sally, fyi, i recently purchased 3 julie morss hostas for 5 bucks at super walmart in chicago burbs. they are selling julie morss and a few other nice ones (minuteman,fried bananas, and a blue one i forget) in bags with peat like they do at the box stores. they were huge root systems. mine are doing awesom in pots right now. hope that helps. also, keep an eye on ebay for your above mentioned needs. usually ALOT of those kinds pretty cheap.