Do not buy "HOSTAS" ANDREW MIKOLAJSKI. The content is good but it was printed in China and the print is so small it is very difficult to read. Buy "THE HOSTA HANDBOOK" Mark R. Zilis if you want a book for identification purposes. It does have basic info on the plant but the main Pages (600 pages) are full of pictures and other information. Recommended. Nancy in Montreal

I've got mine ordered! Can't wait to get it. Almost every Hosta retailer in Ontario is selling it and they're all trying to offer the best price so it shouldn't be too hard to get one in Canada (which is fantastic!). I'm surprised amazon.ca doesn't have it....but amazon.com does. Oh...also...in Canada only the 5% federal portion of tax is charged on books since the PST portion is exempt for book purchases. Vanessa

Melissa, Here's my list of books which relate to hostas. Let me know of any additions or corrections. Along with those listed below, Mark Zilis of Q & Z Nursery is working on a wonderful new book about hostas. The book will contain much information. It will probably be 9" x 12" hardbound, about 1000 pages, encyclopedia format, with many photos. Mark has not decided on a title for the new book. He is trying to get it to the publisher this fall. The book will be copyrighted by Q & Z Nursery. Thank you, Don Hosta Books (Revised 9-9-07) Aden, Paul, editor and compiler. The Hosta Book (Second Edition). Portland, OR: Timber Press, 1994. 133 pp. American Hosta Society. The Hosta Journal. Robert C. Olson, editor. American Hosta Society. Published three times a year. Free for AHS members. American Hosta Society. The Hosta Adventure: A Growers Guide. c/o Steve Greene, Sudbury, MA: American Hosta Society, 2001. 32 pp. American Hosta Society. The Silver Book. c/o Steve Greene, Sudbury, MA: American Hosta Society. The Silver Book is a now a multi-volume set entitled The Genus Hosta: List of Registered Cultivars , List of Species, and Botanical Varieties and Forms and Specioids. Armitage, Allan. This is Gardening : Hostas. (CD-ROM) Blacksburg, VA: Interactive Design & Development, Inc., 2001. Barrett, Rosemary. Hostas. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books Inc., 2004. 143 pp. Bird, Richard and Tarrant, David. Hostas and Other Shade-Loving Plants. Los Angeles: Whitehouse Spelling Publications, 1999. 144 pp. Bond, Sandra. Hostas. New York, NY: Sterling Pub. Co. Inc., 1992. 96 pp. British Hosta & Hemerocallis Society. Bulletin of the British Hosta & Hemerocallis Society. c/o Linda Hinton, Stroud, Gloucestershire. Cultivated Plant Code. Wimborne, Dorset: Quarterjack Press, 1995. Druse, Ken. The Natural Shade Garden. New York, NY: Clarkson N. Potter Inc., 1992. 280 pp. Elslager, Edward, editor. HostaScience journal. Ann Arbor, MI: Edward Elslager. Published biannually. Fisher, Eunice V. Hostas: The Aristocratic Plant for Shady Gardens. 1973. 63 pp. Greene, Steven H. 2007 Hosta Retail Finder. Sudbury, MA: Greene Acre Sales, 2007. 169 pp. Grenfell, Diana. Hostas. Worcestershire, UK: The Hardy Plant Society, 1993. Grenfell, Diana. Hostas. London: Cassell, 2002. 96 pp. Grenfell, Diana. Hostas (Wisley Handbooks). London: Mitchell Beazley, 2008. 96 pp. Grenfell, Diana. Hosta, The Flowering Foliage Plant. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 1990. 208 pp. Grenfell, Diana and Shadrack, Michael. Timber Press Pocket Guide to Hostas. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 2007. 212 pp. Grenfell, Diana and Shadrack, Michael. The Color Encyclopedia of Hostas. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 2004. 427 pp. Grenfell, Diana. The GardenerÂs Guide to Growing Hostas. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 2001. 160 pp. Hart, Rhonda Massingham. Bugs, Slugs & Other Thugs- Controlling Garden Pests Organically. Pownal, VT: Storey Publishing, 1991. 214 pp. Hodgson, Larry. Making the Most of Shade: How to Plan, Plant, and Grow a Fabulous Garden that Lightens up the Shadows. New York, NY: Rodale Inc., 2005. 416 pp. Isaacson, Richard T., compiler. Andersen Horticultural LibraryÂs Source List of Plants and Seeds. (2007 Edition). Chanhassen, MN: University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, 2007. Kohlein, Fritz. Hosta (Funkien). Ulmer, UK: Stuttgart, 1993. 192 pp. Mikolajski, Andrew. Hostas. London: Southwater Publishing, 2001. 64 pp. Pease, Katherine. The 1999 Green Pages Hosta Directory. Kansas City, MO: (self-published). 1998. 120 pp. Phillips, Leonard, editor. Hosta Magazine. Peabody, MA: Leonard Phillips. Published bi-monthly. Currently out-of-print. Schenk, George. The Complete Shade Gardener. (Second Edition). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1994. 311 pp. Schmid, W. George. The Genus Hosta. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 1992. 480 pp. Wade, Van R. 2002 American Hosta Guide. Bellville, OH: Wade & Gatton Nurseries, 2002. 512 pp. Revised annually in an abbreviated format. Zilis, Mark R. The Hosta Handbook. Rochelle, IL: Q & Z Nursery, Inc., 2000. 600 pp.

I have that book along with any other Hosta books available. I'm a person that gets inspired by the visual. I look though my books all the time either for an idea for some issue or just allow the book to 'speak' to me. I don't collect a lot of tiny or very small hostas but I do have some. I definitely got some ideas from looking at this book. I realized this year that keeping the mini's in pots is fine but in the long run more tricky for me in my climate. This year I created two more areas where the little ones could be in the ground (pictures attached). The second picture where the Buddha lives also had the little pagoda thing added inspired by a picture in the book. I do agree there could have been more identifying going on. The first picture brings these plants up higher to view as you walk by. It was partially inspired by the raised bed in the book although that one was made of wood and much higher and larger than this. This garden previously had a collection of blues and greens. This is one of the few areas of the garden without overhead watering. The plants here don't get so spotty from hard water. The places where the mini's and smalls are was full of plants similar to the size of Devon Green and Blue Wedgwood. It looks fine but I realized this year that using the contrast of size was pleasing to my eye.