you asked me.. pappy gave you the answer ... the potato like crown needs to be at soil level ... the little pips within one inch of the top of the soil ... if planted too deep ... as little as 2 inches ... the plant will waste too much energy trying to get above the soil.. many will fail if too deep... crown .. pip.. eye.. petiole... cordate ... lanceolate.. all terms of art ... may as well start learning them .. you have bought your first hosta.. addiction is not far behind ... so you may as well start learning the terms.. lol ... find the hosta library ... there used to be drawings and stuff to start you on your way toward knowledge ... BTW .. while you are there research HVX virus.. especially the pix of such .... there are some mass marketers that sell virused plants.. especially if the packaging refers to bulbs.. i would perhaps not trust them ... if your plants show any sign of such .... destroy them.. NO MATTER HOW COOL THEM LOOK .... if you do catch the hosta fever.. we can recommend many great mail order sellers ... good luck .. come back often ... ken PS: blue angel can get up to 4 feet high.. and 6 feet across ... but it will take 5 to 7 years .... plant it where you can leave it for that long ...

Thanks babka, that proved to me it is the other one. Know I can tag them appropriately.

No actual pebblefina pools to see in my area and have to make decisions based on blogsites like this and the web. I don't want a dark pool but have bluestone as coping. I have an 8' x 18' sun bench to consider as well. Grigio, bella blue or cielo blue? Have to decide asap. Thanks!

genetics???? you said: Both are same plants(except cultivar) ==>>> no they arent.. and that is the reason one of them is a cultivar ... think apples .... fuji vs red delicious ... are they the same plants ... yes both are apples.... but thats as far as it goes .. the rest is apples and apples [as compared to apples and oranges ...] ... they are individual cultivars .... since seed production is an issue of sexual maturity.. i would think that a plant stuck in a juvenile stage .... would not mature to seed ... but i have no research on that .. ken