I need to confess...

[Nathalie23]

I just received a box full of hostas that I bought... I couldn't resist a at 50% sale. Here they are:

Bobbie Sue
Celestial
Day's End
Fallen Angel
Hub City
Jade Cascade
Komodo Dragon
Lak. Black Satin
Midas Touch
Montana Aureomarginata
Montana Macrophylla
Niagara Falls
Northern Exposure
Rising Sun
Satisfaction
Tok. Aureonebulosa

Ok, I have other thing to confess , this weekend, I went to a trip with the horticultural society and we shopped at a nursery, so:

Stained Glass was huge and Brother Stephan was awesome. Could'nt resist either...

Again, there is more....

Untill now, I bought this year:

Allan P McConnell
Amber Tiara
Birchwood Parky's Gold
Elisabeth
Green Eyes
Lunar Orbit
Moerheim
Nameoki
Patricia
Sieboldiana
Sum of All

I'm not shy to confess this to you all because I know, you will understand. Is there a time where I will say to me, OK, that's enough?

[LucyGoose]

Looks like a good start to me.... ...Now that you listed that Bobbie Sue, I need to really look for that one for the name.....

[Canadian-hosta-girl]

{quote}Is there a time where I will say to me, OK, that's enough? {quote¨]

NO !!!! unless you totally run out of land and space for them

of course we understand , i have the same problem,
this spring i said to myself not alot of room left on the beds i have so not alot of new hosta purchases ...ya right
since may i bought 45 hostas and received 5 .

[wishiwere]

Well, maybe if you lost one of your jobs, you'd MAYBE say no. It's hard, but necessary sometimes. REALLY hard, but necessary. Unless of course you have a child or two to sell that is!

[hagranger]

Nathalie,
The first rule of Hostaholics Anonymous is admit what you've done
Helen

[largosmom]

Oh, we understand!

[MollyD]

You mean there is a point when it's enough????? nobody told me about that!!!!


MollyD

[baja220]

I lost half of my shade this year and I still don't when to say "Enough"

[newtohosta-no more]

You have been SOOOOOOOOOOOO bitten by the hosta bug! Great list of plants you got there.
And we all know that the word "enough" doesn't apply to us.

[caliloo]

OOOhhhh lucky you!

Those are wonderful hostas - enjoy them all!

And no, you will never have enough

Alexa

[jobranch]

I have put a self emposed limit of one hosta per week.

[Linda P]

Nathalie...Enough? Probably never. You may reach the stage, though, where you can say: I think I'll pass that one up because I already have 3 (or 5 or 15) that are similar.
I'm also finding that I'm not as quick to whip out the checkbook since I have some great genetic potential in the garden already, and I can grow some pretty nice looking hostas from the seed.
But enough? I thought 100 would be enough, and then bumped that up to 150...on and on. Now I have over 500 varieties, about 800 hostas altogether, and it's still not enough.
Linda P

[sownsew]

Enough is enough?
Less is more?

BAH!

Doesn't apply.

LESS is never MORE
MORE is always BETTER

My numbers don't compare to many of yours....but give me time!!
And I'm not ready to confess to any details...
Though I think that I need to find the end soon...I'm getting too old for carving new beds out of the berry brambles and hardwoods!
Nancy

[thy]

Welcome Nancy

Very nice list and some will take lots of years to show their potential

Enoug... no.,,,,,,,,,,,.too many in the garden ? Yes

This year I found my trigger.. to grow them from tiny plants to beauties

Just one problem.. I have too many beauties...some of them sing my song.. others don't..so-- I am trying to sell them to better homes

making space for new ones

[Wanda]

Dear Nathalie...you are among friends here who understand - you don’t have to say “confess”, as if you did something bad or unwise. You can proudly “brag”... “Look at what I got - aren’t you excited for me?”.

Great haul, by the way!

wanda

[Nathalie23]

I feel so much better!!!!
Thanks for your comments!

[DryGulch]

Natalie, confession may be good for the soul, but jealousy is probably a mortal sin!!!

[Patrushka]

Shame on you Nathalie! For your punishment, you must plant all of those hostas and then have a seat in your garden and enjoy them.

[Nathalie23]

What a nice punishment!!!! I will buy more hostas!

[maidofshade]

Nathalie, Confession maybe good for the soul but buying more hostas is better IMHO Enjoy!!