Re: Breeder Hostas
- To: hosta-open@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Breeder Hostas
- From: g*@vermontel.com (Glen Williams)
- Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 13:56:27 -0500
>Why is H. Dorothy Benedict considered to be so good? Since I'm unlikely
>to ever do more than see it from a distance I wonder what I'm missing?
>Joanne:
The list of hostas that have come from DB is really rather special. I
admit that I think that there is a lot of mythology attached to it.The fact
that it has been rare, unavailable, and has brought $3,000.00 at the
auction have all helped. I would give you odds that within 5 years you will
see it available on the market. There are a lot of plants out there now in
private hands. Perhaps people breeding with it, perhaps others are hoping
to make a killing with it. Either way once it goes on to the market( I
would guess at $500.00) it will be come less myth , more plant, and a lot
cheaper.I do not know a lot of hosta people but I know of 10 that have DB.
This is the tip of the perverbial iceberg. Soon Joanne,soon. Then we will
need new myths which are at this very moment being bred.
>
Glen Williams Zone 5a Springield , Vermont.
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