HOSTA ‘Abiqua Drinking Gourd’ 24” x 46” Large $17.95 Powder-blue, seersuckered leaves turn upwards like blue wedgewood china cups. Foliage is heavily corrugated with thick substance. White flowers. Fast growth rate. Hosta of the Year 2014. (2-gal) Photo courtesy Walters Gardens, Inc. HOSTA ‘Afterglow’ $25.95 24” Large NEW Large, green, heart-shaped leaves with incredibly striking, wide yellow margins. Forms an impressive upright mound and makes an excellent specimen. A wide-margined sport of the very popular Hosta 'Climax'. Pale lavender flowers. Photo courtesy Walters Gardens, Inc HOSTA ‘Alakazaam’ 5” x 15” Mini $15.95 A flashy new miniature. The leaves are long and narrow with bright yellow, very wavy margins which lighten to creamy white in summer. These wriggly leaves produce an electrifying effect as they dance upward. Above average substance, and even in its first year, not particularly bothered by slugs. Fast grower. It’s unique form makes it effective in containers and it will also form a superb, low growing, eye-catching groundcover for the front of the border. Lavender flowers. Photo courtesy Walters Gardens, Inc HOSTA ‘Alex Summers’ $8.95 22” x 41” Medium Matures into a wide mound of green-centered leaves with very wide, irregular golden-yellow margins. The intensity of the gold colour offers a striking contrast between the margin and centre. Distinctive enough to be named after the founder of the America Hosta Society. Good substance. Purple flowers. Photo courtesy Walters Gardens, Inc. www.wild-things.ca 45 1-877-538-3228