Julie: Thanks for clarify the mystery on #2&3! I do enjoy the dark green leaves and the bright yellow flowers. Now I know that it is shade loving, I am going to move it to my shade garden. I like the vigor of this plant. On #6, the plant I am questioning is the one with small pink flowers, the flowers are larger than the baby breath in the background. These are two different kinds of plants. I pulled the "castor bean" this morning after my husband went to work. :) I am allergic to ragweed. Cannot risk to let this plant to prove itself. More mystery plant following: #8: This plant has snail shell like node and never flowered.

I have to disagree with Undulata Albomarginata being the same as Silver Crown. Silver Crown and Fortunei Albomarginata are the same plant but they are VERY different from Undulata Albomarginata. The photos posted look like my mature Undulata Albomarginata which is about 12" tall. My Silver Crown on the on the other hand, is much larger. It's about 27" tall and the leaves look different, much larger, rounder and more impressive. Diane

Hi Janice-- The hosta you think might be Undulata was planted on the side of my current house by the previous owner. The other two were planted by the owner of my last house...before we bought that house. Soon after we bought that house, we divided them up and they both grew so well while we were there, that we divided them, potted them up and brought them with us to this house. So, the bottom line is that we inherited those three varieties. My husband and I really like the two with the more mounding habit (the Royal Standard and the Erromena)...I'm not as wild about growing habit of the Undulata. Yikes...that got confusing... :-) --Karen

Thank you very much for all the help on these. As far as persuading them not to mow...We have tried, but no go...So far, it hasn't effected them too much. We did persuade them not to mow up to 8 ft from the fence row..this is where most of the bulb plants are. The ones that are sparingly through the yard are mowed down!! I am praying for the rain to hold off long enough for me to "save" these tomorrow after work!! A bit of rain before will be nice so the ground will be softer. All of these are pretty much in vast supply, except the anemone and I can do a few swaps if anyone is interested. Again, thank you for taking time and helping with these. If anyone knows of any special care that they need, please let me know. I don't want to damage them. I am moving in 2 months and don't think I should put the bulbs in the ground. A gardening friend told me to put them in soil in a large pot and then put them in the ground when I move, so they don't have a chance to get established and then move them again. If anyone has any other suggestions, please let me know. Thanks, Lori