I have no doubt this is not an annual, otherwise there would be no point at all to it. Most hostas could be grown as annuals even in zone 10. The patent application said as an "annual potted or garden plant" and I think that is what gave some people the impression it was an annual. The entire point of having a very short cold period needed for dormancy would be irrelevant if the plant were only an annual. So I am fully expecting this to be a perennial that acts very much like 'So Sweet' in my garden. One of the articles stated that 'SunHosta' was the last hosta in the area to go dormant, I wonder if it is the first to awaken from dormancy?
