Oh God. I was at the lake yesterday playing with my hostas and putting edges around the beds and finding old logs or whatever to also put in bed. I have quite a few Guacamoles from last year that I divided to make many. I think nine from one plant. I came home and started reading on the guacamole and fudge this is a huge plant!!! I've planted too close and space is limited at this cottage. hahaha might have to give some away as they get bigger, or rip down sheds!! LOL.......or put two back together??? Its the cottage and these plants are thriving well they get good sun in morning and early afternoon and they are getting so much bigger in just one year from me dividing like crazy!!! Woah!!! Michelle

Hi Phil~ I bought Holy Mole last year from Direct Source, one nice fat eye, and now it is three. I also bought 2 more Guacs locally. They had more eyes in the pots, and have even more this year. But Holy Mole is wider, has bigger leaves, and the variegation is more pronounced. I have too much sun in my backyard for most shade plants, and too little sun for most sun-loving palnts. I have several hours of midday hot sun, with dappled sun from tall oaks the rest of the time. I wanted to add some broad leafed plants to the daylilies and phlox, which are 2 things I grow well, but are bor-ing when not in bloom. I extended one of my part-sun beds in the fall of 2005, and planted some so-called sun tolerant hostas. Maya Swingtime, Summer Breeze and another had to be rescued in the spring last year. I replaced them with the 2 Guacs and the Holy Mole. All 3 thrived. The only problem is that they are still pretty much green. This year I've added Stained Glass, Tortilla Chip, Diana Remembered, Ginsu Knife, and will divide my Fragrant Dream and Austin Dickinson in the fall. I have several other fragrant hostas, all supposedly sun/heat tolerant, but they have either all green leaves or only narrow white edges. I want to brighten up my "green" areas when they aren't in bloom. I happened to take a picture of Holy Mole and a single leaf yesterday. I am going to try to at least take one picture of each hosta I have, even if it is new and dinky and I don't like it. Last year I only had pictures of the ones that I am pleased with. Holy Mole 7-13-07 Holy Mole leaf 7-13-07 ~Bunnycat

I don't think it's doing anything different because those leaves look very much like the current second flush of leaves look like on my Shore Master. LSM is my favorite hosta this year. It's the new 'front door' hosta, replacing Holy Mole. HM got too much sun in that location to show a nice contrast so it got moved to more shade. LSM has been a great grower (planted last summer) and mine is keeping a blue/ green color with yellow centers. Doesn't get a whole lot of sun and no afternoon sun at all. Also have been a very cool summer here.

Yeah, I watched a chef (Rick Bayless?) make a "quick" mole. You kept thinking, "Ah, there it is." Then he starts on a whole new component! A true mole might have layers of flavor that can be appreciated only by bloodhounds. Obviously, I've never made one. But I've had some mediocre ones... Even mediocre ones are good. Dennis