Did you notice how they used the same plant picture for 2 different cultivars: 'Big Daddy' and 'Elegans' and the same for 'Antioch' and 'Francee'.....

They are advertising 1.5 gal pots...which is well and good but not so much if the actual plant only has one or two divisions. I couldn't believe my eyes at those prices! in US$ even!

The most expensive nursery for hostas (my shopping experience) is Humber Nurseries in Toronto and I can understand why they charge what they do...it is a teaching nursery as well but some of those HD prices surpass even Humber!

Do you think someone at HD reads the hosta forum? Lol

All you have to do is wait until they sell them for $6.95. They might have hosta sports. I like to go hosta sport fishing.

I belong to their garden club and just received an Email with a lengthy description on how to plant and take care of hostas. It is encouraging to see that a big box store spends space on hosta education. I did not read it though. Their gardenclub gives 10% off coupons for a week at a time. So when I had enough of that snow still covering all my front yard, and went spending over $100 on garden and lawn supplies, I naturally had left that coupon home.

I wonder how the hosta economy is doing. On the general Hosta Library Auction none of the hosta gardeners seems to buy anything, but HD tries to sell generic and way overprized hostas to the general public.

I get the same coupons Bernd, but $5 off $50 or $10 of $100 doesn't go far with prices like that. Pieter good catch on the photos. I just looked quick and when I saw the prices I winched.

I agree with Jo that Humber Nurseries (HN) near Toronto is expensive when it comes to hosta prices. Now and then you can get good deals, but generally not. I was curious, so I had a look at their website and compared prices. The prices in brackets are prices at HN. Here they are:

June $26.49 ($18.99 1 gal.)
Brim Cup $23.97 ($24.99 1 gal.) and $24.99 (2 gal.) Must be a mistake on their website.
Francee $21.97 ($12.99 1 gal.) and ($18.99 2 gal)
Blue Angel $12.50 ($14.99 1 gal.) and ($18.99 2 gal)
Royal Standard $19.99 ($10.99 1 gal.) and ($14.99 2 gal.)
Sagae $35.99 (no Sagae!)
Frances Williams $25.49 ($12.99 1 gal.) and (18.99 2 gal)
Antioch $20.99 (not available)

In comparison to Home Depot, the Francee, Frances Williams and Royal Standard pricing at Humber Nurseries looks reasonable!

anything.. a plant.. is worth what some rube will pay for it ...

i really dont understand the outrage .... or surprise ...

ken

I was surprised that a big box store that usually has a reputation for low price would be trying to sell hosta at such high prices, especially when hosta are nothing new for them.

Jon

at those prices, i could sell all of my sagae and go on a cruise with my wife!

bragu...what a great idea! I bet your wife would love it!

Seems quite expensive and the same old same old/ I got in on some large pots at one of my almost local haunts for $10 each for the largest being 91 shoots called Fantasy Island down to a 7 shoot one named Aztec Treasure. Most I never had that I purchase a maybe 4 that I did get last season that were very small. Good thing it is 70 miles or a would be tempted again. I managed to find 24 of these beauties

The one in the middle of the last picture had a brittle label with no name but said it was a fortunei sport with 1 inch ovate blade shapes fast grower. Shiny Any thoughts as to what it is t?

Yes... I prefer the local sellers, in both quality and price. Especially the backyard sales of other hosta lovers as they are just sharing the love while supporting their own habits...

HD has its supply and demand and will sell enough plants at those prices early in the season, and will clearance out whatever is left by the end of it. DIY landscapers and homeowners, even contractors. fill a niche, even if its not yours or mine. However, I do sport shop there, amongst a few other places I wouldn't look to buy a named hosta... And anything I would buy there would be under quarantine for observation.

It's my observation that Home Depot is not inexpensive anymore. Over the downturn, their prices have inched up to the point that I would no longer consider them low priced.

bk

bernd, I noticed the same thing going on over at the Hosta Library auction; nobody really buying anything. Could be a number of factors, such as winter conditions still prevailing in much of the country, or ~ with the exception of NC briefly running a bunch through the auction with little success ~ the same batch has been offered since the Fall and no one is finding this batch particularly appealing, or it could be folks are feeling the pinch of the economy.

It'll be interesting to see if things change once Spring sets in.

It does surprise me how prices of plants/shrubs/trees have crept up in the home improvement box stores, especially when they are typically located within close proximity to a Walmart.

Jon, I finally clicked on the web address under your original post. At those prices at HD these are packs of 6 or 9 individual bare-root hostas. That's why they are so expensive. Each plant might be $3 to $4.

Our HD had better garden prices than Lowe's and Walmart. A 3 lb bottle of Ortho Bug-Geta Plus anti-slug pellets was costing $9.45 two years ago. But now they have only a 2 lb bag for the same price at my store. But on the internet you can buy the 3 lb bottle for $10.97 from HD with free delivery to their store, but it is out of stock online now. Others offer the 3 lb bottle for $9.99 plus delivery, but my order got messed up.

Great prices, Home Depot. Is the HVX any extra charge?