Oh thedahlialama, I tried to find you in my emails and couldnt for the life of me. I am so sorry. Yes, I remember our disussion about Hostas in Southern California. We'd better talk soon. There is something in the works with a major collector and you need to get your order in before they do.
Thanks so much for the good wishes. Michael is definitely feeling better. He'd better he's got a lot of work to do over the weekend!!!!
Do you care if the hostas are named? There is a really pretty unnamed blue one in the catalog with those pretty white chunky type flowers and I still have some. It is on the same page as my sleeping sheltie, bottom right corner. The one above it an the one to the right are also very nice, fairly low growing hostas. OPPS! That is not the blue one, it's a nice green one with lavendar flowers. I think I have a picture of it.
And here's is another fairly small blue one I missed when putting together the catalog. I just came across it the other day that is not in the catalog, but is unnamed. It isn't very tall. Maybe 14 inches.
btw, that is mud on the leaves. This pic was taken just after a heavy rain. There's probably only about a five eye division of either of these cause I want to take them on the yacht with me.
If you want a blue green that is a bit bigger, the Hyachinthinas are beautiful hostas with very pretty white flowers. They are very elegant looking.
You can't beat Gold Standard for Blue and Yellow, but how short do they need to be for you.
I love Golden Tiaras and have some very nice ones left. I had a thirty foot long border of Golden Tiaras and that looks amazing. They border my 900 hosta wave bed on two ends. They bloomed their pretty little purple flowered heads off this year and they are small enough to tuck into those places that nothing else seems to work in.
The green with the blue edge in the unnamed section is really striking and only about 20 inches tall. I'm not sure it fits your criteria, but I really like it. Heck, I just like hostas. I love carefree plants that look spectaculor.
You can't beat Krossa Regal for showy blues (I love their matt powdery upright vase look), but they get about 3 feet tall with flower scapes as tall as 7 feet. They are in bloom right now and it's way kewl looking.
If you want short, Alan P. McConnel is a small and a very neat little thing.
All the hostas I mentioned are in the catalog other than the two pictured above.
I just thought about something. I have a Blue Mouse Ears originator stock and a Blue Ice. They are both minis and finding originator stock of Blue Mouse Ears is not an easy thing to find. If you are interested in either of those, let me know.
Does that give you enough to work with? There are more, but I think those are probably the best ones for your description.
We can talk about sedums. Tell me what you like. Tall, short, showy, blue, green, red.
Do you want to contact me at
karen@cyberia.com or give me a call. The number is on the catalog. I am having troubles with my email connection. Earthlink has been working on it for four days and tell me it is fixed, it is not. So if you don't get an answer from me within a few hours, please let me know here.
I am so sorry I haven't written you back. The memory in this ole grandma isn't what it use to be.
Regards,
Karen
