I think my mouse ears is pretty small, but would consider dividing it. If interested; I would trade a small division from my mouse ears for assorted ground cover and sedum Cuttings - I can root them they root very easily. If interested; Let me know and I will get a photo of my blue mouse ears tomorrow (and will verify 100% that it is looking good and was not consumed by a rabbit). I have lots of blue cadet if your interested. Jamie

The mouse named ones I have thus far are: Blue Mouse Ears (of course!) Green Mouse Ears Frosted Mouse Ears Holy Mouse Ears Mighty Mouse Cat And Mouse Mouse Tracks Country Mouse (as said, not a BME sport) And coming within the next couple weeks, Royal Mouse Ears. I plan to make a bed of miniature and small hostas sometime in the future, and mix in some miniature perennials and maybe some conifers as well, and maybe a dwarf Japanese maple too. The mice will get grouped together, the others just mixed about in the bed. The spot I have in mind will be between two silver maples, but it will be a raised bed, perhaps two-tiered, with a thick layer of landscape cloth to keep the tree roots from making their way into the bed. This may be next spring's project. The maples have been limbed up, so I'll get plenty of light shade, dappled with sun, so I think everything should be happy. Karen

Thank you for the compliments. It makes me feel rather proud of myself! lol Only on this forum with fellow hosta people can you truly feel like your efforts and your plants are appreciated. The Mugo Pine: I had one at my other house that I planted and I am well aware that they should be candled. My plant was very healthy looking and quite nice. This one at this house is over 40 years old and I trim out the dead every spring (all 3 springs) and cut away branches. When I first moved here, you couldn't even see underneath of it. This summer has been so dry that the dead bits are increasing and I certainly cannot reach the top to candle it. I have been considering doing something with the leftover trunk pieces if I cut it down. I will definitely google 'limb it up'. Thanks for the advice and encouragement. Ken, my title was meant to convey the content of the post, names of my 100 hostas plus some pics; sorry it was unclear. The list that I posted only has 99 names as I forgot to include Golden Meadows. Incidentally after today, it is 102. Today I purchased Emerald Necklace and Smooth Sailing (we have a sailboat so I wanted my DH to feel included!). Now I wait with much anticipation until my hostas mature so I can see what they will look like in my particular conditions. Lee Valley has several options, the one that I have is inexpensive but it takes some time to set up, however; after that is it very easy. I leave mine outside all winter, too. I used the exact same one all around the perimeter of my deck at my other house as I had 50 odds pots of plants; so this system is about 10 years old and still going strong. Thanks again! Paula

FWIW, I wouldn't recommend full sun in your zone 7. Even if you water it enough, it will bleach out from the sun. Sunlight does promote vigour but it also melts the blue wax off hostas under prolonged exposure. Jo, I'm in zone 8 and most of my hostas get full sun, it's a matter of the angle of the sun, i.e. latitude and not the zone that makes the difference. I'm just north of the 49th parallel, don't know exactly where you are in Ontarario but I'll bet you closer to the 44th or 43rd parallel and the angle of the sun in your garden is steeper and therefor stronger than it is in mine in sunny Richmond, B.C. I like to grow mine in the sun as much as possible for the increased vigour, in particular the green ones... Your seedlings will probably be green...if anyone has BME seedlings, they will hopefully chime in. I have had a couple of BME seedlings, indeed they were all-green and from their leaf shape and texture there was no doubt of their heritage. BME is a poor seed-setter FWIW, I've had the variety for almost a decade and have had maybe a handful of pods over the years. Pieter