Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost
You can try pushing your finger down to a rhizome and testing for solidness. I suspect you will find them happy down there as New England has been growing hosta wild for 300 years and the weather hasn't killed them yet.
Daisy
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost
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