The outdoors and nature have fascinated me from an early age. Trees were my first love and this led to my pursuing a degree in natural resources. I was given an opportunity to explore the mountains of Idaho for 3 years. This experience was described by others as a job, but to me it was anything but work. I then obtained a degree in landscape and greenhouse management resulting in 15 years in the nursery business. I carried 6 different varieties of hostas in the beginning, but my compulsion grew to 250 different varieties 15 years later. Along the "hosta trail" I have met many great hosta friends. The natural progression was to give hybridizing a try. So the obsession continues, more hostas, more crosses, and the rest of the story is one that many are familiar with and never ends!
 
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