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Apr 16, 2012 11:42 AM CST
Name: Susan
Virginia (Zone 8a)
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Terrific! I have all those except So Sweet and Yellow River. They seem like moderate growers to me. All of mine get a few hours of sun per day and it really helps them color up. I saw a Paul's Glory today that was almost all green, I never would have guessed it was Paul's Glory, one of my favorite, but mine is mainly gold, it gets about three hours of evening sun and some people would never put a Hosta into the sun like that. You are farther north than I and it should work out OK for you also. If I had a deck and all these hosta's I would go ahead and put each one into a three gallon pot. You can just buy the black ones and set them inside something more fancy later. Also you can plant a few annuals around the edges and group other container plants along with it. Coral Bells, Painted Fern, Astible, etc. You have some wonderful hosta's, the colors on the Paradigm, Olive Bailey Langdon, Guacamole, and Paul's Glory, Gold Standard, Fragrant Bouquet will surprise you if you give them a couple hours of sun. As a general rule the Blue's need the shade because they have a wax coating that makes them blue, that wax will melt and can be washed off if you water from the top a lot. ( I am talking about Halcyon.) Green Grin!
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Mat.6:28-29

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