I am very excited to get this Hosta. It is Called First Blush because the first leaves to emerge in Spring have red stems and leaf veins. The spider like root looks amazingly healthy with a lovely green shoot already showing. Always quality from Farmer Gracy. I bought two varieties but only one root of this one. I think they could be the very first Hostas that I have purchased myself although I do have a few scattered about the garden in pots and in the ground. All of them have probably been given to me by different people over the years. It is always uplifting to see the spears emerging from the ground in early spring.

They are a good species to have in the garden as they are tough and return bigger and better every year. An added bonus this year is the fact that our slug hunting frog population is quite high as people do complain of their hostas being desecrated by slugs.

Hosta is a genus of plants commonly known as hostas, plantain lilies and occasionally by the Japanese name giboshi. Hostas are widely cultivated as shade tolerant foliage plants. The genus is currently placed in the family Asparagaceae and is native to northeast Asia. Wikipedia

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