I guess I would like to know what made it so special.

Its a real looker! The auction has taken it down, I think. I fouind it on yahoo. Not a good photo, but you get the drift

bk

Nice hosta, but 'Sharon Stone'?? Ha ha ha ha ha what a name.

Don B.

That's a lotta Guacamole!!

Don B.

Ken, you are correct, YOU wrote here, that those expensive plants usually die on their way home. Also deer and voles like to eat especially expensive plants. Those are over my $30 limit.

This post was edited by berndnyz5 on Mon, Jan 27, 14 at 14:07

Here's hoping it goes into TC next year and is available for $30.

Steve

It has already been put into TC and it failed. Another reason for the high price. Jan van den Top (the originator) said it will be 4-5 years before he has any divisions to sell. You can bet they won't be cheap!

Is this the most ever paid for a hosta put on the AHS auction? Anybody know?

==>>> i dont know about the online auction... but back in the day.. gunther stark paid over 3000 dollars for gunthers prize ... [he got to name it]

it was auctioned by bob solberg.. at his vendors table.. at what i think was the 1998 indy convention ...

back before TC.. if you wanted a plant.. you paid for it ... period ... you never knew when the next one would come along ... if ever

ken

ps: i think i have said expensive plants commit suicide on the way home... glad to be quoted ....

That's two YEARS of my gardening budget. That's not just counting hostas, that's all the plants, potting soil, fertilizer & etc. I enjoyed watching the auction, though. And if it weren't for people buying the first of a spectacular hosta and propagating it, the rest of us couldn't buy one when it gets under $50.00.

I do know Paula Lehtola paid $3500 for Humpback Whale in 2006 at the convention auction. After five years in her garden she split it and sold the pieces for $500 each. She made her money back.

Josh, do you know if Sharon Stone will grow well enough to be divided? Some of these sports that are manufactured from the TC process end up as duds.

Steve

This post was edited by steve_mass on Mon, Jan 27, 14 at 12:46

Not sure, Steve, but I'm guessing it grows decently. Jan would not have parted with a piece, if he did not have a reliable back-up :)