Whirlwind and Wide Brim? Inexpensive and readily available.

Where do you live?

Whirlwind
I think Patriot

lol @ digging them up

I live in SE Michigan...on mile north of Toledo ohio..right on the line

~kathy~

I agree on whirlwind and patriot.

Ken - where can she get hostas in that neck of the woods?

kalypso - email me please - I have info that may be of interest to you.

I wonder if the Toledo Botanical Garden has a greenhouse on the grounds. They have a huge hosta collection from what I understand.

the toledo botanical gardens are grown by the black swamp hosta club out of toledo ....

it should be garden tour season .... perhaps she can contact the club and meet some new friends in the area ... link below ... and visit some hard core hosta gardens ....

otherwise.. she should email teresa for the info T wants to share .... though i see T didnt give her email address and is relying on GWeb to send it.. yikes ,....

tom schmid is in the jackson area.. hosta nirvana ... and hallstons is just down the road ... both off 127 ...

ken

Here is a link that might be useful: third one down .. hosta peeps like calls about hosta.. dont be shy ....

1st one,a pair of Whirlwinds
2nd one Patriot

I fourth that! Whirlwind and Patriot

Everyone has been so helpful..I just want to quit my jobs and dig in the dirt..and water my plants. Thanks so much. I have had a few hostas but recently started buying different kinds....it's so fun.

Thanks again,
Kathy
btw..here is one picture of my garden pond
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and my new garden out front with our new mowing strip..what a job
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I lucked into a handsome Whirlwind at Home Depot for $6 the other day. Big, blemish free and from a Wisconsin grower. In this part of the world, the big boxes are dismantling their seasonal parking lot garden centers and moving the stock indoors. Nice big Blue Angels for $6, as well.

I agree on Whirlwind and Patriot.

And am LOLing at the thread title!

Alexa

Very nice landscaping....... now, in the front of the house what is that weeping tree on the right side of the photo?

Teresa

Yes it is..but we bought it 10 years ago..and i'm not sure what kind...but my husband likes keepin it trimmed.

Looks like a Weeping Cherry

Maybe it's my monitor...but the margins on the plant in the 2nd pic looks too "creamy-yellow" to be Patriot.
My Patriot has bright white margins.
It looks like Wide Brim to me.
Could just be my monitor though.
Sassy

Sassy - that's what I thought also.

Beautiful pond and property!

~Bunnycat

Yep--you do NEED to quit your job for sure, and spend more time playing in that yard!
Awesome--how can you drive away each morning and leave it all alone like that???
Just think of the *strangers* who must be coming by and enjoying your place while you can't!!! :o)

waaaaaaaaaaaa...make me feel guilty...I already do...but thanks everyone...i bought two whirlwind and two patriots...one each are nice plants the other ones need some help but i'm ready :)

Thanks again,
Kathy

Tell your husband to let the weeping cherry grow!

PS, you can always ask your neighbor for a division of those plants.

You think the weeping cherry? should grow? he likes it all trimmed...I really don't care...but if it grows..then i wont see my plants under it and it makes it hard to walk around that side of the house :)

~Kathy~

i am up near tecumseh .. is that too far to see about 1500 varieties... and 400 conifers ...

then we could go see hidden lakes and see another 800 ... and 400 conifers ..

bring hubby ... my kids are 9 and 5 .. so if you have any of those.. they can all come ...

email me .. ken

kalypsogirl wrote:
"You think the weeping cherry? should grow?"
It's all personnal taste. I like the long flowing look of the tree. Trimming them would be like painting the leaves of a red maple, green. ;)

For another place to shop, Cahoons is on the west side of Cleveland. They have an amazing varity in the spring. Take a truck and your checkbook. You'll be glad you did!

it would be closer for her to go to gee tree farm just north of jackson ..

take two trucks.. and 3 checkbooks ....

ken