I got So Sweet labeled as June last summer. I was wondering where these tags really were meant to go. I got the same plants, the So Sweet/June ones, from Lowe's and HD both a few days apart. HD had no tags. I wonder which is better? Wrong tag or no tag? Paula

I should have added;the pic on the label was of a Loyalist,but the plant clearly was not! Phil

From Lowes, I got HVX, labeled as Wheaton Blue.

Wow Lowes marked plants wrong here too !

Uh, it must be April 1st.

-Babka

Good one!

bk

Ha ha ha leafwatcher if they are selling these plants for the price of hosta , it probably is a really gpod find and they would make you sleep like a dream anyway!!! Should we name the or just call it wacky tobabacy !

I planted an Agnus Castus Vitex or false hemp tree, Chaste Tree, whatever, trying to provoke my nosy neighbor into reporting me for growing a controlled substance. But no, I don't think he could see that far. Bummer. Now I'm trying some abutilon, flowering maple, not quite as close a match. Later I'll try okra.

Whatever is in those pots, it sure looks alive and well and probably living in California. :)

Potted Pot!

-Babka

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This post was edited by Babka on Tue, Apr 2, 13 at 12:47

Leafwatcher HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....Thanks, I just picked myself off the floor.....Oh man....

Don B.

If that can be hybridized with a fragrant like 'plantaginea', the bees would land; and never fly away....If you'll excuse me, I need to run to Lowe's for something...

Don B.

This post was edited by Don_in_Colorado on Tue, Apr 2, 13 at 17:43

Lowe's outdo themselves today.....Perusing the perennials, I came upon a Hosta with a 'Frances Williams' plant tag in the pot. There was a Lowe's sticker-label on the side of the pot that read 'Christmas Tree'. The really funny part is that the hosta was CLEARLY a 'Great Expectations'. That was the highlight of my sportfishing for the day.

Good day everyone,
Don B.

And you know what, a few months ago I was saying that maybe they'd start growing hosta commercially in the south, I mean the DEEP south, and i forget how that worked out but I let the thought go drifting away.

Well, one of the labels for the hosta I got from Lowes, has a growers name and address on it, and it is IN FLORIDA.
Now some might argue that Florida is not really "southern" but it is geographically speaking......zone wise.....so it's happening, folks. Commercial nurseries growing hosta way down south.

Funny you just mentioned that, because the other day I noticed that the hosta at a local Home Depot had the grower's city listed in Ojai, California (southern) another 'No-Hosta' zone. I think it's zone 11. You predicted it, Mocc.

Don B.

I was in Lowes today and there were about 4 or 5 different named hostas. Right in the middle of them was a HVX spotty-ink-bleeding Gold Standard. No thanks. Be aware that a hosta can have HVX and not show the symptoms for while. Take precautions IF you chose to purchase from a big box store.

When you want warmth and lights on seeds and tc hostas 24/7, Florida would be a good place to set up shop. They sell them before they need to go through a cold dormancy. OR maybe they have large refrigerators there too. Why not?

-Babka

Well, Babka, now that you ask THAT question, I have another supposition to make?

Suppose, for instance, that the warm growing conditions, and the plentiful watering, continue unabated, no day different from the previous one.

WHAT IS IT about the hosta that says, "time to trigger dormancy?"

If that trigger never happened, theoretically, would the dormancy NEVER HAPPEN? The hosta keeps on going and growing new leaves and becoming one very confused plant?

I'm seeing that they have adapted to an earlier spring here. They adjusted to a longer growing season, not going dormant until November. When our weather began to become wonky in October with some cool nights, they started cutting back on new leaves and went into defence mode. With a climate which is "forever spring and summer" perhaps they will adjust to a time of no dormancy? Sooner or later, one variety/species of hosta may lead the way into this new behavior pattern.

After all, it was an adaptation to the colder seasonal climate that led to dormancy behavior in the first place. Hosta are survivors, so I think they know how to adapt to changing conditions. It may take longer than my lifetime for this to occur, but somehow I think in the future there shall be a year-round hosta.

Sorry to resurrect this post,but it happened again! I was in Lowes to get something else,and cruised by the hostas in the garden section. There were some large-leafed plants there with variegated margins,and the label in the pot said Hyacinthina. Well,I'm no expert but I know Hyacinthina is a plain green/blue leafed plant. Not only that,but they had some more of those plants,I first talked about that were small Junes,and now they have the right label on them,and the picture is right. I was tempted to get one of the large plants,because they look a lot like some Sum And Sub sport,but then I would be wondering the rest of the year what it was! This is getting ridiculous! I would tell them about the mis-labeled plants,but I know nobody there would care. Phil

People don't think about it... It may not be so much "mislabeling" as kids or people being jerks and switching the tags. It happens all the time. Once I bought some hair color at Walmart... Usually I go to the salon for color and after this I will never by store hair color again... But it was supposed to be relatively close to my shade but when I got it on, it got weirder and weirder. Some kid or someone had gone through and switched the colors in the boxes! So I ended up having to go to the salon anyway to fix it... So much for saving money! Here's a pic of what had happened.. I have long and thick hair so I need more than one box. Obvious it isn't the same color! I looked like bozo the clown!

The plants come mis-labeled from the breeder, and there's nothing Lowe's can do about it. The Lowe's near me has what looks like the identical hostas, all with white leaf margins, same size, growth habit, but 3 different tags. One is the Francis Williams someone named above.

I got a nice Begonia Gryffon that was labeled B. Dragon Wing at HD last year, and I told them it was a begonia and one that needs shade, not the total sun they had it in. One person said yeah, they knew that, but the wholesaler is responsible for the label and for positioning the plant, and they couldn't move them. So, I got a really nice begonia for a ridiculously low price.