Does any one have Mr.Big?

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Does any one have Mr.Big?

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can you post a picture of it? I have one but its slow to come up and extremely slow to open. I dug it up yesterday and moved it because its one thick stalk w/leaves trying to open but not attractive at all and doesnt look like any hosta emerging in the spring at all. I'll post a pic in a little while.
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Mr Big, purchased from Hallson Gardens in 2004. You can tell it is from Hallsons by how clean it is and the size.

Mr Big upon arrival on 4/28/04.
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Mr Big in Aug, 2006.
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Mr Big coming up on 5/8/07.
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Mr Big on 5/24/07, starting to show off his size.
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My 'Mr. Big' isn't a hosta :wink:
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OK Helen NO bragging. I think thats for another room. :roll: :wink: :D
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Mr Big

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I don't have a picture yet but I got my division last year that had a 19 inch long leaf on it that was pretty ugly.
This year it looks amazing and the leaf is already massive.
I have it in full shade for a bigger leaf but of course a smaller plant.
I will take a picture tomorrow.
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:lol: :lol: At Helen!!! :lol: :lol:
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I have learned that Hosta 'Mr. Big' LOVES water. When we moved I took our largest clump and put it in the display garden, hoping for it to turn into a great background plant. It shrank for 3 years in the dry soil and didn't even bother to return this spring :roll:

So as an experiment I stuck two others in the edge of the bog (well, I learned today it is a fen, not a bog, which explains the very high pH of our soil). The two that are wet all the time are getting huge. I'm thinking of moving more of them down there!
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Hmmmm

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Bogs, fens and hostas - now you got me thinking Chris - what better environment could there be?
Might try an experiment or two.
I think I might be the only fool to wander into bogs anyway.
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Mr Big gettin' bigger
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