I have a fairly large garden (about 1 1/2 acres) and I have several different gardens within my garden, rock garden, perennial garden, trees, shrubs, native, wildflower and this year I've started a vegetable garden. I made drawings of each garden area and identified the plants on the drawing. I'm not artistic so they are just little circles with the names of the plants and approximate size in proportionate to the area. I've saved the labels from the original plants and put them in separate envelopes with the name of the bed on the envelope, like "side of house" "entry way" "rock garden" "shade garden", etc. I've also printed out or copied from a garden book a page that describes the plant and how to care for it and put them in a notebook. This year I purchased the 2-prong zinc markers from Lee Valley to put in the ground in front of the plant because I like to walk around my yard and see the actual plant growing and know what it's called. I started out about 3 years ago when we moved to this house with land and I was pretty new at this level of gardening. I always had a small yard and did a little gardening, but nothing like this. This method has really helped me learn the names, site requirements and care for most of the plants I have. Keeping up with the weeding, deadheading, and preventing the critters from eating everything is another matter!! :)

It is certainly not because hosta are endangered species. Plants are almost never allowed to be carried across borders because they can harbor viruses and pests that would then be released into a new enviroment and cause havok. Although it is not the case with hosta, some plants can become invasive planted in a new setting and hence are not allowed to be brought in. I would suggest ordering hosta from a reputable nursury and they could ship to your home. A reputable nursury will know if the plants are allowed to be shipped to your area and what paper work is to be shown to allow entry. I am curious though as to why you prefer hosta from here, as I was under the impression that hosta are native to Asia. Is there a particular hosta that you are interested in? Also, please do not consider to try to smuggle plants. I really get upset when I hear about people smuggleing plants. I have a friend whose BF smuggled a plant out of Mexico when travelling by auto. I have no idea what the plant is but he said it is a plant not allowed here. Thankfuly my friend has the sense not to plant it outside and keeps it in a pot in the house. Still, it could have harbored insects or virus that could have escaped and attacked crops. This has happened in the past when people bring in animals or plants illegally.

After the roots form they need a chance to continue to grow & strengten (I delay 60+ days) then I transplant "outside" & I would hope they have more time to "settle in" I usually mulch the new transplants at transplanting & for winter protection. IF the cuttings were taken late I will overwinter in a cold frame (where they will go dormant but stay above freezing.)

Not sure if you are interested in making your own, but Lowes has thin strips of wood (about 3 inches wide x 1/4" thick) in different lengths that I will be using. They are really cheap and can be glued and stapled together in any configuration. My kids are actually looking forward to helping me with this project. I looked at HD for these but did not see them.