Hosta

Here is a list of the newly available Hostas for 2023. Some of them we have increased to the level where we can sell some examples, whilst others are new to us. There are quite a few Large/Giant varieties this time.
American Halo Giant
American Sweetheart Medium
Appletini Small
Big Mama Large
Blue Danube Medium
Blue Mammoth Giant
Bluetini Small/Medium
Brother Stefan Large
Cherry Tart Small
Cream Edger Small
Devon Blue Medium/Large
Devon Cloud Medium
Devon Giant Giant
Devon tor Large
Diamond Lake ® Large
Dream Queen Large
Emerald Tiara Medium
Enterprise Medium
First Love Medium
Fragrant Bouquet Large
Gabriel’s Wing Giant
Green Guppy Miniature
Heavenly Tiara Small
Humpback Whale Giant
Ivory Coast Large
Komodo Dragon Giant
Limey Lisa Small
Mama Mia Medium
Miniskirt ® Miniature
Minuteman Large
Orange Marmalade ® Large
Queen of the seas Large
Regal Spendour Large
Silver Wedding Medium
Silvery Slug Proof Medium
Stained Glass ® Medium/Large
Sunny Halcyon Medium
T Rex Giant
Viking Ship Giant
Winter Snow Giant
Wolverine Medium
Wunderbar Giant
Wundergold Giant

Well we had a wonderful 2 days at the Taunton Flower Show 2022. We did better than we could have expected, wining the Bellman Memorial Cup for horticultural excellence in commemoration of David and Luella Bellman who founded the Monkton Elm Garden Centre, with a miniature Hosta Lakeside Babyface in a mug, and also wining best presented stand in the plant village.
It was lovely meeting lots of you people and we will be shipping the orders we took on the day this week.

Just recovered from a long, busy and enjoyable weekend. Setup for the Mid Devon Show on Thursday, with Tegan. Went to Rhiannon’s Graduation in Cardiff on Friday and did the Mid Devon Show Saturday.
Busy day on Saturday, met lots of lovely people and had a load of Bumble Bee visitors to.
Thank you everyone that came and saw us, and look forward to seeing you again soon.

Here is a Blue Mouse Ears in a stylish cup, great for an outdoor present. We have specially planted this one as a present for a few people.

Managed to take a quick snap last night of a busy Bumble Bee at one our Hosta Liberty Flowers.

Delivered a few new Hostas to a client we supplied before and he showed me how is earlier ones are coming along. Very impressive.

We quite often get asked how we manage slugs and snails. What we do is use Garlic drench/spray and ducks. Due to Avian flu the ducks have been kept housed due to the mandatory housing measures which were in place across the UK since 29 November 2021 were lifted on Monday 2 May 2022. As you can imagine they have had a difficult time of it. So over the weekend we finally managed to get them out to our Milverton site. This has been exceptionally useful as there is a large influx of Snails and slugs after the dry April and a week or so of rain which has caused the snails to wake up. So the girls were very busy.

Completed one of our Parent plant tunnels, 2 more to go. All raised up off the floor on tables. Quite a show.

Another wonderful plantfair at Yarlington House in Somerset. Lovely day, met plenty of wonderful people and had a good time.

A quick look at one of our small enclosures with a mixture of different Hostas, Great and Small.