Thank you for your patience:-)

Karin

i there any you did not order this year.. lol ...

tape them up ... before planting ...

ken

ken, you know how it is, you have surely been there :-) 3 more parcels to come,lol!

Taping...good idea! Thanx!

Karin

Another amazing order, Karin - lots of colourful petioles and everyone a healthy-looking hosta! What a totally satisfying delivery for you. Enjoy planting them all.

Choko Nishiki/On Stage is such a late emerger here - enjoyed seeing those pips. Thanks for the thrills once again!! :D

Thank you Jo! On Stage is also the latest one in this order. Can't wait to see that one unfold...

How about your potted ones? Did they all come back? I'm still waiting for my beautfiful Bridal Falls, afraid I will have to buy a new one :-(

Too soon to tell yet but two look and feel bad so far. Friend in hospital again so no time to poke around the garden or repot as I wanted to...maybe in a few days. Bridal Falls is in ground and last week I thought I saw something pink like a pip but have to look again more closely. I'll take a photo if there is something to see. Don't despair yet...it might still show. Last year I remember it came up later....

Sorry to hear that, Jo. Caring for friends is much more important than checking for plants...nevertheless I hope you will have time for them, hostas in spring are wonderful to behold and gardening is adding so much to our well being...

Wow there you go again! You will be able to do an alphabet by yourself this year lol. Lovely selection, I need to get On Stage one of these years.

Initially On Stage was the reason for that order...then I got somehow out of control, lol...

Yes, they get lonely in the box on their own, always good to give them a good dozen or so travelling companions.

Lol, Denis, you understand the needs of hostas perfectly! And surely the craziness of hosta collectors :-)

have valleys glacier from last year, beautiful in spring

Karin, stunning plants as always from Jan.

Obviously he grows them all under cover so they are farther forward than those outside. My On Stage has not shown yet where others outside are pushing through and unfurling.Looking at Lemon Squash it is the same size as mine judging it against it's label.

When I said I thought it would be bigger I guess it was partly wishful thinking.

Looking at Jeroenn's introductions quite a few of them are in the medium and small sizes.

No order for me with Hostaworld so far but I have a list and may order a bit later in the year.

Dave

Dave, they must have been under cover. They have so many leaves already, not a single one in my garden is this far and we had quite a lot of nice warm spring days. The quality is good, as is to be expected from Jan. But I never had so many eyes from him. There are some 'older' hostas and those are really inexpensive compared to their size.

That Lemon Squash may look bigger on some pictures as it is as a young plant. So we have to wait some years and then compare...Only that patience is not one of my best attributes :-) Jeroen said he would send my order mid of May then we will see what his OS looks like...Maybe I will go visit his Hostavalley next year:-)

Mine too are due to arrive mid May. Also Fransens, Coolplants and Eurohosta.

I'm also collecting an order from Mickfield who will be exhibiting at the RHS Malvern Flower Show on the 12th of May.

I would love to get to visit Hosta Valley on his open days as well as Fransens and Hostaworld.

It's a difficult journey and also expensive for the flights so not something I can ever see happening.

Dave

I could go by car, around 8 hours to drive...

It's not so easy for you... but should it come true for me I will flood you with pictures:-)

Lol, do you remember that you decided not to buy more hostas...5 pending orders :-)

I like the site from Mickfield hostas, their leaf pictures are great...must have been a lot of work to shoot them...

all from that parcel...the big ones are still soaking...will pot them tomorrow...it is cold here...

Jan's hostas never disappoint. I have a garden full of sleeping ones. Nice selection.

stoc zone, it must be very hard to wait...I read in some other threads about your garden project. It is great to do such a thing, providing a green oasis in the middle of a city is important. And if you succeed in getting others interested, the better. Each green spot counts! And with hostas you found the perfect plants:-)

It just takes winter a while to give up here. It is going to get down to -4 today. Thanks for the support! When things do start growing it's like an explosion,it happens so fast because we have so much light at this time of year and things grow very rapidly.