2009 Spring 'Secret Hosta Swap'....Sign-Up Below.

Count me in! Always fun to get surprises in the mail. My "have-list" is in my Journal here at Dave's.

The only one that I can think of that I want is 'Jack of Diamonds' that I lost over the winter :-(

Lelan you have d-mail.

Rose

Oh I have been waiting for this swap! I had so much fun sending and recieving last year... Please count me in! I am second to sign up yippie! My hosta wish list:
Dawns early light
Marilyn Monroe
Orange Marmalade
Any bright greens or yellows are great.
But I would be happy with ANY hosta. Such an ADDICT.
Thanks so much for hosting this again. Very well run last year ZZTOPSOIL. I will have to updae the journal to include all the hostas I purched last year. So far behind. But thats fine if I get duplicatesThanks again, Ronna

Oh please, count me in!

My want list is
- Blue Mammoth
- Dark Shadows
- Orange Marmalade
- any hosta with ruffle edging
- the giants or minis . . .
- ANY hostas . . .
have I been specific enough? LOL

Im offering:
Great Expectations, High Society, Earth Angel, Wide Brim, Golden Tiara.
I will check and see if I have more that are large.
the rest Im not sure are mature enough to divide.

ZZ you have dmail.

I would like one of these if possible. I lost them to bad weather or conditions or something.
Great Expectations
Revolution
Minuteman

Little Black Scape
You can see a list of what I have in my journal. http://davesgarden.com/tools/journal/viewbycat.php?cat=77443

I have minis/smalls already in pots.
Lemon Lime
Twist of Lime
Allan P. McConnell


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where is everyone? This swap is so fun come on join in ;) I recieved six very nice hosta starts from my partner in the fall last year. They all are doing great growing a couple of them doubled in size. Ronna

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I'd like to participate.

I would like to join up. I will have to think about my wish list. I have several that I can send. I know the first post says at least one but how many did you guys send last year in a box?

Teresa in KY

Well I was brand new to this swap and did not know how many to send I sent two out and looked on my partners list and sent a bonus plant she really like them. I recieved I believe six eyes. Boy was I ever surprised. So this year I will send more out. Ronna

I'm in as usual

Ed

Count me in! Have been waiting for this, missed out in the fall. My haves are listed in my trade list. Some of my wishes are listed there as well.

Jen

I need to utilize the journal and trade section on Daves. Just haven't done that yet.

Please add me to your participant list. I'll check back after we are back in NY, we're enroute in Ky at the moment.

Sign me up too... can't resist a trade as long as I'm going to be home this year.

I'd like to replace some that I have lost in the past, but don't feel obligated to.

Kifukurin Ko Mame or Fukurin Ko Mame
Tattoo
Cookie Crumbs
Radio Waves
Rhythm & Blues
Hidden Cover
Cherry Berry
Black Foot

I'll list more later when I have a chance to go thru the beds & see which other ones I'm missing. Those are just the few that I can think of.
Jan in Central Illinois

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I'm in!! You do such a great job organizing this, too. Thanks!! I will DMail now and add my list later :)

I'm in too!

Not fussy at all about what I get…

I tend to like the blues. Big or little. I have a new pond this year and anything that might do well with some sun in that area (planted at the pond's edge) would be great. I already have lots of lancifolia though.

I'll edit to post my full list later, here are some I have now.

HAVE
Wide Brim
Patriot
Night Before Christmas
Great Expectations (new in '08)
Lakeside Shoremaster (new in '08)
June
Independence (new in 08)
Gold Standard
Some from Frances Williams seeds but appear to not be true to that plant. Probably the parent, 'Elegans' instead.
Lancifolia
Undulata albomarginata

Halcyon (got in '08 Secret Swap)
Honeybells (got in '08 Secret Swap)
Toy Soldier (got in '08 Secret Swap)
Birkwood's Parky's Gold (got in '08 Secret Swap)
Fortunei Albomarginata (got in '08 Secret Swap)
Gold Drop (got in '08 Secret Swap)





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Oh, I am so glad Lelan that you are hosting this swap again! You're the best!
Count me in too...I will dmail the information that you are requesting.

I will post later my list. My problem is going to be that some of my labels are missing (gotta love those squirrels, huh?). I will post what I SHOULD have. I will only send what I am sure the name is. I just love this swap...more hostas and meeting new hosta friends...

Thanks, Lelan.
RatherB

Hello, Jan
I haven't seen you on in quite a while. I just love getting a box of plants in the mail. Just like Christmas :)

I LOVED this swap last year. I lost my job, so I'm not getting in a lot due to the cost of postage, but I absolutely cannot pas this one up!

I've been longing for:

Liberty
Earth Angel
Orange Marmalade
and oh so many others!

I'll be thrilled with whatever I get!

Thanks Lelan!

Do most of you have your journals here on DG? That would make it easy to see what to send, and not be a repeat but something new for your garden.

Woohoo! I was so excited when I got the Dmail!

I'll send a dmail back to you with my information, and add a list later!

Thanks again for doing this!

I do and I TRY to keep the journals up. Sometimes I get behind. Kinda helps me to remember what I have alos! But I do have a p-touch labler now from my wonderful hubby for x-mas! That really helps me. Ronna

Hi Bluegrassmom, good to see you here also. I've been busy & haven't been on the hosta forum much. Been on the prayer forum & the Iowa Roundup forums. I was watering my house plants today & when I got to the Angel Wing begonias, I thought of you. We are going to the Iowa roundup this weekend & when i get back, I'll be moving almost all my house plants out onto the porch. That's a big job. I really should cut back on some of them, but don't want to throw good plants out & so far haven't had any takers on some of them.
Jan in Central Illinois

I'll play too! :)

I have about 100 on my wish list, LOL! Some of which I already have but just want another ;) I'll list a few, but really... any hosta will be a welcome addition to the yarden :)

Angel Feathers
Azure Snow
Blaze of Glory
Bread Crumbs
Corn Belt
Enchantress
First Mate
Great Expectations
Gunsmoke
Heatwave
Hideout
Hope
Rainbows End
Sea Gulf Stream
Sweet Innocence
Tootie Mae
Tutu

I would love to join!

I could use several of course!
Heres a few that was lost in the battle. LOL

Big Daddy
Second Wind
Titantic
Any with Cat
Tiffanys Godzilla
Blizzard
Pauls Glory
Dream Weaver
Dream Queen
Empress WU
Alantis
JuneFever
Beconing
Emerald Ruff Cutt
Climax
camelot


Cathy



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I checked mine and I would have the following available to share:

Albomarginata
Blue Wedgewood
Francee
Ginko Craig
Golden Tiara
Lancifolia
Univittata
Ventricosa
Wide Brim

The flower colors vary depending on how much sun they get sometimes light lavender, sometimes dark almost purple. I've planted then in different spots in the yard, so usually go by rib count when identifying.

I have my hand up high wanting to join in on this swap too. LOVE to swap hostas to support my habit.

Worked on putting my list of hostas that I have on here and now it is lost in cyberspace. ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH Back to try again tomorrow if I get a chance.

edited to add:
I am happy with whatever I get but I do love ones other than the more common white or yellow edged. I am a bit lacking on streaked hostas and yellow hostas although I do have Zounds. I can't get my list of haves to post here properly and wish I was a computer geek sometimes instead of a computer dummy. lol

Lani

Ponditis



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It helps when you collect several things like hosta + iris, daylilies, ect. Free plants are fun!

mittsy I have lots of the one with the white rim around the leaf. What is that called? Love them they never dissapoint. Ronna

I would like to join in on the fun too ! I have a small collection of approx 40 - 50 different ones. Some would be:
Krossa Regal
Guacamole
El Nino (one of my personal most favorites)
Halacyn
Shiney Penny
Blue Mouse Ears
Sum & Substance
Blue Arrow ? Something
Little Sunspot

What I would enjoy receiving would really be any and all.
I do love the Blue ones and getting hooked on the yellows.
I would like to have more minis in my garden. The only ones of them I can think of are:
Peanut &
Teaspoon

Thanks ZZtopsoil, you will have d-mail very soon.

I am wishing for:
MONTANA A.
PEANUT
CAT AND MOUSE
TEA & CRUMPETS
BLUE MOUSE EARS
CAT AND MOUSE
STAINED GLASS WINDOWS
SPILT MILK
CATHERAL WINDOWS
LAKESIDE CHA CHA
CAPTAIN KIRK
More WIDE BRIM &
BIG DADDY
OLIVE BAILEY LANGDON



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gardenlady123, how many rib pairs on your Hostas with the white edges?

Lelan,
I'd like permission to offer a brief history on Hosta that I read in my Illustrated Encyclopedia of Gardening, 1960. It gives all the early forms that all others were bred from. I can either enter it here or participants can d mail me and I can attach it as a Word document.
Mittsy

Pictured is Ventricosa leaf with rib count of 10 pairs.

I would like to see it Mittsy.

mittsy there are 10. Where do you go to look? Ronna

I check PlantFiles. It gives the rib pairs as part of the description.
The following information came from my 1960 copy of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Gardening. Enjoy.

Hosta (Plantain Lily) was previously grouped under the generic name of Funkia.

Early varieties:
H. Caerulea has deep green foliage and lavender blue flowers.
H. Fortunei, blue green leaves with pale lilac flowers.
H. Fortunei variegata, with green and creamy white variegated leaves.
H. Gigantea is a vigorous form.
H. Lancifolia has narrow green leaves.
H. Lancifolia albo-marginata have white margins.
H. Plantagenea have light green leaves and fragrant white flowers. Produced Royal Standard.
H. Sieboldiana, blue green leaves with white flowers with a purple tint. Produced Elegans.
Undulata variegata, green leaves splashed with white.

The name Hosta commemorates Nicolaus T. Host, an Austrian physician.

Propogation was by clump division.
Seed Sowing - use light soil, plant in June, keep in cold frame until the following spring or early summer.

Wow thanks.... Ronna

I would like to join the swap..I like the ones that come up like a fountain..Have some and they are really nice.....Don't have many if any Lakeside but would be pleased to get anything. I like the 2 toned ones....Yellow and green...and have seen the White Feather..Does anyone have one of those.....??

Just checking in with a wish list., Really in all the swaps I have participated in I have always been thrilled with whatever is sent. I have over 200 different kinds, but always can find a spot for whatever is sent. I am leaning to the yellows and shiny leaved ones this year but also would like to replace my Sagae I lost. Tall ones are also a good fit for the back. This is always a fun thing for me and I hope all of you will feel the same when this is over. No wonder they call hostas the friendship plant!! ZZ you are an angel for hosting. Thank you again.
Cheryl

Last year I experimented with Hosta in the pond and Impatiens in the waterfall cascade. I was out weeding and cleaning up around the pond and discover that the Hosta I had put in a window box and sunk in the pond must have seeded itself. When I took the windowbox out in October, I planted the Hosta back into the garden so it would overwinter. I just set the window box aside and forgot it. I found three tiny hosta plants in the windowbox. Too bad I don't remember which variety I had in there. The babies hae solid green leaves. Needless to say the impatiens did not survive the winter.