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Fall shipment arrived

Ben D (zone 7b)

2 years ago

I just received an order of hostas by mail. I'm very pleased with the size and condition of all the plants, with at least two good eyes on each. At the same time, I'm a bit surprised at some of the differences.

These are Devon Green, Apple Candy, Touch of Class, and Ben Vernooij.

All of the above are Halcyon relatives. I'm assuming this Ben Vernooij is just a younger plant than the others.

These are Prairie Sky, Blueberry Muffin, and Cool As a Cucumber.

Prairie Sky and Blueberry Muffin are both billed as medium hostas, and Cool As a Cucumber is listed as large. Again, I suspect the smaller plants are just younger. Blueberry Muffin appears bigger than medium to me already (that's not a complaint!).

I've got the roots in water now. After an hour or two I'll put them under some moist mulch until I can get them planted tomorrow.

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sherrygirl zone5 N il

2 years ago

Lookin good, Ben, hope they do well for you

Sherry

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old_dirt 6a
2 years ago
They look good, I've never ordered in the fall but a little colder zone here. I've had Cool as a Cucumber for 5 years and it is still a smaller medium.
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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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big city.. shipped from where to where you are ...

some are showing signs of dormancy ... and im sure this all will speed that up ...

have you gotten late fall deliveries before ... are you expecting them to basically go dormant rather soon ...

in fact ... who cares about the leaves.. show us a pic or two.. of the roots and dormant eyes ... thats what would get my juice flowing ... lol ... if you already planted them.. dont bother... just use your words.. if you noted such ....

otherwise... looks great ..

ken
Ben D (zone 7b)
Original Author
2 years ago
The roots look great, and they were less dormant than I expected. They came from the PNW to north Alabama.

I had a brief scare when the USPS tracking said there was a delay, and with a holiday coming to boot. But they arrived on time after all.

Just finished planting them, and didn’t think to get photos of the roots.
miles10612
2 years ago
They look great. I love Ben Vernooj--it's got such great colors and it's a standout in my garden. It's hard to tell the difference between Ben V and First Frost. I have both. I had Cool as a Cucumber, a large plant that suddenly died last year. I think that it had issues when I got it and it really didn't do well in my yard. Hope yours does better. My Blueberry Muffin is 2 years old, it's a great plant too!
Ben D (zone 7b) thanked miles10612

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