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Re: [SHADEGARDENS] LoveTruth&AllThat

Alex Waterhouse-Hayward wrote:
>
> Dear Paul (Aden) and Sombreros,
>
> Perhaps since you have brought up the subject of truth, Paul and you say you
> have mastered the art of silence I would ask that you have a small relapse
> from your conviction and tell us something about the names of your hostas.
> In the last few postings many have praised your Hosta 'Fragrant Bouquet'.
> Since I have never had the money to buy it my experience with fragrant
> hostas is that the only one that can compete with the intensity of a lily is
> Hosta plantaginea. What is your opinion on this? Also the whiteness of the
> flowers in late afternoon suggests that there might be some sort of nature's
> optical brightener coming to play as the whiteness suggests partial
> fluorescence. Is there any other hosta with such a white flower?
>
> I fondly remember asking you in a hotel corridor of some long past hosta
> convention why Hosta 'Invincible' was called that. I remember that you said,
> "I named her after my mother-in-law who was just as indistructible." True or
> not I tell this story when visitors to my garden point to the shiny dark
> green hosta with the (mildly) fragrant flowers.
>
> Can you remember and chose to tell us how you came to name some of your
> other hostas?
>
> Paul you bring up the numerical occurrences of love and truth in the
> internet. A passing glance at Schmid's (sorry) The Genus Hosta, informs me
> that 100% of the hosta names that begin with love are yours. So what's the
> truth behind the name of the ever delightful and wonderful Hosta 'Love Pat"?
>
> Alex
> Vancouver BC Zone 7/8 but sometimes 6.

Alex,
Good questions for Paul. By the way are you serious about not have a
Fragrant Bouquet? If you truely don't, it would be my pleasure to send
you one this spring. Regards, Stuart Asch
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