How big is that leaf, HH?
Is this a small plant something like the one in a previous thread? Gold Drop as an option? Is this like that one?

I'm fond of smalls or small mediums, and gold/yellows for sure. But....and I keep reminding myself.....time to wind it down unless we buy some more land! :)

Moccasin-

I was wondering when you would discover that all those cute little baby hostas you were ordering would grow up and get BIG some day. I have an Olive Bailey Langdon in a 3 gal pot that has dinner plate sized leaves, and Queen of the Seas got ginormous this year, another 4 footer. But you have a lot more room than I do. We all get Hosta Fever at first, (Hosta Honeymoon?). Grow as many as you can, and as you do, your preferences will re-define. But that is the FUN of doing pots. No digging!

-Babka

BWPG is one of my early acquisitions. Have a lot of them around and it's one I'm always asking myself 'Why?' because I'm not fond of it. On the upside, it's tough, a good grower and inexpensive but it's not anything special IMO.

The lgst one that I have is 26'' across. Lgst leaves are about 5'' x 3.5''.

My big objections to it is that it stays so flat for a long time and is just too freaking symmetrical (for my taste). To explain a bit, Golden Tiara forms a perfectly circular shape but it has some height to the the mound that makes it more interesting, some variegation going on, plus putting on a nice floral display.

But, to be fair, I'm not real found of the golden colored hostas to begin with.

Babka, from my earlier purchases, there are a few that I realize are not all that exciting. Just as well, since I was learning to pot hosta at the time. Since I looked at them recently, I have begun doing things over, to bring them into current methods. Plus, I failed to add enough holes for drainage in some cases. The ones which look awful might be MY fault, and I must give them a fighting chance to look their best before I say I feel indifferent to them.

Ci, honestly, the golden ones are among my favorites. Some are enduringly gold/yellow regardless of where I place them in the garden. Then I have some golds which turn green green green, and that is a big disappointment. Hard to give Paradise Island just enough sunshine to keep it golden chartreuse without turning it into a crispy critter. I'm pleased to note that the new flush of growth is mostly a golden chartreuse color.

Babka is right, as time goes by my eye is more educated to what pleases me, what works here, and oh yeah, where to set the pots! In a lot of cases, the pots cost as much as the hosta, and the soil another equal expense, plus the chemicals of all sorts. Lot more to this business than poking posies into the ground. :)

But, to stay on the thread's topic, I have none of the Birchwood hosta. After Ci's testimonial I probably will not be adding any. I already have a lot of golds which should be showing their stuff by next spring. Then if I find I have EXTRA ROOM (HA!) more hosta could be considered. Don't you be laughing yourself silly over THAT one Babka! hehehehe