I wish I had read this comment before I planted it. I may have to move it this fall. Now to think of a place to put it.

Hi Lynn.

I stumbled on a great deal from Gilbert Wild and got 2 Empress Wu, 2 Komodo Dragon, 2 Humpback Whale,and 2 T Rex. Then I read all about them They all get HUGE.

For now, until I find a small football field in the shade, I am keeping them in containers.

Oh Jean, I can't stop laughing after reading your above post. Love your sense of humor. I have found a spot for my Empress Wu by a very old Rhodie. Nothing else in the large bed so they should get along well together.

Thanks Lynn. Sometimes ya just gotta go for the grin , otherwise all you have is chagrin......and a bunch of HUGE hostas. These all have at least a 3ft by 3ft span, so guess it would be a PeeWee football field.

I have so much to learn about hostas. Needless to say I was not researching size when I got them and planted them.

I am the same, a lot to learn besides just trying to keep them alive in our heat. Guess we will learn together. Any great growing lessons I learn, I will be sure to pass on...

Thank you Jean, I can use all the information I can get.
I tried hostas about 8 years ago. I thought they didn't make it through the winter, until Kevin Vaughn told me that the slugs were probably getting them as the started poking through the soil.
So last fall I started putting slug bait down once a month through the winter on through the spring, the one safe for children and pets. I have hostas that were planted many years ago that are beautiful this year. Evidently the slugs did not get the roots. I can't tell you how happy I was to see these grow.

Glad to hear you have old ones returning too. My first group here were planted in a raised bed under a live oak during our time of serious drought. The live oak is still here and very well hydrated...not so the hostas. The couple that did survive, I planted on top of them for the same reason...slugs

I have no more slug damage. Very thankful for that. And I now understand why hostas can be so addictive.

This is one of my "drool sites" If I had known about hostas 44 years ago, I think I might have married for money instead of love.

http://www.songsparrow.com/cat...

Oh my, look at 'Fire and Ice'.
http://www.songsparrow.com/cat...

And 'Island Breeze'
http://www.songsparrow.com/cat...

And tiny little 'Pandora's Box'.
http://www.songsparrow.com/cat...

I think I'm drooling now.

and give Raspberry Sundae a nibble...how WOW is that?

http://www.songsparrow.com/cat...

I would be totally sunk if I had money to spend. I would have to have one of each.

I want to figure out something neat to do with those chartreuse minis, and some of the tall uprights and I loved the cupped leaf ones and...and..and... All of them.

Okay, now it's getting scary. I almost feel another plant addiction coming on.

I am so sorry. I am a hosta enabler.. But on the bright side, they don't cause you to gain weight.

Might even help to lose weight, not enough money left for food.

Rationalization for plant addictions, HMMMM. Whoo Hoo way to go Lynn!