I hear ya sister! I need it to warm up so I will stay OFF the computer. Computer and hosta ordering go hand in hand around here.

Here is my list to date:

Aardvark - Haven't ordered yet BUT,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Alligator Shoes
Angels Feathers
Day's End
Gosan Gold Midget
Lakeside Black Satin
Lakeside Frosted Mint
Midas Tough
Moon River
Winsome
Abiquia Elephant Ears
Alvatine Taylor
Behemoth
Big John
Deep Blue Sea
Delia
Grand Canyon
Prairie Fire
Quilted Hearts
Sea Bunny
Super Bowl
Three Sisters
Dragon Tails
Kiwi Hippo
Mr. Big
Lakeside Rhapsody
Sentimental Journey
Empress Wu
Big Top
Cathedral Windows
Sparkling Burgundy
Marachino Cherry
Lakeside Coal Miner
Lakeside April Snow
Columbus Circle
Alex Summers
Dee's Golden Jewel
Wrinlkes & Cream
Golden Gate
Kiwi Black Magic - My local Hosta dealer says this doesn't grow well - Imput please.
Winter Snow
Wooly Mammoth
Toludama Flavocirainalis
Flower Power
Silk Linino
Lothar the Giant
Emma
War Paint
Red Dragon
Tom Schmidt
Lake Hitchcock
Clovelly
Sunny Disposition
Vallen Vanilla Stitches
Great Lakes Gold
Fort Knox
Guacomole
Parhelion
Titanic
Trails End

I think I might have overdone it.
Hosta Planting party at my house!

Kris

lol i dont have any money left for hostas this summer lol and i need companion plants, 2-3 shrubs and 2 trees , yikes!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i agree spring needs to get here very soon so i can stop looking at all the plants on the internet and adding more and more and more to the wish list ;)

here is my list of what is ordered so far
jurrassic park
streets of gold
shadowfax
glad rags

nigrescens
tenryu
elatior
miss tokyo
aspen gold
ryan's big one
savannah supreme
parhelion
queen of the seas
unforgettable
war paint
gunther's prize
made you look
empres wu
glacial lake
tiffney's godzilla
azure snow
sum total
hollywood lights
stitch in time
lonesome dove
lothar the giant
linda sue
i'm so blue
formal attire
forunei albo picta

and the ones i really would like to get still
barbara ann
ginsu knife
blue vision
vim and vigor
beckoning
summer breeze
big daddy
manhathan
hanky panky
radiant egder
sum it up
galaxy

i have more on the wish list but since their more common to find i will see by the end of the summer ....i also need small hostas to go with all of these because i ordered mostly larged ones (i like the big ones ) and i need to re arrange a few peranial beds too....
COME ON SPRING !!!!! GET HERE ALEREADY :)

Chantal

Wow! You guys are going crazy! Reminds me of myself last year. I think I added at LEAST 40 new varieties. Haven't ordered any new ones yet this year because I have to move some, combine some beds and then evaluate.

I, too, love the huge hostas; but last year decided I better switch down in size because I'm running out of space! I even put a mini hosta bed in under my crabapple last May and am anxious to see how they did over the winter.

Chantal, I saw my first robin here yesterday - a sign of spring for sure in Wisconsin! Actually, I saw about five...all in the same tree...and birds are singing and building nests!

It sure is fun adding to our addiction, er..., I mean collection, yah, that's it...

Char

Kris, Kiwi Black Magic grows great for me. I've never heard of any issues with it.

have only ordered 3 this year and those are from josh anxiously awaiting EMERALD RUFF CUT,GOLDEN MEADOWS, AND AMERICAN ICON although I know it's gonna be awhile before anything is ready here in iowa.

So far...
Americana
Arctic Blast
Bold Ruffles
Buggy Wheels
Chariot Wheels
Red Neck Heaven
Rhythm and Blues
Cartwheels
Friar Tuck
Great American Expectations
Empress Wu
Purple Haze
Clovelly
Dancing Queen
Fluted Fountain
Midnight at the Oasis
The Razor's Edge
Split Decision
Avalanche
Chain Lightning
Frosted Mouse Ears
Holy Mouse Ears
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Lothar the Giant
Cloudburst
Orion's Belt
Atlantis
Blue Dolphin
Cat and Mouse
Cathedral Windows
Corkscrew
Daisy Doolittle
Extasy
Faith
Hacksaw
Hush Puppie
Ice Prancer
Neptune
Nor'easter
One Man's Treasure
Rain Dancer
Roy Klehms
Spartacus
Stitch in Time

Good gracious. I haven't ordered a single new hosta. This year, my goal is to plant sunflowers and datura, and fiddle around with re-arranging my hostas' companion plants. The hostas, I'm going to leave alone. Their terraces are almost completely finished and I'm hoping to post some good pictures this spring.

On the other hand, I bought eight new hostas for $10 total from Lowe's at their end-of-season sale on November 19, when they were trying to put their evergreens out for Christmas. Fearing HVX because it's so rife among big-box stores, they are sequestered all by themselves waaaay on the other side of the yard. I cribbed these notes from various websites, so I don't know how accurate they are:

Pizzazz (I had just seen a glorious example in a hosta book) ח BLUEFROST-CREAMWHITE-STREAKER
Description: Variegated, heart-shaped leaves with frosted blue base and wide, wavy, irregular margins of light cream to white. The white margin occasionally streaks into the dark green center. The leaf center has some streaking of yellow and white. Thick substance. Masses of densely packed white flowers in midsummer. Excellent slug resistance.

Krossa Regal (I have one and could not resist another) ח BLUE
Frosty blue-green leaves and a graceful, vase-like habit distinguish this fine hosta from all others. Wavy leaves are of good substance and are very slug-resistant.

Dream Queen 2000 (blooming on thick stalks when I bought it!) ח GOLDWHITE-BLUEGREEN
Large, nearly round, corrugated leaves are bluish-green with a narrow, creamy white center; thick bloomstalk, small white medio blaze with very very wide bluegreen edges. A sport of H. 'Great Expectations'
--Very similar to H. 'Thunderbolt'
--Similar to 1996 H. 'Dream Weaver', but DW has narrower white medio blaze.
--Similar to 2001 H. 'J.D.'s Luck', which is reputed to be fast grower

Queen Josephine ח SHINYDARKGREEN-YELLOWHITE
Description: Very glossy leaves with dark green center makes this one a collector's item. Dark green heart shaped leaves with a wide yellow margin that becomes a creamy white later in the season.

Twilight ח DARKGREEN-CREAMYELLOW
A sport of H. 'Fortunei Aureomarginata' with larger leaves, wider creamy yellow margins, and much heavier substance. Dark green leaves measure 10" long and are slug resistant.

Gold Standard (blooming when I bought it) ח GOLD-GREEN
Leaves emerge a bright light green with a dark green margin turning gold with a light green margin by summer. Morning sun will enhance the gold color. One of the most popular mediovariegated cultivars. Wonderful groundcover as the leaves are horizontal. Green Margined - Yellow Lutescent (turns to yellow)

Minuteman (I already have 'Patriot' but at $1.25, how could I resist? Even though I would have preferred 'Loyalist') ח GREEN AND WHITE
Description: sport of H. 'Francee'. This plant is similar to Hosta 'Patriot' however the white margin does not go as deep into the leaf. Leaves are a little rounder, slightly more cupped. The dark green center with erect leaves in the center of the mound make a very eye catching and handsome mound. An outstanding addition to any garden.

Francee (my first 'Francee' died...wahh!) ח GREEN AND WHITE.
Medium to dark green, somewhat glossy, heart-shaped leaves have narrow, clean white margins. One of the best fortunei type white margined Hosta around. A reliable variety that looks good no matter what the weather. Leaves are forest green, bright narrow and regular white margin. Neat and elegant mound.

I had an opportunity to visit with Bob Solberg when he was up in MN for a convention last summer. I asked him about H Gunthers Prize and he gave me the story behind it. I found it at Naylor Creek this year, and thought it was time to place my first online hosta order!

Not a single one!!!

My problem being that I want more than 1 or 2 shoots
when I buy a hosta and you don't get the newer
varieties that way! So I wait 2 or 3 years till my
local reliable nurceries get them in and the price
has gone down.

Maybe trading would be a way to get different
varieties. I'll have to think about that . I did
trade with Jill(newhostaaddict, hope I have that
right?!?) last year but not through the mail like
most trades go.

Besides I have so much rebuilding to do to my back
yard before I can replant my sun perennials that
I can't even think Hostas till I'm done. Maybe later.

Connie

None!!
Had my list prepared last Fall, but the new catalogs failed to arrive and by the time I realized something was drastically wrong and received replacements, all of the one's on my wish list were either sold out or not available for this year!
Maybe for the best, since we still have a serious water shortage and litle hope in sight for improvement. The politicians have decided that it's ok to fill your swimming pools, but watering your plants, NO..NO..NO!

No hostas for me. I am building new beds and moving stuff around before I buy any more.

Alexa

"No hostas for me. I am building new beds and moving stuff around before I buy any more.
Alexa"

yea i TRY to do that
hahahahahahahahahaha

Hi Lisa,

I haven't ordered anything new. I'll be rearranging my beds this year. I bought over 300 hostas in the past 3 years, many of them tissue cultures that will be leaping (I was a newbie, I didn't know tc's, would get big). So I'll putter in my yard this year. I probably won't acquire another hostas unless its something that surpasses the 10 foot rule, just don't have the room.

Tomorrow is the first day of Spring, yippee.

PIM

Not a single thing! I have been busy figuring out how to be a mom... my baby girl is almost 6 months old now and man am I exhausted... I am hoping I will have time to get outside this summer to (at the very least) water the hostas and see how they're doing, but I know if they get somewhat neglected, they'll be fine! They're hostas, after all... they'll grow on the driveway, right Ken?

Wishing everyone a wonderful spring!!
Buff

Eight inches of new snow here today so I'm reviewing my hosta orders. It doesnt look like so many if you list the plants in paragraph form rather than in a column. Heres my orders: Allegan Fog, Abiqua Moonbeam, Alvatine Taylor, American Sweetheart, Blue Mouse Ears, Brother Stefan, Cliffords Forest Fire, Dark Star, Dick Ward, El Capitan, Great Arrival, Heat Wave, High Society, Leola Fraim, Miss Tokyo, My Friend Nancy, Peter Ruh, Pineapple Upside Down Cake, Striptease, Touch of Class.

Hostabuff, Where did you find Sharp Dressed Man? I really should not order more, but

Mark

buff! Congrats! I hope your little sprout is happy and healthy and bringing you tons of joy. You think you are exhausted now - wait until she is mobile LOL!

Anyway. Greenguy - I really do have another good reason for not ordering any. I live 15 min from a decent sized wholesale nursery and the owner is a hostaphile too. He ALWAYS gets a ton of new stuff in and has great prices, so I mail order very few (if any) now.

Alexa

Treemon, My Sharp Dressed Man is coming from Bob Solberg's HostaHosta (or Green Hill, one in the same). However this was not one of the hosta I found "at the right price" in the hosta finder. However I think SDM is worth the price because I want it!!...and Solberg's plants are big and beautiful.

My best price finds were Lakeside Dimpled Darling and Frosted Mouse Ears.

Buff, How about an updated picture of that beautiful baby!

Buff, kids are what started me gardening! They don't seem to want to go outside and play unless you go with them. Maybe not this year, but next!

I only made one mail order purchase. It's to be delivered 4/14. I've got it written down somewhere, but do you think I could find it when I'm looking for it? Dang. I'm not sure what story Bob Solberg tells about Gunther's prize but I do want to offer a warning of buyer beware. It's a sport of Sum & Substance and like all sports, it can revert. It doe not come true in tissue culture. It's highly unstable. Lucky for me, my gunthers prize was a gift. It is once again, sum & substance. Don't cha just love it when you get to hang with hosta celebrities? The Solberg's visited Putnamgardens last summer. We ran out of sunlight but that didn't stop'm from taking a moonlite tour. I even gave'm a ride in our Mini Cooper with the top down. Later, Love, Lisa

Wow! What impressive list!
I'm basically new to the Hosta Forum. I really enjoy this Forum alot, though. I am just starting to appreciate Hostas more since coming to this Forum and seeing all the wonderful pictures. They're really inspiring. I have ordered a few this Spring.
Blue Angel
Bressingham Blue
Brim Cup
Patriot
Sum of ALL
Whirlwind
One of my favorites that I ordered last year was Guacamole.
It grew really big in one season (while some of the others didn't budge) with such a beautiful leaf color.
Happy Hosta Growing...Marylee

caliloo
so you get your fix locally lol
I prefer to pick my own plant out when i can but that seems to happen less and less

Back to the drawing board!
Just received an email from Hallson's Gardens, announcing their Hosta Specials for this Spring.
2 or 3 or 4 or... are on my wish list. Why do they do things like that? Many of mine are coming up and I had not planned on adding anymore this year. I have one large bed, with about 100 Hostas, + a lot of other perennials that has to be reworked this Spring. Maybe there will be some space left for a few more when I'm finished.:Rb

These just arrived last week,many of them have more than one eye already.
Abiqua Ariel
Alvantine Taylor
Aspen Gold
Barney Fife
Beckoning
Betcher's Blue
Bill Brincka
Blue Chip
Deans Dream
Deep Blue Sea
Dee's Golden Jewel
Emerald Ruff Cut
Empress Wu
Flemish Sky
Fragrant Bouquet
Fried Bananas
Glitter
Gray Cole
Grey Goose
Joseph
King Tut
Knockout
Little Stiffy
Middle Ridge
Olive Bailey Langdon
Paradigm
Paradise Red Delight
Piedmont Gold
Reptilian
Second Wind
Something Blue
Theo's Blue
Veronica Lake

Any comments both good or bad would be very useful.

Bob

Hi Bob,

In my garden are:

Blue Chip (very cute little hosta, a good grower)
Flemish Sky (beautiful blue/green leaves, wavy edge)
Fragrant Bouquet (a quick grower, lovely scent)
Paradigm (just beautiful)
Veronica Lake (I bought this one last spring as a small plant, and have already divided it into 3 plants... Lovely hosta)

Of the other ones you bought, there are several on my wishlist. Excellent choices I would say.

Yesterday my order arrived:

- Abiqua Drinking Gourd
- Arctic Blast
- Clovelly
- Designer Genes
- Hyuga Urajiro
- Ice Age Trail
- Maya Swingtime
- On Stage
- Winter Snow
- Praying Hands
- Purple Haze

They're all still very small, one or two noses at the most. But with some TLC, they'll do just fine I hope.

Katja

I've just caught the hosta bug! While I haven't ordered nearly as many as a lot of you (keep in mind I also caught the fern bug, the rose bug, etc.), here's my list:

Queen Josephine
Night Before Christmas
Sharmon
Sweet Innocence
Yellow Splash Rim
Lady Guinevere
Midwest Magic
Stained Glass
Angel Feathers
Lemon Lime

I figure with reworking (creating) beds, these should be a good start until I know exactly what goes where & what else I must have!