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Re: [SHADEGARDENS] Signatures (plus something on-topic)

In a message dated 98-03-24 09:13:24 EST, lewj@MINDSPRING.COM writes:

<< I've been seeing lots of Hosta's and
 other plants in the peat-moss-in-bag displays at all the stores around
 here.  Most of these are sprouting; you can see lots of roots in the bags
 and shoots searching for light.  It strikes my that these poor things are
 really not happy -- or would they be fine if carefully untangled and put in
 the ground?  I'm sure they will be going on sale soon (or you could chat
 with the manager and offer to take these substandard plants off his/her
 hands).

 (sorry, one more silly question -- is Hosta pronounced like Hah-stah or
 Hoe-stah) >>

Lew,

On the bagged hostas, I would recommend that you buy the same plants at a
nursery, either in a pot or dug for you at the site.  I bought some hostas in
England in 1995 and sent them airmail to my home in Indiana. When they arrived
the contents looked like celery. Several of these plants died.

Your question is not silly at all. The genus is named after an Austrian by the
name of Host. So, the pronunciation of the word "hostas" should probably be
somewhere between the two examples you have given us;however, both here and in
England the word is pronounced Hah(to rhyme with the Spanish "la")--stuz;the
singular "hosta"=as you indicate: Hah-stah

Clyde Crockett z5 ccredux@aol.com   Indianapolis IN
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