HostasDirect FAQ

A list of HostasDirect Frequently Asked Questions

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Why don't you guarantee your hostas beyond 7 days? Do you have a catalog? Why should I buy from HostasDirect? Why do you sell Starter Hosta Tissue Culture?

How do you select the hostas you sell? Are HostasDirect, Inc. and IDealGardenMarkers™ your only businesses? What other products and services do you offer?

How long can I keep your Starter Hosta TC in the cells you ship in? Do you alter your photos with PhotoShop?

Why should I buy from HostasDirect?

We offer:

• Some of the best prices on the internet
• Starter Hostas (TC) and Advanced Starter hostas, guaranteed to be disease-free
• Our Mature Divisions are grown in the ground.  Although we have never had one complaint about diseases, we feel it is unfair to "guarantee" them like we do with Starter TC and Advanced Starter products.
• Large quantity discounts - call or write.
• Great information and pictures to help you select your hostas and grow them successfully.
• A huge selection including the newest hostas and the classics.
• On-time  delivery and prompt service.
• E-newsletter about  new plants and products, gardening tips, and the "inside scoop."

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• The world's largest and best hosta database, HostaSearch.™.   It has data on over 6,900 hostas, 5,800 pictures and is searchable by 70 hosta characteristics.
• Well-designed packaging ensuring product quality.
• Gift certificates and related hosta products
• Testimonials from satisfied customers.
• Eleven years experience and a passion for your plants!

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How do you select the hostas you sell?

• Beauty in the color, texture, form, fragrance, bloom and structure
• Growth rate - vigor
• Variety
• Slug-resistance
• Sun-resistance
• Ease to grow
• Uniqueness
• Stability
• Over-wintering capability
• Price - something for everyone

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Why do you sell Starter Hostas often called Tissue Culture?

• Our tissue cultures are tested for viruses and guaranteed to be disease-free. One diseased hosta can infect all your plants.
• We like to save you money.   The prices for these hostas are more than competitive.
• We can offer you the latest hybrids or sports at under-market prices and often before they are available through other sources.
• Some customers enjoy watching their plants grow.   It is fun!

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What other products and services do you offer?

• HostaSearch™, the world's largest database, containing 6,900 hostas and 5,800 photos. Search using 70 different hosta characterics.
• IDeal™ Garden Markers - our other company.   We have invented the best garden marker ever on the market.   You can also design and have us print and ship your own weather and sun-resistant labels and engraved markers.
• Unique Garden Trowel, Garden Weeder, Hold-A-Pots™
• Hosta Data Sheets
• Hosta Book - Hostaphile

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Are HostasDirect, Inc. and IDealGardenMarkers™ your only jobs/businesses?

Yes, this is what we do year round 7 days a week.

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Why don’t you guarantee your hostas beyond 7 days?

We ship nationwide.  As easy as hostas are to grow, we have no idea if planting instructions are followed or what sun and moisture conditions they're planted in.  We get very, few complaints about our hostas or  their growth after planting.  If a hosta dies, which is rare, the plant was likely “over loved.” That means, too much water, fertilizer or deep, deep shade. Also, some gardeners fail to protect their new plants from the freeze and thaw cycle of winter which can heave the roots out of the ground and subject the plants to warmth followed by freezing often followed by death.  Proper planting information is provided with your order and on our web site.

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Do you have a catalog?

We do not produce a catalog in order to keep our costs and prices low for you and to save the environment. Please feel free to browse our website online and order hostas from there. We have thousands of hostas and photos in our online database, free for your browsing.

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How long can I keep your Starter Hosta TC in the cells you ship in?

It is best to plant them immediately, but If you keep the hostas moist and out of direct sun, you can keep them in their cell packs for many weeks. Keep an eye on them so they do not dry out. In particular when it is hot and or the wind blows.  They might need watering and fertilizing every day because the soil they arrive in has little to no nutritional value and the young plants are thirsty!

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Do you alter your photos with Photoshop?

We do not misrepresent these plants.  We sometimes remove things like hail or stick-ddamage leaves but we try not to change  the color of the leaves. However, leaf color  can change because of  so many factors that  it is hard to say what the standard is for any hosta.    It can depend based upon your latitude, soil pH. type of sun conditions, the age of the hosta and more.

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