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I have not been here in a really long time. I am one of the Admins at the American Hosta Society Facebook page. If you are not a member, come join us.

Someone brought up Garden Web / Hosta Forum this morning and we have a discussion. The names that have popped up are Ken_Adrian (of course), Hey J, ademink, Hosta Red to name a few.

Send in a request to join and I will accept you!

Cheers!

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djacob Z6a SE WI

last year

Teresa, did that link work for you?

debra

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djacob Z6a SE WI
last year
Hi Teresa, my name isn’t one you’d remember because I’m a relative newbie. I ththink you may find that many people on the forum (ken included, I believe——he’ll correct me if I am wrong), don’t use Facebook any more due to security concerns, ads, or whatever personal reason they may have. I saw your message on houzz, but could not send you a reply there. I have an old link to the forum that I still use so am replying here.

debra

p.s. thanks for the invite
djacob Z6a SE WI
last year
Very strange——once I commented in the forum, the ability to comment here in houzz app came up. It did not show before…..go figure!
debra
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Teresa_MN
Original Author
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Debra - thanks for the response. Could you send me the old link to the forum please? Thanks much!
bkay2000
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I think ken is the only one still around that you mentioned. I, too, don't do facebook for privacy reasons.

bkay
Teresa_MN
Original Author
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Thank you for responding bkay!
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
last year
hey T ... im still here..

i have an irrational hatred of FB .. go figure on that .. lol ..

andrea ... ademink ...pops in 2 or 3 times a year ..

janice .. heyj .... has been gone forever.. not long after she visited me and hallsons...

hosta red doesnt ring a bell.. whats that al bout. ..

how you been??

any old friend at your site???

ken
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
last year
i meant garden web friends... obviously AHS friends are a different lot ...

how active is your site?? ... we have been slowly dying... besides the fact that its the usual late fall .. holiday.. winter slow down ...

ken
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bkay2000
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It's my opinion that poor ratings on search engines are the reason we do not get many new members. When, on a late spring day, "back when", we'd get a page full of new inquiries about hosta problems and questions. That was because we came up at the top of search engines. Houzz doesn't come up in search engines about hosta. So, we don't get a new crop of posters every year.

bk
Teresa_MN
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last year
What happened to my comment? I replied to you Ken and now I am not seeing it.
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
last year
me neither
Teresa_MN
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last year
Ken - I will try this again.

The AHS Facebook page has close to 67,000 members. Yesterday the old Hosta Forum came up so I did a stand alone thread asking people what their monikers on the old forum were.

Quite a few people responded but quite a few could not remember their names! LOL

I am still in touch with Andrea - I even named one of my seedlings after her. Ademink is in the Hosta Library. I am also in touch with Jennifer from Wisconsi, - aka_margo, Hosta Red - Gloria from Chicago, Apollo T Wibbles - Karen from Wisconsin. Dear Westy - Carol Westgaard from Chicago died a few years ago.
Teresa_MN
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That seemed to post okay. I wonder if it didn't post before because I had included photos. This is my seedling ademink, now in the Hosta Library. She is fluorescent in the spring and slowly changes to green. I finally split her last spring and sent a chunk to her namesake.
Teresa_MN
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last year
Hmmmmmm ..... photos are not posting.

Keep in touch Ken. A chunk of ademink might make it into your garden one day. Email me. Perhaps I can send photos to you via email. teresa.maki@gmail.com

I don't suppose I could convince you to come on over to the AHS Facebook page?
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
last year
oooo.. she owes me.. lol ... but fear not.. i have no interest in growing any hosta.. so i wont beg a piece from her ..

you ought to get the info to myhosta link.. for posterity .....

it reminds me a lot of indiana bobs yankee doodle dandy.. when not variegated ... ydd ... rip indiana bob ...

i even killed ken marek ...

ken
Teresa_MN
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last year
No interest in growing hosta?
Teresa_MN
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What about myhosta link. Email it to me. Thanks!
djacob Z6a SE WI
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Teresa, I will try to send that link to you. Give me a few minutes.

debra
Pieter zone 7/8 B.C.
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Teresa, this is what Ken's talking about. The site is run by Hugo Philips in Belgium. I'll e-mail his e-mail address.

I'm with Ken, I don't do FB either.

Pieter
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Teresa_MN
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Thanks so much. I appreciate it!
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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there is a hot link at the bottom of the link pieter provided ... ken
old_dirt 6a
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I do both and check almost daily. I think I get more useful informatio here (garden web/houzz) than on FB. I do miss some of the old-timers here and their wisdom.
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Teresa_MN
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last year
Thanks for weighing in. The two places definitely have different flavors. It is kind of hard to capture the same comradery when we have close to 67,000 people.
ademink
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hahaha I'm still lurking - fear not! ken yes...i do owe you (although that pez dispenser really should have been worth its weight in gold lol).

moments and memories on this forum will always be the best. a great wealth of information!
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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pez dispenser?
Teresa_MN
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Ken - you don't remember during the Hosta Santa days when Ademink mailed you an elf Pez dispenser?
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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If I did shouldn't I remember?...

Help
Teresa_MN
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LOL. One would think you would remember opening a package with a Pez dispenser! But, I think many of us have reached that point in life where many of the highlights of our lives can't be remembered!
ademink
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don't stress it too much. all i remember is that i sent it...but no other details. hahaha teresa remembers more of my life than i do! lol
Teresa_MN
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My older sister says the same thing about me ... now, if I can just remember why I came into the kitchen! LOL
djacob Z6a SE WI
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Teresa, so sorry I forgot to send the link. I don’t know if this will work, but I use:

houzz.com and that actually opens a unsecured site and not the houzz app.

debra
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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i wonder what i sent to who?
Teresa_MN
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You sent me 21 or 22 hostas. I am cursing you to this day for sending me clausa. It makes lily-of-the-valley look tame!
hosta_maker
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Clausa is a blessing when used correctly.

what other hosta will survive and thrive as a ground cover this way.

and the flower color is rarely matched, except maybe the red seiboldii, which arent stoliniferous and has a similar leaf shape and color.
Teresa_MN
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When used correctly? Whoa! Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Clausa is an ugly hosta in my opinion. There are much better ground covers like creeping thyme, Dutch clover, Vinca and Black Scallop ajuga which I utilize on my hilly property.

Ken - in case you missed it I will reiterate "I continue to curse you every time I beat back the clausa!" LOL

@ademink is there such a thing as an evil spirit Pez dispenser? ;-)
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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You sent me 21 or 22 hostas

==>>> and all i got was a pez dispenser ... sounds like a bad Tshirt .. lol ..

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=and+all+i+got+was+this+tshirt&t=ffab&iax=images&ia=images

but clausa has some of the coolest flowers.. quite a color scheme ...

ken
hosta_maker
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Thats right ken. a mass planting is lovely.
Teresa_MN
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The flowers are beautiful. I still want to kill it off in my garden. ;-)
beverlymnz4
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In response to Teresa - Hello. I am a member of the Facebook AHS page. However, so much incorrect information is given on Facebook that I have quit reading it let alone posting in it. I do occassionally read the MHS, Minnesota Hosta Society, Facebook page. I have been busy this past couple of years taking care of my parents etc so I haven't been posting much here either, but I do come here to lurk once an a while because I can actually find a discussion and read it and get some inspiration.
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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now that the pic i always wanted to take ... somehow the flowers remind me of lipstick.. i have no idea why ..

nice to see you chime in bev.. long time.. no time ...

ken
hosta_maker
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The alphabet is the best everyone showing realist pictures in their garden. every letter has a gem or two in it.

i have some great blushers to show this year.
newhostalady Z6 ON, Canada
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I resisted going on Facebook. I am now a member of it. It's nice to see pictures of hosta and the different gardens and ideas that people have. I don't like the format though and having to keep clicking on other comments. I much prefer this forum.

I agree with Beverly that there is so much incorrect information on Facebook from the members. For example, when a poster asks about overwintering pots, there are a number of different responses. One response, for example is: "I just leave them where they are. I've done that for years and have no problem whatsoever. They all come back." No mention is made of the size of the pots nor the gardening zone nor the potting media. People on Facebook can be all over the world and yet many of them do not mention their zone or location.

So, overall, I find Facebook entertaining, but frustrating. I tend to rely on information provided by those members who I know are experienced at hosta growing. The problem is that I don't know of many of those named members. So I can't rely on many of the comments I read or receive.
Vawildflower
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I was here when we had a very large group.…others beside the ones you name…neverenoughhosta..walnut…shadetolant…papou…. Chevry 57 red.. yard mom..paul in mn..we sure had some great conversations
Teresa_MN
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No it didn't.
djacob Z6a SE WI
last year
Sorry……not sure why I can access the site……
debra

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