Virginia, I don't know where in Wisconsin you are, but here in Eagle River we have Shady Gardens. They have exquisite hosta and as you can guess, other shady loving plants. Not cheap, but it's a wonderous experience just going there to visit. In spring they have 5 acres of nothing but daffys blooming in an open area. Wowsers.

It looks more like a botanical garden than a nursery, 'cept the stuff's for sale~~

Constance.

Constance, I am not far from Eagle River. I live near Winter-- halfway between Minoqua and Hayward. I will try to get over there this spring.

Virginia

Virginia, there's a great nursery on hwy 51 about 1.5 miles or so south of Minocqua, on the east side of the road. I can't think of the name of it. If you're in the area, this nursery is a great place for hosta and other plants. They have garden statues too. I've only been there a couple of times, but I love it.
Constance, I went to Shady Gardens a few summers ago with my hubby's cousin's wife, and naturally, the place was closed. This was at the end of July. I'm going to go there this summer though. I'll find out the hours before I go this time! LOL!

Kat

hi all....here are a few places that i have gotten hostas from...

stein's in several locations...

jung's in a few locations...

lang nursery in black creek...

schmalz landscaping in darboy...

definitely the flower factory...

pondside gardens near new holstein is a privately owned garden which sells hostas...(good idea to call first)

house of hosta is on my list to visit for 2007

greenscape gardens...in fdl...is another privately owned collection....they have a spring sale...call for info

hawks nursery in wauwautosa...

marshall henricks in menomonee is another privately owned collection....and has a couple of sales

als auto body and arboretum in walworth

and...of course...watch for your Hosta Society,,,Botanical Gardens,,,and Master Gardeners Sales...

anybody else know of any???...can't have too many stops to shop....LOL

jill

Thompson Nursery in Weyauwega also has a very nice selection, lots of Lakeside varieties.

Foxfire Garden in Marshfield is on my list for this summer.

I shop every Memorial Day and Labor Day at a sale held by Jack Barta and Ken Ziarek of the SEWHS. Jack's place is in Cedarburg, WI. they have well over 1000 varieties to choose from and that is NO exaggeration!!!! God, I get goosebumps just thinking about the upcoming sale:) Definately something to save your sheckels for!!

Dave

dave,,when you have the particulars on those sales...
please send them on to me...thanks...jill

Thanks for all the suggestions. I have gotten some great hostas at Foxfire, but many of the other places are new to me. It looks like I will definitely have to make the trip to Cedarburg. Yes,Dave, can you give some directions?

Virginia

A couple of places in west central WI

http://hometown.aol.com/HalfenGardenCntr/ =>in the Lake Wissota area (near Chippewa Falls)

www.funkiegardens.com =>in Prescott, WI

Enchanted Valley Gardens outside of Evansville, which is south of Madison. They are a daylily nursery but also have great perennials and Hosta.

Oh, I can't believe I almost forget to add this...
For some of the more unusual hostas you can also go to the Farmer's Market on college Ave in Appleton during the summer.

Just go a pricelist in the mail and was reminded of another great source....Woodland Gardens in Crivitz. Although this is her last year in business.

Here's the link for Al's Auto Body and Arboretum:
alsautobodyandarboretum.com
Their 6th annual HOSTA FEST is on memorial week end May 26th - 27th - & 28th, Also the following week end June 2nd and 3rd.

While looking for the plant sale in Cedarburg that Dave mentioned, I found this web site.

Monches in Colgate http://www.monchesfarm.com/catalog.htm

The place looks great, but I don't remember hearing about it. The have a huge selection of perennials and day lilies, but also have a decent amount of hostas.

Dave - could June 2 be the plant sale you mentioned?

Check out the newsletter January 2007. First page, calendar of events.
http://www.sewisconsinhosta.org/newsletter.html

No, thats not the sale Im referring to. Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day weekend. The SEWHS sale is in Brookfield(I think), the one Im talking about is in Cedarburg.

Dave

Check out Jack'sHostas in Cedarburg...see website.

Nice job updating the postings