Hi Bruce, Not sure if your looking for direct sports from 'Gold Standard', but 'Gamma Ray' is a sport of 'Striptease' :-) Here's a list of registered sports from 'Gold Standard' Hosta Registry Here's some list's that Mike Lemke has listed. On this Database not all are direct sports from 'Gold Standard' though. This is a list from Hugo's Database. Hugo Database

It is sad to hear that HVX continues to be such a big problem at these places. The boxes don't surprise me, but there is no excuse for wholesalers selling HVX infected hostas that they could SEE had the virus when they shipped them to the store! To duluthinbloomz4: Be sure to pitch both of your Gold Standard plants. Since one was virused the chance of the other being infected from the same batch is very, very high. Each plant expresses symptoms a little differently, often depending on how well it can fight off the virus on its own, so the virus can show up at different times on each plant. Save yourself the trouble and throw them both away. I wouuld also throw away the Francee. Unlike Gold Standard, Francee will not show symptoms very quickly. It can take 2 to 3 years before you will see symptoms on Francee (and Patriot, Minuteman, Revolution) but many of them are infected. Again, I wouldn't take the chance. It will look good for quite a while and still carry the virus. Save yourself the worry, it isn't worth it. Also, if you handled the roots at the same time you potted up the Gold Standard there is a slight chance you could have spread the virus when you planted them. Elegans is considered either immune or simply very, very difficult to infect. I have yet to hear of any cases of HVX in Elegans. This is the only one I would keep. Hope that helps. Chris

I would love to get something more exotic, but given that there are no good nurseries around here, the norm is all I get. I always look, and almost everything offered is either something I don't want (like over-priced aureo-marginata) or something I now have. I won't mail-order again. I ordered 15 hostas from a well-known online hosta nursery 4 years ago when laying out my first shade bed, and what I got was a joke. Some of those plants have STILL only got 2 leaves. I've heard of "sleep, creep and leap", but I'm still waiting. The only thing that had grown much from that order has been the Golden Tiara. That has done well. I filled out the rest of the bed with potted ones I picked up whenever I saw something I liked, and those are all increasing well.

I don't know if anyone else has had this happen to them and I'm not sure where else to post about this... but here goes... Currently, a lot of companies have minimized their staff as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, so customer service is virtually non-existent. Anyway, I purchased a set of HA1 Non Stick 8" and 10" pans several years ago and the pans started to warp and the non-stick coating began to degrade. I reviewed the warranty information for the pans and contacted All Clad to begin a claim to replace/refurbish these pans. Everyone was nice enough up to this point. I noticed that I couldn't purchase another set anywhere, which I would have happily done instead of going the warranty route. In any case, I carefully packed my pans (bubble wrap, dividers, the whole 9) closed up the box and dropped it off at my local UPS store. About 2 weeks later I receive an email from All-Clad that says: "Thank you for your email via https://www.all-clad.com. We received your package but the all clad cookware was not in the package. There was soap in the box. Please send the cookware in for warranty evaluation." To which I replied: "That’s absolutely not possible. I packed the pans and dropped them at my local UPS store, personally. There were 2 nonstick all-clad frying pans. Items: HA1 Non-Stick 2 Pack Fry Pan (E785S264).They were packed with paper and bubble wrap between and around the pans. I am extremely concerned and I do not find this amusing at all. The tracking information shows they were received at your facility on 6/4 by Hoffman. Please advise further information." I asked for photos to support this claim because this was 100% not possible unless the package was tampered with after I dropped it at UPS as there would be clear indicators of tampering. To which they replied: "Thank you for your email via https://www.all-clad.com. We have photos of the box and packaging label that is on your box. The contents were boxes of soap. The only thing we can suggest is possibly there was a mix-up at the UPS Store. As a one time courtesy, we will go ahead and replace your HA1 2 Pack of Non-Stick Fry Pans. Thank you!" The customer service reps have never supplied the photos requested and still have not replaced the pans as indicated. I'm so incredibly disappointed by their customer service for a warranty claim. I would never in a million lifetimes make a false warranty claim against any company, let alone one I regarded and recommended so highly. TLDR; I sent pans to be replaced refurbished under warranty. They said I sent soap. They said they will replace the pans as a one-time courtesy. Still no pans. I am heartbroken.