Hosta Bits

Here you will find lots of odds and ends. Everything from helpful tips and tricks to polls and statistics. Much of the information you will find here comes from discussions on the various hosta discussion groups.

Hosta Fiction

• A newly discovered and contageous Hosta Virus.
• Jealous Hostas?
• Curly Toes...a hosta story!
• Seasonal Spirited Musings by Glen Williams
• Are You a Collector? by Glen Williams
• Hosta Names Humor by Glen Williams
• Millennium Hostas Proudly Offers by Glen Williams
• Top 10 Hosta List by Glen Williams
• Get a Life by Glen Williams

Culture Techniques

• Increasing Growth with Alfalfa reprinted from the Great Lakes Region Newsletter, Fall Edition-1993, page 9 submitted by Clarence Owens and taken from a lecture by D.L. Hinerman, M.D.
• To Use Alfalfa or Not to Use Alfalfa from "Sum & Substance," the newsletter of the Greater Ozarks Hosta Society, by Dr Bill Roston and Brian Roston, "Garden of Dreams"
• Seed Raising by Glen Williams

Theme Gardens and Groupings

• Bright Gold in Spring
• Classic Garden
• Deep Purple Flowers
• Food Hostas
• Hostas Names after a Person
• Lakeside Garden
• Moon Garden
• Red Spotted Petioles
• Slow Growing Hostas

Other Sources for Hosta Information

• Joining the American Hosta Society
• Hosta-open discussion list

Hybridizing and Hybridizers

• Charlie Seaver: A Family Gene-ious from the Tri-State Hosta Society newsletter, by Carol Brashear

Miscellaneous

• Have ratty hostas in the fall? Try some of these cultivars.
• Nursery Reviews by Steve Chamberlain
• Hosta Markers

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