agree with Chris on this one. I've read somewhere about excessive cull rates in the TC lab, so the price will really never come down that much, and within a few years, it will get hard to get one. I'm one of those guys buying a lot of recent introductions. I often read that most of the new introdu...

@ sugar: thank you very much!...But baby Bunting ist the only Hosta that i´ve got who acts like that- all my other Hostas won´t losse nearly all the older leaves and get new ones- they just come up and in midseason they becom a few more new leaves- but still holds the old leaves...???( I hope you u...

well- i´ve got a question: everybodys telling about bad "Baby bunting" and family- i´ve got baby bunting since last year -in a pot- and it´s doing well-but this summer-all the old leaves became translucent and then went brown and i thougt-uffff-thats it- maybe a fungus or something else-than it bec...

I thought this might be kinda fun. Just some random tidbits of info about everyone. :) 1. How did you get your start into the hosta world? 2. What features are you the most attracted to in a hosta? 3. Ever grow any from seed, if even just for fun? 4. What is your most disappointing hosta? 5. Have y...

I would suggest Devon Green. It keeps rather dark in full sun, leafe size becomes smaller tough

It was me who suggested those additions to the hosta lists... Baby Bunting & family has been emerging for the last 3 years end of February - early March, and are together with the other cultivars mentionned (Calypso and Crêpe Soul) every year again the plants I need to put in a bow window to protect...

Spider wrote: So much for your absolute limit!

Yup... I bought another 15 new hosta... But I'm getting rid of 6 that I don't like that much. I will make someone else happy with those plants

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I need to set that limit at 150 or 200 or something

Hi Everybody, Just to offer my opinion (since there isn't any "official" description), I'll take a stab at this too. Here goes: Hybridizing and the word hybrid refer to a combination of two different things. Let's stay with hybrid first. I don't think the term is restricted to sexual reproduction, ...

Professional hybridizers would be those running a business, selling seeds and plants; amateurs are doing it for love--- in very general terms, and not accounting for some overlap. There are amateurs who may sell some seeds or plants, often just a small amount which helps finance their hobby. Profes...

Chris_W wrote: Makes me want to put on my bee suit one morning and play

We want to see pics

Sugar maybe it's just me but I'd find it insulting for somebody to call themselves a hybridizer when all they are is a seed grower. Go out to your hostas for a few hours in the morning before you go work a 10 hour day. Go through all the steps I listed before. I don't see why you need to work hours...

I think you are all looking at norrowing down the concept way too much. Some considerations. I don't see why you need to keep records when you are hybridizing. What if someone decides to cross specific plants but doesn't keep records of the crosses he made? More borderline - I could gather a group o...

You can.
There are even weedlings that have been registred (where even the pod parent was unknown)
The registration guidelines ask to inform on "Parentage to the extent known", but there is category “parentage unknown” available...

My guess : a 'Minuteman' or 'Patriot' Seedling, those have typically this leafshape, and very good substance

For a center-variegated, the obvious choice would be a sieboldiana 'Elegans' sports. But I think 'Journey's End' is the largest centre variegated hosta available. An alternative (and a very spectacular one) would be 'Brother Stefan' You could also pick out one of the extra-large edge variegated : Vi...

Small update
Borocay is taking a lot of sun over here. Instead of turning white it starts to colour up, becoming yellow, with a clearly visible 'watermark' in it.
No sun burn up to now...

I was just out in the yard looking at my Halcyon/June area which is in a lot of shade and there is not much difference between my Tough of Class and my Olympic Sunrise. I know the OS center will lighten up later in the year going almost white while the TC will stay the same. You need to give it eno...

I'm not sure I should look at any more of your beautiful hosta pics. I was compelled to buy 'Awakening Angel' from Bob Solberg at the MW convention after seeing your pic. I hadn't heard of the new 'Ghost Spirit' sport. Or 'Setsurei' - gorgeous plant/leaves!! I don't think 'Ghostmaster' is available...