Are you looking for anything in particular? I have 4 or 5 different hostas but don't know the names of them.

Buy slug resistant hostas. Many of the newer varieties have thicker more slug-resistant leaves and most of the classic hostas exhibit this trait - which is why they have become classics. Any reputable garden centre or hosta supplier can help guide you here. Do not buy from box or grocery stores. Plants are usually smaller and too often carry viruses you do not want to introduce into your gardens. I spray my hostas with a homemade solution of 10 parts water to one part household ammonia. Ammonia is inexpensive, easily available and will kill slugs on contact. I have also heard of gardeners using vinegar and water and salt and water, but have tried neither. Slugs need to rest in a cool, moist place out of the sunlight, so many gardeners lay traps, like boards, bricks, rocks where the slugs collect and can be sprayed en masse at once. I have heard that orange peels are very effective. An old remedy calls for laying out bowls of stale beer, buried level to the ground. Slugs are drawn by the aroma, crawl in and drown. Brewer's yeast is an inexpensive substitute. I grow about 350 hostas in my gardens and many others in containers. I break up the spraying routine over several days. I spray at the beginning of spring when hostas are beginning to emerge and then spray afterwards as needed. I walk the gardens routinely to see my hostas and look for damage and if it appears, I begin spraying again. Because I am a relatively lazy gardener, I stop maintaining the hostas at the beginning of August. I am also very firm with my hostas. If a variety proves to be a slug magnet, I cull it. There are so many good, easy, beautiful hostas to grow that I will not be bothered with a poor specimen.

Waaaaaa, wailing here in despair because I can't join in! Aside from waiting for Bruce's Aphrodite to bloom, this is the most anticipated thread for me since it involves some serious hosta shopping, lol. You all scored BIG ... I'm so looking forward to pics, please? Jamie...how lucky for you to get a Sleeping Star..I kind of remember a post about it...have it on my want list. I also have a new June Spirit...it'll be nice to compare growing notes. :-) FF...you said you were already growing Cold Heart...I missed out on it this year as it was sold out..."lime colour with corrugation" got my heart racing...is it doing well in your garden? I would really love to see a pic of it if at all possible, please? All of you on this thread sound like the "A Team" of Acquisitions!!! I really got caught up in your excitement...thanks for sharing. :-) Jo

I abandoned my hostas last fall for an extended, unplanned trip to Dubai so this spring is not only filled with the usual over-the-moon excitement of re-appearing hostas, but filled with trepidation as well. Today I will do a thorough "walk-about" which translates to a "thorough poking about" LOL - know what I mean? The kind where gloves don't exist - has to be bare fingers that at the end of the exercise will take time to brush clean again! Oh joy! Gotta go! P.S. Almost forgot your question, lol! Answer:. an unabashed, resounding YES.