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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    They’re addictive 🤣 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066
    Oh @Dovefromabove if only I had checked those links earlier.  I bought Hosta Popcorn today, such a shame when I could have had one of those beauties. :D
    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    You’ll have to save some pennies up @Yviestevie ... you don’t want to be without those beauties fo you? 😉 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • VoyagerxpVoyagerxp Posts: 651
    I brought these last week, new additions to my hosta collection.

    Purple Heart


    Cherry Tart


  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    😊 👍 
    let us know how they do. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • ERICS MUMERICS MUM Posts: 627
    Apologies if this has been covered before - I skimmed a few pages but didn’t see it.

    Is there a ‘traditional’ view whether to leave hosta flowers to open or to remove them when you first see the bud stalk ?  
  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066
    Think it's just personal preference.  I leave mine on because they are quite pretty.  Others prefer to take them off as they grow them for the leaf colour/pattern.
    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889

    I leave mine one, simply because I've got too many to remove. I try to remove seeds pods to save their energy. 
    Bees love the flowers so it's a shame to remove them IMHO
    Devon.
  • PianoplayerPianoplayer Posts: 624
    You very kindly recommended some hosta varieties for a pot in my shaded alcove. Since then I have been scouring the internet and visiting GCs to try and find the varieties you mentioned, to no avail. Mainly sold out - is it just the `wrong` time of year? When are `new` stocks likely to be in? Thanks!
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Try New Forest Hostas 
    https://newforesthostas.co.uk/

    I've never used them but they get rave reviews on a Hosta group I use on Facebook

    Devon.
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