Only the second year in my garden but it has looked nice during the early season. I did think the other day that it is looking just a little rough and wondered if I had it in too sunny of a spot. Will know better in a month or so, I think.

Mine has been a little ratty so far. And a slug bait.

No problems here in zone 5. Seems to be a steady grower.

Mine is new this year so it is too early to tell. But it has grown already since I planted it about a month ago.

Chris

For 2 years, they have been solid performers for me. I have them in about 4-5 hours of morning sun (8AM-Noonish)(from 7:30AM now, since I whacked the neighbors hedge down to a reasonable height!) and even with a long string of 90°+ days and the intense solar radiation we experience down here, they still look great.
So far, the slugs & bugs have ignored them. Let's hope it remains that way!

oh come on ...

the issue is whether you take dads advice.. or you defy him ...

if you want to get him interested in hosta.. and to have him enable you .. then go with what he says ...

otherwise you are just going to p*ss him off by not respecting the effort he put in in taking the time to discuss it with the seller, as well as reporting back to you ... dont you think ...

there have to be some 100 plants that would fit the parameters otherwise ...

all that said .... its just one of the many in my yard.. not a giant plus.. and not a giant minus ...

also .. perhaps the new owner.. just doest quite have the knack of hosta in pots .... and somehow.. these plants just didnt get the TLC they needed at some moment in time this spring .... this should not be any harder to grow in a pot than any other ... as far as i am concerned.. they are just irritated that they are no longer salable.. because they look bad ... which i suggest is not the hostas fault ...

good luck

ken

Hi there,
Ken, I was just curious, and I went along with his advice, he bought Birchwood Parky`s Gold and Lemon Lime + a free bee on top which s name I didnt get.
And funnily enough my dad thougt that the potting soil was mainly the cause for the weak growth, too dense, wet and too little air and he discussed it with the really interested nursery guy. They ended up that my dad who really liked the owner and the Hosta stuff will place an article in the local new paper so they get some advertisment for free. And he had me brows through his old plant books now handed over to me to look for advice on Hosta propagation + forward him some links on substrate/ potting soil and dealers.

So I cant wait to get my 3 new Hostas and will pounce if ever I come across a nice Fire Island.

Well, thanks a lot to you all, happy hostaing, Lin