A Trip to Wade and Gatton
If at first you don't succeed . . . This is my fifth try at posting something. I don't know why it keeps hanging up. Too many pics or something. Anyway, my wife and I took a little drive and visited this nearby wonderland of Hosta. The next best thing to being at the Hosta convention. I never seem to have enough time to spend walking around admiring their botanical garden. Maybe it has something to do with 29+ hoop houses full of Hostas for sale. I spent some time previously going over their catalog and narrowed my selection down to 70 plants (its 260 pages long). From that I chose my top 10 and hit the road. A big storm hit shortly after we arrived so I retreated to my vehicle to get my umbrella. My wife decided to take a nap. But I wasn't the only fool shopping in the rain.
They sell by the crown, so I kept looking for the largest eyes instead of pots with multiple eyes. Although, there were very few pots without multiple eyes.
Their pots are crammed so full of eyes and roots, it’s difficult to get the Hosta out of the pot. Their prices are pretty fair for what you’re getting, but there's some pricey stuff out there too (I'm not sure why).
But they will split Hostas and repot for you while you wait. Say hi to Bill who's been working there for 20 years.
They have a bunch of Lakeside Hosta too.
And you can comparison shop.
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- 8 years agolast modified: 8 years ago
I did get to wander around for a little bit with my wife before the rain came.
Careful where you park your truck
A Little one from one of our own.
One of my favorites every time I visit. This clump is about 7' across
- 8 years agolast modified: 8 years ago
I might have had more time to wander outside if I didn't have the chance to peruse Van Wade's personal stash. (Darn my luck)
Here's one I was looking for, but already sold out
And one from Van Wade
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Just a vast sea of Hosta
And tags for them all. It was like walking through the Hosta Library.
And finished the day off with dinner at Malabar Farm Restaurant. Only 15 minutes away. I might even be able to tempt the wife back in a couple of weeks (for dinner of course) Just don't take our table.
- 8 years agolast modified: 8 years ago
So what did I take home? Only 4 from my list of 10, 1 other from my list of 70 and 6 spur of the moment (it could have been a lot more).
From top to bottom, left to right
Lakeside Full Tide --- Tidewater
Gila River --- Star Power --- Night Shift --- Wave Runner (new favorite)
Frozen Margarita --- Frisian Pride --- Illicit Affair --- Cosmos --- Galaxy
Mega Caramel Dwarf Solomon's Seal Ligularia Marie Crawford
and some closeups - Tidewater
Gila River got attacked by L. Full Tide on the way home
Wave Runner - teaser
Night Shift - luminescent
Star Power - cupped, wavy edges and green veins
Cosmos - where did this come from? Van Wade, of course!
and put to bed for the night
- 8 years agolast modified: 8 years ago
I'll trade you one for "The Queen". I think they only had one or two left. It was one of the two that cost me more than $25 since there were so many eyes in the pot and I didn't want it divided.
Oh, I almost forgot. They showed me this streaked Praying Hands they found.
8 years agosteve duggins(Z6a) - Central Ohio thanked ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5- 8 years ago
- 8 years ago
newhostalady Z6 ON, Canada