hi i have apple gourds and other gourds also green hostas check my list i would like your erythrina,scarlet nates carrot,lavender poppy,red corn poppy .let me know thanks angela

and a glorious perfectly worded searchable title .. my.. you are a fast learner ... WELCOME to the world of participation ... WE WILL ENABLE YOU FURTHER .... when i moved.. up here in z5 ... i potted and moved 1500 hosta ... 65 miles SW .... half went into the polebarn ... and the rest stacked on their sides on the west side of the barn ... the ones inside the barn ... sprouted out 2 months early .... which is a gigantic problem up here where it can freeze thru april.. and frost through may ... never underestimate the effect of pots, per se ... next ... you claim they will come up no matter how deep you bury them ... first.. never compare what a species can do .. and what a foo foo plant can do ... but regardless of the type.. the deeper it is planted.. the longer it will take the soil to warm.. to the level needed ... to trigger active growth but the bottom line.. they are hosta.. GO FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO WORRY ABOUT ... crimminy sakes ... they will come up.. when they come up.. and not a minute sooner ... no matter how much you worry about them and as you noted.. the longer it takes for them to come up.. the smaller your chance of getting them frosted is... so see.. there is an upside ... and.. as a further example... on the south side of my house... i can put a shovel all the way in .. on the north side ... its frozen solid ... good luck ken

Your guess is the same as mine... a little seedling... frankly, if you are growing hostas and not getting volunteers, it is probably because you are a good weeder and/or use preen. Not all hostas will set seed, and not all seed is fertile, but lots of varieties are very fertile. S&S, for example, is a very good breeder. If you move it, you'll know the answer. A young seedling will probably have no identifiable crown and about two major roots heading out as much horizontal as vertical. If it is a piece of an older crown, you'd likely find a little chunk of crown at the base of the eye. As far as care goes... hosta seedlings behave pretty much like anything else you start from seed. They like moist soil, plenty of water - but they want good drainage so they don't rot. They like bright shade, especially a yellow one. Enjoy your baby - and leave some areas unweeded or watch for teeny teeny teeny hosta leaves when you weed. The emerging seedling will often have one leaf that looks like its stem is under the earth and half or two-thirds of the leaf sticking out - and the leaf will be perfectly hosta leaf shaped - except tiny tiny tiny tiny version of a miniature. Better yet - collect some seed and plant it like you would carrots next spring. If you are excited about your first little yellow seedling, I can only imagine how you'll respond to a row of mixed yellow, green, and blue seedlings. You don't even have to collect seed from a lot of plants as the seed from even one plant may very well give you babies in all colors and sizes... Better yet - find somebody who started seeds this winter and can't bring themselves to commit hostacide - lots of seed starters end up with hundreds, maybe thousands, more seedlings than they can keep. Anybody live near St. Louis that wants to give BettyLu a hundred seedlings of so to adopt?

I am thinking you will find that this will be the last year for cheaper hostas. With the closing of Q&Z last year and the fact that Walter's is leaning more towards offering only patented plants, supplies to retailers will be limited. This year a lot of people will be offering everything that was purchased during the going out of business sale. Bob is selling wholesale liners that are coming from Mark's lab, but with the cost of putting roots on the stage 3 liners, they are double if not triple past prices, no more $0.99 liners. I do know that Rob has added some extra people to his production due to demand, so that will help. Hopefully some others will be getting into the TC business. Anyways, that's my $0.02, it was looking like a slow day here.