I've got mine ordered! Can't wait to get it. Almost every Hosta retailer in Ontario is selling it and they're all trying to offer the best price so it shouldn't be too hard to get one in Canada (which is fantastic!). I'm surprised amazon.ca doesn't have it....but amazon.com does. Oh...also...in Canada only the 5% federal portion of tax is charged on books since the PST portion is exempt for book purchases. Vanessa

I have a Summer Music, and it is delightfully colorful. Where did you put it? On your driveway? The light middle banded by the sort of yellowish chartreuse, and then a wide margin of medium green, all gorgeous colors. In a way, it could be the same sort of design as the Striptease family. I can see that it was rightfully moved out of this bed though, since it would distract the viewer from the overall effect. With my Summer Music, I can see it soon placed on a higher stand where it is in your face!

Melissa, Here's my list of books which relate to hostas. Let me know of any additions or corrections. Along with those listed below, Mark Zilis of Q & Z Nursery is working on a wonderful new book about hostas. The book will contain much information. It will probably be 9" x 12" hardbound, about 1000 pages, encyclopedia format, with many photos. Mark has not decided on a title for the new book. He is trying to get it to the publisher this fall. The book will be copyrighted by Q & Z Nursery. Thank you, Don Hosta Books (Revised 9-9-07) Aden, Paul, editor and compiler. The Hosta Book (Second Edition). Portland, OR: Timber Press, 1994. 133 pp. American Hosta Society. The Hosta Journal. Robert C. Olson, editor. American Hosta Society. Published three times a year. Free for AHS members. American Hosta Society. The Hosta Adventure: A Growers Guide. c/o Steve Greene, Sudbury, MA: American Hosta Society, 2001. 32 pp. American Hosta Society. The Silver Book. c/o Steve Greene, Sudbury, MA: American Hosta Society. The Silver Book is a now a multi-volume set entitled The Genus Hosta: List of Registered Cultivars , List of Species, and Botanical Varieties and Forms and Specioids. Armitage, Allan. This is Gardening : Hostas. (CD-ROM) Blacksburg, VA: Interactive Design & Development, Inc., 2001. Barrett, Rosemary. Hostas. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books Inc., 2004. 143 pp. Bird, Richard and Tarrant, David. Hostas and Other Shade-Loving Plants. Los Angeles: Whitehouse Spelling Publications, 1999. 144 pp. Bond, Sandra. Hostas. New York, NY: Sterling Pub. Co. Inc., 1992. 96 pp. British Hosta & Hemerocallis Society. Bulletin of the British Hosta & Hemerocallis Society. c/o Linda Hinton, Stroud, Gloucestershire. Cultivated Plant Code. Wimborne, Dorset: Quarterjack Press, 1995. Druse, Ken. The Natural Shade Garden. New York, NY: Clarkson N. Potter Inc., 1992. 280 pp. Elslager, Edward, editor. HostaScience journal. Ann Arbor, MI: Edward Elslager. Published biannually. Fisher, Eunice V. Hostas: The Aristocratic Plant for Shady Gardens. 1973. 63 pp. Greene, Steven H. 2007 Hosta Retail Finder. Sudbury, MA: Greene Acre Sales, 2007. 169 pp. Grenfell, Diana. Hostas. Worcestershire, UK: The Hardy Plant Society, 1993. Grenfell, Diana. Hostas. London: Cassell, 2002. 96 pp. Grenfell, Diana. Hostas (Wisley Handbooks). London: Mitchell Beazley, 2008. 96 pp. Grenfell, Diana. Hosta, The Flowering Foliage Plant. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 1990. 208 pp. Grenfell, Diana and Shadrack, Michael. Timber Press Pocket Guide to Hostas. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 2007. 212 pp. Grenfell, Diana and Shadrack, Michael. The Color Encyclopedia of Hostas. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 2004. 427 pp. Grenfell, Diana. The GardenerÂs Guide to Growing Hostas. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 2001. 160 pp. Hart, Rhonda Massingham. Bugs, Slugs & Other Thugs- Controlling Garden Pests Organically. Pownal, VT: Storey Publishing, 1991. 214 pp. Hodgson, Larry. Making the Most of Shade: How to Plan, Plant, and Grow a Fabulous Garden that Lightens up the Shadows. New York, NY: Rodale Inc., 2005. 416 pp. Isaacson, Richard T., compiler. Andersen Horticultural LibraryÂs Source List of Plants and Seeds. (2007 Edition). Chanhassen, MN: University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, 2007. Kohlein, Fritz. Hosta (Funkien). Ulmer, UK: Stuttgart, 1993. 192 pp. Mikolajski, Andrew. Hostas. London: Southwater Publishing, 2001. 64 pp. Pease, Katherine. The 1999 Green Pages Hosta Directory. Kansas City, MO: (self-published). 1998. 120 pp. Phillips, Leonard, editor. Hosta Magazine. Peabody, MA: Leonard Phillips. Published bi-monthly. Currently out-of-print. Schenk, George. The Complete Shade Gardener. (Second Edition). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1994. 311 pp. Schmid, W. George. The Genus Hosta. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 1992. 480 pp. Wade, Van R. 2002 American Hosta Guide. Bellville, OH: Wade & Gatton Nurseries, 2002. 512 pp. Revised annually in an abbreviated format. Zilis, Mark R. The Hosta Handbook. Rochelle, IL: Q & Z Nursery, Inc., 2000. 600 pp.

Nice review Lisa. I have a lot of hosta books but somehow overlooked this one. I might be tempted to buy a copy of this one now. BTW, I have Lucy Vitols, it's a good hosta, gets mentioned occasionally here and there. Wondering if that particular hosta performs exceptionally well in her climate. Maybe that's why she is so drawn to it?