TMI makes the label too busy. Were I to label, just the name and maybe the year purchased is enough. Anything else is easily looked up.

tj

I simplified everything and Just put name, Blue Angel and then the date. I couldn’t fit “hosta” on the labels I was purchasing. I have often thought of having a yard sign made to say. “Hostas and companions” or “Hosta Garden” or even “This is a hosta garden. Hostas are non-edible decorative plants.” I have had people stop and ask what they are, even wondered if they were a type of cabbage........us city folk....... what to do, what to do! :-)

debra

i knew they are all hosta.. so i skipped that part ...

and who really cares who 'made' it ... do they live near you .. does anyone else even care.. as in.. are you planning on being on a national tour .. where peeps who visit would appreciate the info ??

so for me.. it just came down to thick block letters.. so i could read them at distance ...

ken

i just put the name of the hosta, the year i got it and where I bought it from. I'm thinking that even the source of the plant is getting to be too much. I should probably keep all of this recorded and just put the name on it. My daylily club has an annual show and sale at the local botanical garden, even though there are signs everywhere about the daylilies and our sale, we've had people stop and argue that the blooms on display aren't daylilies--because or course the Cleveland Botanical Garden would let us display 100-150 blooms that weren't daylilies! Debra, there's just no convincing some people, lol.

Pandora--long ago I would put the name of the hybridizer/s on the back of each of my markers, but the more I got into hostas, the more hybridizers I knew personally, so didn't really need that info. That being said, I do have a bias for certain hybridizers, and against certain others. To the point that I will pass up a variety because of the origin of the plant.

djacob--hostas are edible, and in Japan they are pickled or used as a vegetable. There are several threads on this site about hostas as food.

my boot is edible too... with enough butter and garlic ...

and well your at it.. may as well go all escargot with the slugs in butter and garlic ... lol

ken

I've had pickled hosta, which is rather tasty, and stir fried pips, which would probably benefit from some butter and garlic.

dhaven, I am aware that they are eaten by some people, I am just talking about people walking by who have no idea what the plant is, imo I may wake up some day and my “cabbages” could be gone!! Hahaha!!

debra

Thanks everyone. You've reinforced my thoughts. KISS Keep it simple, stupid. Lol

TSU. no to tmi

DJ ... cabbage, that's a new one.

Ken, I only know a few of them and they're not coming to my house.

Miles, yep I have all the information in pretty large spreadsheets, subspreadsheets, and computerized maps. Got that covered. Maybe I should bury a metal box with all that information and make a label for the box. :)

........... Oh, no, a new diet craze. ---> Hosta soup !

I could make a sign that says. All tags with a name only are HOSTAS. j/k