Royal Standard and Blue Angel were two of my thoughts as well. My flowers do rise well above the leaves so it isn't Elegans. Any thoughts on Lime Green. I can't imagine that it is Sum and Substance...it seems much neater and more upright mound that S&S? Thanks for your thoughts. I do appreciate it!

its not allegan fog.... but allegan fog is a SELECTION from one of the undulatas .... could the first one just be a hyper-fertilized undulata.. and i cant remember which ... when you get/move tall hosta.. try the taping method ... the tape will hold up the leaves until the roots start pumping water.. in a week or 2 the tape will fall off or can be removed ... here's a picture: i don't know what the other one is.. ken

Rhino Hide, the little babies are just new leaves coming up. Mine got upset about something and came up with tiny leaves like that all last year. This year the leaves are the size of your bigger leaves. The substance is very thick but not as much as BME.

Hi Ruth. I'm a relative newbie to shade gardening but here are a few of my "rules". 1. If you decide to add to your collection I'd recommend shopping at specialist nurseries...wide selection grouped by size, healthy plants, free terrific advice, display gardens for inspiration 2. Follow advice given by the many wonderful experienced gardeners who post on this forum! 3. Copy their ideas until you feel more comfortable in trying your own design. ( Thanks to Josephine I've ordered this combo: Mourning Dove, English Sunrise, with Blue Jay) 4. Planting guide (found on Hallson's site ~ pg.113) Start with a variegated plant. Place a solid on either side..1 of centre colour & 1 of margin colour. On either side of the solids can use the opposite variegated colouring e.g. if that first hosta had a yellow centre then this time choose hostas with green centre and yellow edge. (have fun...break rules...move plants if not pleasing to your eye) And another guideline...plant about 4 solids/subtly variegated for every more strongly variegated hosta 5. Play around with Comparison feature 6. Don't bother setting a budget! Happy Gardening!