No, I'm not really looking for a hobby and don't want to spend my whole winter tending plants under lights. I just see the seed falling off and it seems like such a waste. I know I tried them winter sown and getting them in a container and waiting for spring was pretty easy.

I don't have a Streaked Hosta, I have seed from Blueberry Muffin which is a solid blue, June, Sagae and 2 variegated NOID hostas.

Definitely wouldn't find it rewarding to end up with a lot of solid green babies unless there was a good chance I'd get something interesting as well. Don't they cross pollinate in your garden?

I'd also like to know how long it takes from seed to grow it to a decent size that you can put out in the garden bed? A year?

you could go for leaf size and shape as a defining characteristics ...

what you usually buy in the store is 2 or 3 years old.. and then it can take 2 to 4 more years to mature ...

so a babe seedling might take 4 to 7 years to mature ...

we can keep going.. if you are really interested ... but i dont want to waste my effort if not ...

ken

Wow - Ken - you just said the magic words.... 4-7 years to mature! lol That answers my question entirely. Certainly nothing like a Nepeta and the rate that grows at. Or a Sedum. Well, it was a nice idea. Thanks for your time.

I did the same thing prairiemoon2. I had already read what Ken said, but I still couldn't resist. I do grow under lights all winter. Gives me something to do, as I get really, really bored then!

I think I'm going to try a tray in the elements outdoors and a tray or two indoors. I can always use more green for the compost, if nothing else.

I'm actually a gardener that looks forward to a break from gardening in the winter. Time to catch up on other things that I'm distracted from in the growing season. And April through October seems like quite enough time for me. Then come April, I am refreshed and excited again to garden. I'm lucky I manage to take care of houseplants over the winter. [g]

Winter sowing, if you do it, was quite an easy way to do the Hosta seed and they germinated great.

Oh, nice! Maybe I'll just go with the wintersowing method, as I have plenty of other seed to do!

Thank you!