Hallson Gardens

Nice list Rosemarie, Ann Kulpa is a good grower, and if Secret Love is like Fragrant Flame, you're going to love it. My Fragrant Flame took a lot of sun this summer and didn't loose it's blue color.

I think I'll have to add Magic Fire to my list.

Gesila

Thanks Chris, next year it will be watered with our new irrigation system I won in a contest. The soil in the pachysandra garden is awesome, like your nursery, we can use a pitch fork in this section. Even though the pachysandras have tons of roots, they keep the soil from becoming compacted. Gesila

Name: H. 'T Rex' Description: Blue/green leaves of the T. Rex Hosta are slightly wavy and floppy. Size: XL(60"w x 30"h) Origin: montana f. macrophylla x 'Big John' hybrid Flowers: White Flowers. Added to garden: 04/30/11 Registry - http://www.hostaregistrar.org/detail.php?id=6453&Variety=T%20Rex MyH...

OK Rosemarie, what did you order?

LOL, looking at the Hosta Forum while in Germany! I can relate, I looked at the hosta forum on my cell phone while at a Josh Groban concert. I thought my daughter was going to kill me

Name: H. 'Tropical Dancer' PP#21209
Description: Ruffled green leaves with a creamy-white border.
Size: Medium(26"w x 14"h)
Origin: sport of H. 'Spring Fling'
Flowers: Lavender Flowers.
Added to garden: 6/24/11

Oops, thanks for catching the typo, it's listed as a medium sized plant. I fixed it. It's listed as having medium growth rate. Nice to hear from you, hope you trip is going well for you.

Thank you Owen. I live in Western Michigan and am lucky that I can buy locally. There's a nursery that is 10 minutes from my house that has over 600 varieties. It's not unusual for me to buy hostas that already have over 10 eyes. I bought about a 100 hostas that were dormant and, being a hosta newbi...

Name: h. 'Zodiac' Description: Leaves that begin the season chartreuse-centered, with creamy yellow-margin, and changes to gold-centered, white-margined by mid-summer Size: Medium(53"w x 19"h) Origin: sport of h. 'Richland Gold' Flowers: Pale lavender flowers from mid-July into early August. Added t...

My June gets morning sun. It looks very similar to the Great Expecations I have in a pot behind it.

This is also another first year plant for me, I was surprised by how many scapes it had this year.

First year in my garden, didn't bloom for me this year. It was growing in a very cramped space in a root bound pot when I got it. I'm anxious to see what it looks like when it comes up next year, it should have a much better shape. http://i768.photobucket.com/albums/xx330/gesila9/JeweloftheNile20110...

New in my garden this year, I can never remember that I have this one. I get this one confused with Summer Lovin, even though one is is the front and one is in the back. I'm sure one day, I'll pick another one up, forgetting that I already have it. http://i768.photobucket.com/albums/xx330/gesila9/La...

Mine are both new this year. They looked almost identical when I bought them. However, one gets more sun than the other. Here's the one that only gets morning sun: http://i768.photobucket.com/albums/xx330/gesila9/Liberty20110810-1.jpg Here's the one that gets sun all day: http://i768.photobucket.com...

I love this little one. I got mine late in the season. It's in my cinderblock wall.

Mine must have been in too much shade. I had a large full one that faded down to two small eyes. I moved them into a sunnier spot under my irrigation. They started to come back. Hope they make it through the winter.

I kind of forgot about this one. Mine gets sun after 5:00. It's down in the slug area, I'm surprised they left this alone.

I had nigrescens and Tenyru on my list this summer. I was at a nursery in SE Ohio where the owner dug them from his field. He dug out nigrescens for me and saw that Tenyru was right across the path. We couldn't tell the difference between them, so I bought nigrescens and got Golden Sculpture instead...

Orange Maramalade is one of my favorites. New this year, I thought it could tolerate more sun than I should have. All the first leaves burned badly. I cut them off and stuck OM in this raised bed until it grew some leaves. I loved it nestled between Mississippi Delta and Designer Genes so much, I le...

My daughter picked this one out! I heard her screaching at the nursery one day...... "Mom, mom, they've named a hosta for Paul McCartney, we have to get this one!" I love Paul's Glory and his family. They all grow well in our gardens. Here's our Paul's Glory looking as good in August as it did in Ju...

Looks like my Wide Brim.