Hello everyone, This is Jeff Miller From Land of the Giants Hosta Farm. I just wanted everyone to know that I have a great friend that pollinates with me, her name is Terri Meyers. Terri and myself registered Giantland Sunny Mouse Ears. My wife Penny supports me and my hosta passion but does notÃÂ hybridize. Just wanted to give Terri Meyers the credit she deserves for this introduction. It is a special plant for Terri and myself as this is our first introduction. Thanks everyone. Ps my friends love kidding me as they know I love giant hostas and our first introductions are both minis. Lol

Hey Paula, Looks like you did a great trade! Value wise they are both about the same but you got a great sized Kiwi Full Monty. Are you talking about Paul at Handlebar Hostas? If not, I'd be interested to hear of a new-to-me hosta place :) Vanessa

Here's my current list of Mouse Ear Hostas. MOUSE EAR HOSTAS This list includes sports of H. Blue Mouse Ears, and sports of sports.(1) Blue Mouse Ears (E. & J. Deckert 2000) Blue Mouse Ears Supreme (W. Silvers 2007) Calico Mouse Ears (M. Zilis NR) Cat and Mouse (H. Hansen 2007) Church Mouse (Walters Gardens NR) Crazy Mouse Ears (J. Schwarz NR) Dancing Mouse (M. Fransen NR) Desert Mouse (J. van den Top NR) Forest Mouse (J. van den Top NR) Frosted Mouse Ears (M. Zilis, E. & J. Deckert 2006) Funny Mouse (M. Fransen NR) Green Mouse Ears (E. & J. Deckert 2004) Happy Mouse (J. van den Top NR) Holy Mouse Ears (M. Zilis, E. & J. Deckert 2006) Itty Bitty (M. Zilis 2010) Jumbo Mouse Ears (H. Philips 2011) Lucky Mouse (J. van den Top NR) Mighty Moe (W. Silvers 2009) Mighty Mouse (Walters Gardens 2006) Mouse Tracks (Walters Gardens & A. Bergeron 2009) Mouse Trap (Shady Oaks Nursery NR) Mrs. Mouse Ears (M. Testart NR) Mystic Mouse (D. Van Eechaute NR) One Iota (J. Anderson NR) One Iota Supreme (J. Schwarz NR) Pure Heart (Walters Gardens & J. Westendorp 2009) Royal Mouse Ears (E. & J. Deckert 2004) Ruffled Mouse Ears (C. Wilson NR) Snow Mouse (M. Fransen NR) These "mice" could all be planted in view of H. Cat's Eye. Dutch breeder/propagator Jan van den Top is of the opinion that Mighty Mouse is identical to Lucky Mouse, and Pure Heart is identical to Desert Mouse. See http://www.vandentop.nl/Mouse-Ears-groep.html. Footnotes: (1) List includes sports of H. Blue Mouse Ears, and sports of sports. Some mouse hostas are not on the list, however, because they are not part of the Blue Mouse Ears family tree: Blue Mice is a NR plant from Europe with a Sieboldiana background. Country Mouse is similar in appearance to the other "mice hostas", but actually is a sport of Bill Dress's Blue. Giantland Mouse Cheese and Giantland Sunny Mouse Ears are J. Miller & T. Meyer seedlings of Blue Mouse Ears. Mini Mouse is a R. Goodwin seedling of unknown parentage. Minnie Mouse (= Missie Mouse) is a K. Squires seedling of unknown parentage.

-Vanessa, thank you. I would also love to hear what you brought home with you! Did Glenn's enthusiasm for The Minnesota Mafia get you too? Lol. BTW...Did you see the kittens? OMG, I wanted to take the little blonde ones home! When you post your newbies, add Cabbage Patch too? I've been meaning to ask you how it's doing? Mine seemed "tame" last year. Yours? -BC, I said Hi to Glenn for you and he had a big grin on his face when he realized who it was I was referring to. Such a friendly and likeable fellow. :). I asked how he fertilizes and it's all granular, time release little green bb's! -Jerry, yes, ecstatic is a good description...about everything! I'm not sure how many he actually dug up for me (I was all over and everywhere) but it is standard practice for them to be potted up in new pots, and filled with a freshly mixed, lovely fluffy mixture that resembles my own! Mini Skirt was dug right up from a growing bed! I was very lucky to get it that day. Lets talk budget then, lol! I took a set amount in cash (more than I needed) and when my order was rung through, which included 4 more hostas than my list, I still had $ left over. i laughingly said, "I can't go home with this money, I brought it to buy hostas so... I need to get more hostas!" Two more hostas, a bit of fertilizer and I was efficiently shopped out, Lol - my job was done! So....Attach a box like Paula and her husband had, got on that bike, and head on over to Glenn's! There are many gorgeous hostas waiting for you! -NHL, thank you for that and yes, I'll be posting progress pics for sure. Golden Gate will get brighter, Beet Salad beefier, Jujen will finish unfurling as will its Mama .. and the list goes on... -Dave, Mickfields is enormous! Almost too large an assembly? it gives a totally different vibe, doesn't it? We have one or two that are huge, full nurseries (trees/shrubs/vines/perennials of all sorts) but have gone overboard, IMO on all kinds of extraneous non-gardening doo-dads, including clothing! and don't specialize in hostas but at least offer a broad enough selection. I prefer the home-based or family-run businesses/nurseries for the personal approach and display gardens. We need more like them. The hosta business has been booming for many years in North America. I don't think it will ever "go out of style". Regardless of what some say, the hosta business is a cash cow...but you have to love hostas a lot not to mind all the countless hours of work.