Plant/shrub to replace giant hosta
Lalala (zone 6b)
9 years ago
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edlincoln
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WANTED: Baby shrubs and Giant Allium
Comments (0)This is the last post for this season as I promised hubby not to do as much as in the past...unless I see something I just have to have-lol So, I'm looking for baby shrubs: hydranga, spirea's, burning bushes, - well there are lots of varieties plmk what you may have and see if I have something of value for you. Also looking for the giant allium: in the green color, the white, the pink, azure...I have purple if you don't. I will also have many bulbs available for a late season shipping that are different. Unless you'd like the perennial flowers. Also looking for Variegated perennial flower plants of phlox and flower but no hostas please. And I'm still looking for someone with unusual peonies. Hardy geraniums golden foliage, varigated foliage, doubles dark foliage etc. LA iris in different colors Fancy daisies White catmint(nepeta) Thank you all and Happy Easter...May the Lord Bless each and everyone of you and your family! Sandy/muggsey...See MoreLooking for giant blue hosta
Comments (11)I am not entirely new to the hosta game, My mother had a couple when I was little that I just loved. Then, they off and on came with the houses I have lived in since. Although I started to get a lot more interested in Hostas over the last few years. I moved to a house 7 years ago with two smallish hostas, just a plain common verrigated varitey, green with white edges, purple flowers. I grew them for a season or two, then bought some verrigated ones with yellow edges. These ones seemed much more sun tolerant. The year after I bought a couple more ones, did not know at the time they where minis! lol, took awhile to figure out why they where not growing! I don't know any names however. Last year we moved, and I came to love my Hostas! The two I started with that came with the house have grown huge, and one of them spawned why I call a sport, although I am not sure it really is, basically, the cream margin has grown huge and it really is lovely. I loved my hostas so much, I divided them all up so I could take them with me! The house we moved too, had several large solid green hostas already, with large white flowers. They are very very common in this neighbourhood, perhaps lots of local trading ;-) The flowers are somewhat fragrant which makes it even better. But... I really want a big big blue one. I have dreams of it! So far I have had little luck convincing DH to spend real $$ on a single hosta, but this year WILL be different. I am going to try and buy the biggest bluest hosta I can! Although, I gotta say, Dahlias and Daisys are perhaps my true passion, but the Hosta may convert me yet!...See MoreSuggestions for small hosta(s) to replace Frances Williams?
Comments (7)One more - Check out Lakeside Legal Tender at the hosta library. I love this one. It fits the size you are looking for perfectly. This is the description submitted by Mary Chastain. 'Lakeside Legal Tender offers the desirable coloring of the famous H. 'Frances Williams' but without the burning or spotting. The small to medium-sized plant is neat and compact. It blue-green leaves are cupped and crested with a golden margin. Near-white tubular flowers are borne on well-proportioned scapes. Hope you find what you are looking for! Here is a link that might be useful: Lakeside Legal Tender...See MoreSuggestions for a giant gold hosta?
Comments (21)Here's Krugerrand and Sagae together. Thanks for all the suggestions! I've got four monster S&S, lovely plants, although they're slowly swallowing everything around them. I had to cut of a big chunk off one last year before Dream Queen got buried. Harriet Ward is pretty.... so many to choose from. Now I want Key West, Krugerrand, and Chris. But there's not room for all of them, and I'm leaning toward Krugerrand. Here's a link of Kruggerrand and Sagae together. It looks like exactly the effect I wanted. Jim's Hosta's has both K. and Chris, so it would be easy to order both. Yeah, I know Chris came out of left field, but how could I resist a big gold hosta with my name? One of my duplicates will just have to find a new home....See MoreThyme2dig NH Zone 5
9 years agoLalala (zone 6b)
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