subywu, thanks for your reply. The reason I'm worried is that my lawn was overrun by quackgrass before my renovation and I think this might be it again. I'm so concerned that I just got in from a round of "ready to apply" Spectracide grass killer on my front lawn. Someone (I need to find that thread) suggested to put on a rubber glove and a cloth glove over that to work on individual plants. Since this grass is taller than my new grass, I just spent about 90 minutes wiping down this grass in my front yard. I think this is perennial quack, which means that it will come back in full force next spring. That is why I was hoping for ID. It has started to spread and if it's quack I'm in trouble. If anyone can confirm quack, or that it's just an annual, I would appreciate it! Thanks...

I think the link you sent has more black accents than mahogany, BUT it looks like the one I'm looking for could be Kashmir Gold from the same site. Although when I do a search on Kashmir Gold, the pics on different sites look much more darker gold in color.

bt - I ask for the fallen leaves if I see some I want, never had been told "no". But make sure you don't take any from the stem - you wouldn't want to buy a plant with picked off leaves... No more preaching, good you realized that it wans't good thing to do. I appreciate that you didn't just disappear after getting a mini-lecture... I can't id the leaves, but if any grow you will be able to. Don't worry about temps inside, they will be ok. They should get light, but not necessarily sun at this point. Black one is most likely goner. I usually leave them just laying around, on the table, or top of the mix. I plant them in potting mix once there is little plant. Some ppl will bury leaves. Whatever you decide to do, make sure they don't get too much water on them. Don't expect all of them to start growing. Often, you'll see tiny hair-like roots growing, other times first a little plant & no roots, until later. There are few recent threads that similar questions have been asked - here is one with lots of photos: click here Rina

Beth- At the HL, click on a letter of the alphabet, then scroll up and down to find the hosta you are looking for, then click on it. Tah Dah! You will see photos submitted by hundreds of people over the years. At the top of the page of the specific hosta you select, will be a link to more info collected from several sources at MyHostas.net. Database. There is also the American Hosta Society Registry, which is searchable, to find the official registration info on a hosta. -Babka