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New order for 2016

10 years ago

What did you order this year?

I ordered from Hosta Choice this year in Ontario Canada. I have heard wonderful things about them so they are my "Choice" for this years mail order.

All that Jazz

Angel Falls

Blue Hawaii

Blueberry A La Mode

Firn Line

Key West

Mississippi Delta

Plantaginea

Skylight

Coast to Coast

Silver Sheen

Blue Jay

Fog Light

and two that Glen recommended for fragrants,

Fragrant Queen and Paradise Sunshine.


I can hardly wait!


What did you order?



Comments (45)

  • 10 years ago
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    Frank
    Lloyd Wright

    Sea Dream

    Brother Ronald

    Frost Giant

    SeaGulf Stream

    Blue River

    Afternoon Delight

    Sweet Innocence

    Golden Sculpture

    Lakeside Prophesy Fulfilled

    Mourning Dove

    Purple Haze

    Glitter

    American
    Halo

    Baby Bunting

    Brutus

    Fire Island

    Fort Knox

    Golden Bullion

    Golden Medallion

    Gray Cole

    Immense

    Jiminy Cricket

    Kiwi Skyscraper

    Linda Sue

    Mark Anthony

    Pin Up Girl

    Rosedale Lost Dutchman

    Sea Ebony

    Sentimental Journey

    Spirit of St Louis

    Star Kissed

    Summer Olympics

    Unbridled Passion

    Willy Nilly

    George Smith

    Jimmy Crack Corn

    Dick Ward

    Coast to Coast

    Sorry for the weird formatting, it was a cut/paste job from Excel....

  • 10 years ago

    Holy Hosta, you two! You've got a lot of digging to do!

    No Hostas ordered so far. Just some Hosta companions, roses and other sunbed flowers.

  • 10 years ago

    Nice list Mikgag! I only have 3 of them. Where did you order them from?


  • 10 years ago

    Hosta Choice

    Riverbend

    Fundy Beauties

    And I always pre-dig my holes the year before, so technically I'm ready to go....

  • 10 years ago

    Nice! lol I am not that organized!


  • 10 years ago
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    Wow....pre-digging! You are on it, mikgag!

    Oh, and I forgot...I DO have one Hosta ordered so far ~ Titanic.

  • 10 years ago

    I have these in my "cart" have not pressed go yet.

    Alex Summers

    Komodo Dragon

    Winter Snow

    Queen of the Seas

    nigrescens

    Regal Splendor

    Sagae - the one I have is not doin well so a replacment

    Spartacus

    Moonlight Sonata

  • 10 years ago
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    Mikgag, I have previously orders from both Hosta Choice and Fundy Beauties and have got excellent plants from both places . Never tried Riverbend but something to look into even with no room for more( as if that ever stopped me before) Such nice size healthy plants and packaged to travel from right across Canada and all in healthy shape to boot!

  • 10 years ago
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    I have purchased online from Hosta Choice for the past three years - and will do so again! From my experience, and from the plants I've seen purchased online, Glenn offers some really good sized hostas. It's just a shame that I can't visit his hosta oasis in person. I'm sure the time would fly. BC is certainly a beautiful province, but the residents of Ontario definitely hold a nap hand when it comes to "The Choice" of suppliers!

    BC

    PS. I too, can vouch for the careful packaging that goes into each order.

  • 10 years ago
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    I'm also waiting to press the button on this list.

    I'm also keeping my fingers crossed for exchange rates between the pound and euro to work in my favour. ( seems unlikely! )

    Blue Hawaii

    Komodo Dragon

    Mini Skirt

    Clovelly

    Brutus

    Viking Ship

    Lakeside Ripples

    Lakeside Breaking News

    Lakeside Grandee

    Lakeside Old Smokey

    Valley's Lemon Squash

    These are definates, there is another list of maybe's for later in the year.

    Dave

    Edit. Now all ordered

  • 10 years ago
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    So far I have:

    Amalia

    Arch Duke

    Blue Cascade

    longipes var. Hypoglauca

    Curly Fries

    Amos

    Jessica Alba

    Game Boy

    Snake Eyes

    Valley's Lemon Squash

    Angel Falls

    Eola Sapphire

    Flemish Gold

    High Voltage

    Little Maddie

    Luna Moth

    Stephan King

    Strawberry Surprise

    Valley's Top

    Eclipse

    Enduring Beacon

    Frisian Waving Steel

    LS Banana Bay

    LS Beach Bum

    Mr. Blue

    October Sky

    Raucous Ruffles

    Smoke Signals

    Stir It Up

    Tokyo Smog

    'Jade Cascade' - Streaked

    'Oh Cindy' - Streaked

    'Wedding Night'

    'Blizzard'

    'Foxfire Bamm Bamm'

    Maya Infatuation

    Velvet Moon

    Frisian Pride

    Funky Monkey

    Golden Needles

    Gentle Giant

    Tropical Dancer

  • 10 years ago

    Maybe I'm being healed of this addiction! I haven't ordered anything yet.

  • 10 years ago

    Sparkler, Remember Me, and Center of Attention. can't wait! :)

  • 10 years ago

    I haven't ordered any hosta but I know I'll come back from St. Louis with a box full.

  • 10 years ago

    Gee, no room for any more hostas or heucheras. But, as I was cleaning up some dead vegetation today before it started pouring, I accidentally pulled up some dianthus that had been acting as a perennial for about 5 years now. I'm thinking I'd like to replace those half-dozen dianthus with a different variety of dianthus. The old one was white with a magenta circle between the edge of the petals and the center. Does anyone have a suggestion for a really pretty dianthus I can put in (after May 10!) to replace those I yanked? My iris is already starting to poke up above the soil, my heuchera are just playing dead, and the perennial salvia is just waiting for enough warm days to pop out. And, to my great surprise, my Angelina sedum is still spring green. Is that weird, or what?

  • 10 years ago

    Fire Island

    Fragrant Bouquet

    Guardian Angel

    June

    Squash Casserole


    And maybe more - I just got Bridgewood Gardens email about the pot luck special.... I may order more. lol

  • 10 years ago

    Haven't ordered a thing yet. Angel Falls and Silver Medallion are the only things on the to-buy list. I'm just getting plants I can't live without. The huge water bills and 3-6 hours a day working in the garden are getting to be too much - never have time to actually enjoy it!


    Of course, once I visit the nurseries, SOMETHING will jump in the cart.

  • 10 years ago

    Gotta love the jumpers!

  • 10 years ago

    After seeing mctavish's Frosted Jade on the Giant's thread I just had to have one!

    Consider it ordered.

    I have also just put an order in for 3 streaked breeders.

    Pin Stripe Sister

    Valley's Top

    Kiyosumiensis Seiryu - hope I've got the spelling right! It's also written with the names the other way round.

    Anyway, looking forward to these arriving in May.

    Dave

  • 10 years ago

    Still trying to work my list down to an affordable and reasonable amount. Actually just affordable, I usually throw reason to the wind.

  • 10 years ago

    I don't know where I can put them but I ordered:

    Amalia, First Blush, Flemish Sky, Milkmaid, Colored Hulk and Eros.


  • 10 years ago

    Sandy soil, I've discovered that since I don't have room for all my 160+ hostas in the ground, it is no problem for me to accumulate more because they can be grown in pots just as well! Lol. I can move them around at will and tuck them in here and there...making them look like they are planted. This is my third year overwintering several potted hostas.

    I haven't officially ordered anything (have not experienced "mail-order" yet) but these are my Top Gun Triple Winners for 2016 and will be picked up this year:

    Dancing Queen

    Pistache

    War Paint

    and Curly Fries (HOTY 2016)

  • 10 years ago

    Dancing Queen is lovely and Pistache is on my "still want " list!

  • 10 years ago

    Josephine, you are so fortunate to be able to do orders in Ontario and not have to wait for them come clear across the country in the mail. Hosta Choice and Finday Beauties both were great to order from. The sizes large and packaged well. Love love the War Paint and I haven't ordered this season( yet)

  • 10 years ago

    Faye, I agree to count myself so fortunate! It simply is a thrill to hand-pick my own hostas and it seems that my part of Ontario is teeming with nurseries ... all within a 3-4 hour drive radius and home businesses that deal exclusively with hostas. However, it is more difficult to restrain oneself when one can touch them, lol.

    briantanyaquinn, I keep redoing my want list...almost monthly. When it gets absurdedly long, I just start all over again, lol.

  • 10 years ago

    Mine always seems to be "absurdedly long". It seems as though I buy some off the list and add twice as many more! lol As my husband would say...they are cheaper than sheep, goats and chickens! (My other loves)

  • 10 years ago

    Josephine, I've been considering putting hostas in pots. Since you and others on the forum have had success, that would be a solution to the lack of planting space. Thanks for the nudge!

    Sheila

  • 10 years ago

    I did order Squash Casserole and Sweet Home Chicago. They're going in the garden at my office.

    I have to dig up three big and two mini hostas this weekend because the power company needs to change the anchor to a pole right into the middle of an established hosta bed. And I still have five in the hospital bed that are looking for forever homes. My spring is spoken for. I'm planning a big fall order.

    Kathy

  • 10 years ago

    I've bought for hosta choice (that's where I got hooked!) but also from Lynne and Art at Shades of Green in Aylmer, Pat at Fundy Beauties I noticed Riverbend, and I have a few from them as well.

    no list yet, but I am closing in on some I want.

  • 10 years ago

    I got a Frosted Jade in 2014 but it didn't come up last spring. I plan to get another, for sure. It's an oldie, and it's amazing.

  • 10 years ago

    I am full. Last summer I realized that I did not have enough room for what I had and the time to keep up. I will see what come back after a very warm winter and go from there. I did tell myself that I was not going to do the finger poke as I had just had my nails done. Then I laughed and laughed and laughed. Good to see dirt under my nails again.

    Always remember that in Hosta Land a few equals 72.

  • 10 years ago

    Frisian waving steel

    Doubled up

    Dreamweaver

    Dick ward

    Pistache

    Golden Meadows

    Katherine Lewis

    Mildred Seavers

    On Stage

    Julie Morss

    Lakeside Paisley Print

    Orange marmalade

    I too am out of room and If I order they are going in pots.Will probably whittle the list down.

  • 10 years ago
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    I haven't ordered any yet, but these are certainly on the top of "The List" for 2016...

    Frosted Jade

    Bridal Falls

    Queen of the Seas (I have one but it's not done well)

    Paradise Sunshine or Mariachi (they may be identical)

    Emerald Charger

    Rain Dancer

    Blue Umbrellas

    Lakeside Love Affaire

    Smokey Bear

    Gold Standard

    Piecrust Promise

    Sea Gulf Stream

    Lime Piecrust

    Skylight

    Sun Power

    Spring Fling

    Millennium

    Tokudama Aureonebulosa

    Sugar Snap

    Sun Kissed and

    Blueberry Waffles.

  • 10 years ago

    I haven't placed an order yet, but my choices for now are

    Spring Fling

    Deliverance (if available)

    Little Treasure or blue mouse ears (can't decide)

  • 10 years ago

    DD, those are great choices. I got Deliverance as a bonus plant from Hallson Gardens, and I love it. I had a Spring Fling, but it died a couple winters ago, I think a vole hit it. Here's a pic from 2013, though. I loved that one, too.

  • 10 years ago

    Well I finally whittled down a list I can afford and is available from one supplier. Not much compared to some but I'm excited.

    Envy

    Foxfire Palm Sunday

    Holy Mouse Ears

    Jewel of the Nile

    Sharp Dressed Man

    Touch of Class

  • 10 years ago

    Donna, get a mouse...go on.... You know you want to! Get Little Treasure too! Tiny, will fit anywhere, and the two can keep each other company! ;-)

    So wish I could send you a clump of mine...

    Don, you will LOVE Bridal Falls!

    Jerry, I have HME, JOTN and TOC (new). Really great hostas and easy to grow - nice list (had a tough time whittling down, huh? ;-).

  • 10 years ago
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    Oh drats! Choosing hostas can drive you nuts!! Right Old Dirt!!

    So, Miss Jo, I have narrowed it down to two "pets" - Blue Mice Ears and Mini Skirt along with Alakazaam and and possibly Little Treasure.

    I really like Spring Fling, but wondering where I could plant it in my limited space. We'll see. Don, question for you. Is deliverance more blue or green? The other challenge, like Old Dirt said, is finding one supplier stocking all my choices.

  • 10 years ago

    One supplier never has all your choices. It just happens that way. This is not a cheap habit, my friends. Don't let limited space stop you from ordering more. Some will die anyway, and your tastes will change and you can ALWAYS find room for the special one that you cannot live without. I thought I had every combo of colors and leaf shapes, and then Wheee came along.....

    -Babka

  • 10 years ago

    Hi, DD. Mine is pretty green.


    Deliverance in early may, and then later on in the summer. Great

    pastel colors in spring.

  • 10 years ago

    Thanks, Don.

  • 10 years ago

    Hey Joesphines161 - before you order War Paint, have a look at Angel Falls. I love the way War Paint looks in spring, but soon it's greened up and just like the Niagara Falls in the next bed. Angel Falls looks a lot like spring War Paint all year long - at least the the pictures do. Looking forward to trying it and seeing if it lives up to the hype.

  • 10 years ago

    MadPlanter1...thank you for the information and recommendation!!! That is so thoughtful - much appreciated. I am going to immerse myself in as many pics of Angel Falls as I can.

    War Paint won Top Gun on my thread and will be joining my garden. However, stay tuned....just in case you have become my enabler for AF! ;-)

    Thanks again for the heads up! Googling now.....


  • 10 years ago

    Josephine I love my war paint , even after it turns green. I call it my Niagara Falls looks alike until my NF is grown to be l like Myrle's / I may have to google Angel Falls too