Babka, Thank you very much. Phil, I think we both stole it from Arnold Schwarzenegger, 'Ha(o)sta la Vista babby!' ;-) Jan, I think the full name is Undulata Albo Marginata, even though it wasn't labeled as Undulata. Mocc, that NBC was new (1 gallon) a year ago last Fall. It was pretty big last year and already is bigger this year. The only hosta shown in these pics that has any real age is the larger Elegans which is the mother of the smaller one and one I gave my next door neighbor. It is about 4 years old...and it came from my big Elegans in the front yard. Jon

Perfect ! Thank you! I love the combo. It looks just like I hoped it would be! I hope I have my MM enough room. If not I can always easily thin the mondo/monkey grass and move it further out. I planted 7 very small MM and two young S&S. Behind them. The S&S have some frost damage and the grass is new and spindly also ( sounds kind of horrible when Zi describe it) , but I'll take a picture later in the summer. This is along the front edge of a shade new garden where I have some seating. I was hoping for a little privacy without completely hiding it. I have a Shade Fanfare to one side on the other side of a small tree but we'll see how I like it there. It might be too similiar without being the same it it or might be fine.

My Solomans Seal is not the false one. It is the "Giant Solomons Seal" that has not been contained. When I lifted it from my daughters I was surprised how shallow rooted the rhizomes were and not at all massed together like Iris become. Regardless, I have no desire for it to get tangled up with my hosta. A couple of days ago I dug up a mature plantaginea my neighbor wanted thinned out and almost had a heart attack doing it. It was tight against her garage and I couldn't get leverage on that side. Its roots were totally entangeld with the plantaginea next to it. Talk about sweating in 90 degree heat to break it free! Not fun at all. But it now sits in with my Guacamole, Fragrant Bouquet, and Invincible with a 2 foot space around it (as soon as I move the young Earth Angel to my Theresa'a Angel Garden - LOL). Moving young Hosta are soooooo easy aren't they). Where did I read to use twine and duct-tape when moving mature big Hosta. Must have been a red-neck thing. Just kidding. I moved a pickup and a fishing boat load of my Hosta to Illinois from Arkansas when I moved here in 1994 and used "duck" tape myself. My S&S was protected from the wind in a huge clear plastic bag with big cooling holes cut into it. A 10 hour trip in 90 degree full sun. Now that is moving hosta, friends!

I don't really think it's a glitch in their system. They just don't explain the photo size limits of their system. I participate on another forum (not plant related) that has the same problem. If I leave my photos the size my camera defaults to, they will not post. It doesn't say why, it just doesn't post. New people get frustrated with it as there is no explanation anywhere about the limits. Actually, most people's computer screens won't show more than about 100 dots per inch, anyway. So, when I reduce the size of my photos, I reduce the pixels and leave the photo larger. bkay (I am extrapolating my experience with the other site and applying that to this site, so I could be mistaken.)