Re: hosta in UK was: Christopher Lloyd - was Re: Roger Swain is back
- Subject: Re: hosta in UK was: Christopher Lloyd - was Re: Roger Swain is back
- From: M* T*
- Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 00:15:39 -0400
Well, Cheryl, I'da thought that too but got an email from Graham
Birkin (Hellebore breeder) the other day telling me that nobody was
buying his Hosta this year at the plant sales he goes to tho' he'd
reduced the price to practically zero. Seems that the snail and slug
problems with most Hosta in England's damp climate make them
difficult to grow well. He's moving house and nursery to Wales
shortly and has decided to leave all his Hosta behind!
This may be why they aren't as popular on the other side of the pond
as they are here. Also, he tells me that Brits are not as into
foliage plants - they want flowers. Now, Hosta do flower, but that's
not what they're primarily grown for...at least by me.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Cheryl Isaak <cherylisaak@adelphia.net>
> I am fairly new to hosta - but I know several people who refer to
the
> American Hosta Society as the cabbage and kale group.
>
> I find it interesting that in general, the Brits don't seem to do
> hosta. It seems to me that hosta and the British climate are
tailor
> made for each other!
> Cheryl
> --
> Cheryl Isaak
> Londonderry, NH
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