H. 'Hacksaw'

No self-respecting, penny-pinching, pension-collecting Dutchman can resist a sale. Particularly when it's an end-of-season twofer sale on perennials at one of his favourite local nurseries. This is one of six Hostas that came home that fateful day, October 17th, 2009. Yes, I know, it looks a little worse for wear, but what do you expect this time of year...

Unlike a couple of others I bought at the same time, I managed to resist dividing the plant when I re-potted it.

This apparently is cultivar with serrated leaves, like 'Teaspoon'. I hope that's something that comes with maturity, at this point there's not a hint of it. Nor do you see much evidence of the undulations of the leaves either, but then again, most of the first flush leaves are gone. We'll see how it does in 2010... keeping my fingers crossed.

By mid-July 2010 you can see the first scape starting to form buds. Undulations are in plenty of evidence, serration not so much. But then again, didn't see any serration to speak of on 'Teaspoon' either this year. Nor on that mystery 'Blue Cadet'.