Hosta pics - Deal #1 and Best Value TC

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One of you wanted to see more of a plant we are offering in our special offer released yesterday.   We just photographed different views of H. St. Paul.  By the way, sales have been brisk.  This is a great deal in every way.

 

St. Paul in a cell pack 

 

 

You can see by looking at the ruler in the photo that these plants are very mature.  This hosta is rated as a small/medium size - so this is about as large as they get.   The roots are breaking through the cell packs in some places and growing out of the bottom.   They are large and easy to unfurl.

 

Individual Best Value TC pic

The bluish color on some portions of the leaves are fertilizer.  Our suppliers have automated means of applying water soluble fertilizer up to twice a day in just the right amounts.  You can see the roots have not been unfurled yet - we just removed it from the cell pack.   This is how the hosta looks when you first receive them if you happen to get a hosta that is slightly root bound.

Some nurseries can sell terribly root bound plants so be careful.   They might grow and try to sell something one year, then the next and then the next.   If you buy the tree or plant and put it in the ground, it could strangle itself.

The vast majority of the hostas we sell are not root bound.   However, here is an example of H. St. Paul you saw in the previous pics that has the roots unfurled.   You can see the length of the roots are 5 to 6" long and thick.

You can also see a dormant bud that is swelling to create next year's growth.   It is in this area of the plants where the meristem tissue is located.  This can be used by tissue culture labs to propagate additional hostas - after hopefully  testing for diseases before production.  There are some labs that don't test - we won't buy from them.  A hosta's growth rate is rated slow, medium or fast.   This rating has to do with how many buds a hosta creates for next year's growth.

 

Photo of a dormant bud eye

 

Not every Best Value TC looks like this.   How could they?  They are all different and keep growing.  We sell them at various times of the year which certainly impacts the size.   Some of our hostas in the early spring may not be as big as hostas this time of year.    Minis will never be large hostas.  What they become is in their genes and how well you prepare their home, their location, and their care.