Thanks, inlimbo, for your reference to a very nice article.

I'm not an expert, as so many are on this great forum, but I do have plantaginea. To me, your problem has a simple solution. Split each of the two specimens you have outside your bedroom window, and plant the other halves at the end of your perennial bed. Have your cake and eat it.

The beauty of plantaginea is that it recovers very quickly from surgery. We did this: put the spade right down the middle, and took out the transplant with soil intact, leaving the other half alone. We found that within a year, each plant left behind looked as large as it ever had before the surgery.

This hosta grows like a weed for us, even in considerable sun. I hope someone else will give you a second opinion. What works for one doesn't necessarily work for all.

Steve

That article is what got me interested in hosta. It was published about 3 yrs ago and had some awesome photography of blue hostas. At the time I only had Undulata, Francee, Patriot - sort of the basic stuff. I still get that article out from time to time and look at it.