I just happened to be sitting in a hotel room in Kansas City last night when I read the post from SandyinKansas (the newbie starting her first hosta bed), and the reply from steve_mass about Made in the Shade hosta gardens. Our GPS said we were only 10 miles away, so we dropped in for a look. Rob Mortko, the 'retired' owner is charming, his heavily wooded and private city lot is a fun explore, and his lath house displays at counter height about 400 varieties of hostas that he tissue cultures in his off site greenhouse. We haven't been in K.C. in about 20 years and probably won't be back any time soon. What a great coincidence!

Jan