As a long time admirer of L&L I must ask Many of your write about touring there gardens or workshop . May I ask what part of the country I can not find anything on the internet concerning tours. I know they own homes in Mexico .I actually had ): a piece that was aquired years ago through a dear friend . I have no idea if it was a origonal or a copy needless to say it was taken from my front garden many years ago It was just a simple yet lovely bowl type that I used as a bird bath. I have tried to replace it with many pieces over the years but nothing looks right. I would love to visit one of their shows. Any information would be very much appreciated.

I believe in "MO BETTER." Like Jo, if one is good, the MO is BETTER. With plantaginea, I have 8. Sagae has 2 in one pot, I want to see a big plant quicker. Royal Standard, about 3, because I love it and it is fertile So Sweet 2 Frozen Margarita 2 Grape Fizz 2 Honeybells 2 Whirlwind 2 August Moon 2 Midas Touch 2 Invincible Spirit 2 Victory 2 planted in one pot Paradise Island 2 in one pot, looking gorgeous still Goodness, I could go on, but it is my policy to get the 2nd of its kind from a different source for several reasons....one being it is beautiful hosta....another being it is a way to check the growth habit which might be different if from a different tissue culture. I especially like to try for OS (originator stock) if available, and compare it to TC (tissue cultures). I have 2 Fortunei Hyacinthinas because they look so different. One is the light version, the other is apparently the darker version. As I discover the duplicate is the same as my original and it is healthy, I am sometimes planting them in the same pot--but that goes against my cautious nature, since if they are mixed I have no way of knowing with which plant a virus originates. Heck, I am only now beginning to merge hosta from various nurseries in the same row. Before, I had them isolated in "classrooms" which helped me identify each cultivar (because I knew what I purchased from them). As I discover some hosta (especially a fragrant one) produce large amounts of seedpods, I tend to get a duplicate of it.

Karin, I ordered it from a nursery in Belgium called Coolplants, http://en.coolplants.com/ at the very good price of €6.00, They have a good selection and I have ordered twice from them and have received good sized plants, they don't bare root them, they just slip the pot off and bag the rootball. The only bad thing is that they don't pack the plants very well and there was a little damage to some of the hostas but they grew out of that in no time. This was the Jade Cascade when I got it in July 2015. Not bad eh? This was the rest of the order. http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/3267943/got-some-new-hostas-yeah?n=11 This thread is about an order from them I got this spring so you can see the size of their plants. http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/3855548/first-order-of-2016?n=31 I am making a list for another order at the moment. I have ordered from VDT once and got great plants and your photo shows how good they are, I will be interested to see your plants from Dammergrun, He does not show a price for shipping to Ireland, I must Email him. Are you going to get any of his Oberland hostas? Anyway hope this helps. Denis

Yes peren.all, no hostas for long time here. We just have to be patient and admire others pictures. Today corner of our house and part of yard. But I'm happy that we have normal winter, much snow and cold. Last winter was something else and it killed many of my hostas. 26th May 2017 first pips, Summer Breeze. So I think I'm quite late in pip counting party in 2018 Saija