HostasDirect FAQ
We offer:
- Some of the best prices on the internet
- Best Value TC and 3" Pot hostas, guaranteed to be disease-free hostas.
- A free hosta for every $50 you spend!
- Large quantity discounts with no minimum quantities of a single item
- Lots of information and pictures to help you select your hostas and grow them well.
- A large selection, including the newest hostas and classic favorites.
- On-time service and delivery.
- Information via e-mail about new plants and products, gardening tips, and the "inside scoop"
- The world's largest and best hosta database, HostaSearch
- Well-designed packaging ensuring product quality
- Gift certificates and related hosta products
- Testimonials from satisfied customers.
- A love for hostas. We have grown tissue culture for 11 years!
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- Slug resistance
- Growth rate - they can be a better value
- Beauty in the color, texture, form, fragrance, bloom and structure
- Variety.
- Easy to grow.
- Combination of old favorites with the newest hybrids.
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- Our tissue cultures are tested for viruses and guaranteed to be disease-free. One diseased hosta can infect most of your garden
- We can provide you with the newest hosta varieties at a huge discount compared to other sources
- We can save you a considerable amount of money
- We can offer you the latest hybrids or sports
- It is fun to watch them grow
- They don't weigh as much to move around as a large clump. No dirt in your car.
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Yes, this is what I do year round. By the way, it is a tough way to make a living.
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We ship nationwide to people we don’t know that live in various growing zones and micro climates. As easy as hostas are to grow, we have no idea if you follow the instructions or where you plant the hosta in relation to what the proper soil, sun, and moisture are. We get very, very, very, very few complaints about our hostas or how they grow. If a hosta dies, which is rare, the plant was likely “over loved.” That means, too much water or fertilizer or deep, deep shade. Another possibility is that the hostas were not covered in the fall with leaves or straw, or this covering was blown off during the winter. The objective of this covering is to prevent the spring “freeze thaw” problems when a hosta can start to grow due to warm soil, then get slowed down or stopped due to cold, then start to grow – over and over. This can potentially stunt or kill a hosta or other plants. Even huge clumps of hostas can die, which happened this year in Minnesota. This is very rare. Proper planting information is provided with your order and on our web site. Some do not follow the instructions. Due to all of the above, I just can’t guarantee our hostas beyond 7 days. There are some springs, like this past spring, that are hard on perennials. I hope you can understand why I can not guarantee a situation I have no control over – including your weather.
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Yes and no. Yes, in that we have a
price list you can print out on our web site. Yes, in that our website has many more pictures and more information of each hosta than we could ever put in a catalog. No, in that we do not design, print, and mail catalogs. Design, paper, printing, and postage are super expensive. There is not enough profit in our business where we can afford the costs and still remain competitive. We strive to be the very best hosta web site on the internet.
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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.
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Yes and no! We can remove things like slug holes, or hail damage but we almost never change the color of the leaves. Leaves can change based upon so many factors it is hard to say what the standard is for any hosta. We do not deceive.
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There are many but I would say
Thunderbolt,
Rainforest Sunrise and
Rainbow's End might be my top three right now.
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First, I am very sorry to all of those around the country that have suffered from floods, hail, tornadoes, and more. Northeastern Minnesota suffered from the Red River flooding for a long period of time. I have been told that hostas that were under water for 6 months still made it. I find it just a little hard to believe but on the other hand, hostas are tough and adaptable.
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