HOSTAS

摘要

Some folks say that hosta are my passion, I enjoy the plants and plant them. In our garden, but our family is my passion not the country's favorite perennial. I first learned about hosta while at a friend's home—I asked him what is that plant? He said "Hosta." From that point on I have been interested in these plants.He gave me a copy of the American Hosta Journal and I was hooked. In it there were many articles about hosta and several advertisements. One of the ads was from the Azalea Patch in Joppa, Maryland, not too far from where I live. The following spring I went to this nursery and met the owner, Arthur Wrede, who showed me around. He had several hundred varieties and he suggested I buy a few basic plants. I came home with eight plants and started my hosta garden. Since that time I have collected and planted over two hundred different varieties. And I have more to get. There are more than eight thousand named and un-named varieties. Breeders are hybridizing many new plants each year to addto the huge family.