Here is my list of hostas for an Olympian's Hosta Garden. Let me know of any additions. :) Olympian's Hosta Garden ÂAmerican Gold Cup ÂBand of Gold ÂBlaze of Glory ÂBronze Age ÂChallenger ÂChampion ÂCurls ÂGoing for Gold ÂGold Banner ÂGold Glory ÂGolden Fanfare ÂGolden Medallion ÂGolden Torch ÂGrand Prize ÂJavelin ÂMedal of Honor ÂOlympic Edger ÂOlympic Glacier ÂOlympic Gold ÂOlympic Magic ÂOlympic Mist ÂOlympic Silver Medal ÂOlympic Sunrise ÂOlympic Torch ÂSilver ÂSilver and Gold ÂTorchlight ÂVictory ÂVictory CupÂ

I have, it seems, this evening off, because we're getting rain, and are expected to get more rain, over the next several days, so even though we have tours scheduled tomorrow and the next day, I don't have to race around to give all of the 'baby's' a 'lick and a prayer' of water to try to keep them all 'perky', ahhhh. So this evening I've been perusing Hosta related sites, and find the esteemed Bruce's post, this post, very interesting, along with his other recent posts regarding fragrant flowering Hosta. Since a famous HostaHolic has, publicly admitted on this humble forum, that even he has had, this year, trouble keeping up on watering treasured Hosta, I don't feel so bad that I've been struggling. Now, if only he and other more esteemed Hosta Folk (that would be a difficult group to define), would confirm that other Hosta folk also failed to, as I did, to realize that the 2-3 week early season meant that the slug/cutworm/etc bait/poison schedule needed to be bumped up by as many weeks. I hope I will forever remember to adjust my slug/cutworm/etc baddies bait/poison regime timing to the current year's schedule! fwiw, hh

You've already used more words than I have in my whole vocabulary!! Lol! Neat article,and you definitely have a lot of time on your hands! No problem here,as hostas are disappearing at a rapid rate. No rain for the month of August. I looked at my Ventricosas yesterday,and they were flat on the ground! Hope you're getting rain,'cause we sure ain't. Phil

Hi Everbody Please dont think that my roses look like this all the time believe me they dont. Queensland weather is not very kind to roses so a lot of those pics are the first Spring Flowers. How are you Michelle lovely to hear from you again, Michelle the Olympic Gold Rose 2000 was put out in 1999 for Our Sydney Olympic games I cant seen to be able to add the link so I have copy and pasted a little info from that page, I dont know if you can buy it now but it may go under another name, perhaps you could e-mail Swanes and enquire ************************************ Olympic Gold Rose Nurseries and rose growers are really getting into the Olympic spirit this year, with the release of an exciting new rose. It's called Australia's Olympic Gold Rose, and it features clusters of beautiful golden yellow flowers. They're set against deep green leaves with a distinctive reddish tinge, which Ben Swane says is a sure sign of high quality in rose foliage. As you'd expect with an Olympian, the new rose is very vigorous. It will grow to about 1.5m (5'5) tall. Best climate: Roses will grow in most parts of Australia, but they look their best from Sydney to Perth and areas south. ************************************* They have got it wrong there, as they are two of my best bush growers: About Q.E no the flowers they are gone in 2-3 days. Thanks Ashke it is my best rose a newie too only planted in July, mail order from Victoria. Hi Heather Yes my Westerland goes pink too I have not had many flowers on it yet its another newie, though it is starting to grow buds at present...Cheers..MM.