Jurasic Park Hosta

Do you have a link?

 

Sounds a good one Spruce, I like the huge ones too and also have 'Sum and Substance' and 'Big Daddy' I bought one last year called 'Yellow River' which gets to 4-6ft across pretty quickly apparently, yours sounds another for the wish list:D

 

That's more like it. In terms of growing potential, do you think it would be better to buy a 1 litre perennial (maybe 5 or 6 growing points) for a tenner or get three 9cm plugs (probably about 5 or 6 growing points) from ebay for £18? The 1 litre plant could be split into smaller plugs but then, you'd have to pay postage on it. And maybe it would only have 3 or 4 growing points. So many decisions.

 

You gotta tell us, where? Where?

 

If you're anywhere near Suffolk you could just visit them!

 

Strangely enough, Suffolk is a part of the world I rarely have any cause to visit!

 

Me neither!

 

Don't plant the little green ones in the ground you will never get rid

 

on ebay ....

3 for £18 (with free shipping):
3 New Hosta Jurassic Park grows to be a giant garden plant | eBay

and another giant hosta:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-New-Hos...arden_PlantsSeedsBulbs_JN&hash=item2313b8c43b

and a good link showing several giant hostas:
https://www.bowdenhostas.com/categories/Hostas-by-Size/Giant/

 

Have bought Empress Wu and Jurassic Park from Bali Hai nursery (I think it was cheaper to go direct than use their ebay site when I bought - so worth checking).

I very much doubt the 8foot claim on the Jurassic Park but will be interesting to see what size they can manage. 2 foot would look pretty impressive if it can manage that.

 

perhaps the 8 foot is measured to the top of the flower and not the overall height of the leaves

I planted a few large leaved hostas in a garden last year .... (bought 10 for £25 from a hosta breeder on ebay) ...

they are still small in size, (seller said they were 2 years old) and had been grown in pots ....

so will be interesting to see what happens this year

 

Got 2 big Hostas in the ground myself .....they are getting realy big , but I`m start to think to get read off them ......for the simple reason that if I don`t put any snail poison at least once a month this is what I`m getting.

 

I love giant leaves , but really don`t like to see plant in that state , that`s the good point of this forum , I would never bough any hosta if someone would have told that . At the moment I`m looking for some decent priced giant calla hercules ......they are frost hardy and poisonous , let`s the snail try ; ).