http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/hosta-patriot/ About finding balance in your life, connecting with who you are, and creating a lifestyle where you wake up each morning eagerly anticipating the day ahead. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:03:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/hosta-patriot/#comment-71519 TLS http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/hosta-patriot/#comment-71519 Same thing happened with the Minute Man hosta I bought. I think it is a Patriot. I didn't buy mine in a nursery though and sometimes the box stores do get the labels wrong. I find some lovely hostas at the box stores. The lower price makes any mislabelling worth it to me and I can always identify them later. Same thing happened with the Minute Man hosta I bought. I think it is a Patriot. I didn’t buy mine in a nursery though and sometimes the box stores do get the labels wrong. I find some lovely hostas at the box stores. The lower price makes any mislabelling worth it to me and I can always identify them later.

]]> http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/hosta-patriot/#comment-71518 Josh S http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/hosta-patriot/#comment-71518 I thought it was interesting that you think your Patriot and Minuteman hostas might not be what they were labeled. I have what is supposedly a Minuteman but I am positive it is a Patriot because of the color and margins. I took it back to the nursery and compared it to the hostas there, but all of theirs look like mine, and they are calling them Patriots. They don't have any Minuteman so I couldn't compare mine to those. I suppose it doesn't matter really. Both are lovely hostas. Enjoy your site very much. I thought it was interesting that you think your Patriot and Minuteman hostas might not be what they were labeled. I have what is supposedly a Minuteman but I am positive it is a Patriot because of the color and margins. I took it back to the nursery and compared it to the hostas there, but all of theirs look like mine, and they are calling them Patriots. They don’t have any Minuteman so I couldn’t compare mine to those. I suppose it doesn’t matter really. Both are lovely hostas. Enjoy your site very much.

]]> http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/hosta-patriot/#comment-71516 Shirley http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/hosta-patriot/#comment-71516 That's a great story. I had a very similar thing happen to me several years ago. I also was in a nursery/garden center and I made the mistake of asking the clerk if they had the Thompson and Morgan hosta seed collection. She launched into a long lecture about my mistaken notion that hostas could be grown from seeds. This was the year I had at least a hundred beautiful and varied little hosta seedlings growing at home under lights, and I had pictures in the car. I asked the woman if she wanted to see them. She did... and was she surprised! That’s a great story. I had a very similar thing happen to me several years ago. I also was in a nursery/garden center and I made the mistake of asking the clerk if they had the Thompson and Morgan hosta seed collection. She launched into a long lecture about my mistaken notion that hostas could be grown from seeds. This was the year I had at least a hundred beautiful and varied little hosta seedlings growing at home under lights, and I had pictures in the car. I asked the woman if she wanted to see them. She did… and was she surprised!

]]> http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/hosta-patriot/#comment-71515 Joanne http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/hosta-patriot/#comment-71515 I thought you might appreciate this story. My sister and I were looking at hostas in a small nursery in town. We were talking to each other about our hostas and ones we wanted to add and I said something about my intention to grow hostas over the winter from the seeds I had collected. The man who runs the nursery came rushing over and told me that I could not grow hostas from seed, that they could only be divided. I told him he needed to take a look at your blog. Keep the wonderful posts coming. I spend waaay far too much time here! *smile* I thought you might appreciate this story. My sister and I were looking at hostas in a small nursery in town. We were talking to each other about our hostas and ones we wanted to add and I said something about my intention to grow hostas over the winter from the seeds I had collected. The man who runs the nursery came rushing over and told me that I could not grow hostas from seed, that they could only be divided. I told him he needed to take a look at your blog. Keep the wonderful posts coming. I spend waaay far too much time here! *smile*

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