Growing Quality Hostas Since 1979

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Hostas are easy to grow perennials grown primarily for their colorful foliage.  They thrive in light shade and can survive for decades with little or no care.


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Our gift certificates can be used to pay for anything on our site and they don't expire. Our shopping cart will keep track of the balance if it isn't used all at once, 

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Our Email Newsletter

We send  occasional emails containing growing tips and announcing major additions to our catalog and special sales events.  We do not share our mailing list with anyone and you can remove yourself at any time.

We mail only to those who specifically request our newsletter, and ordering or establishing an account in our shopping cart will not add your address to the newsletter list.

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Sorry, we do not send printed catalogs.

We are currently offering nearly 400 different hostas for spring, 2012. Many are available in small quantities and will only be available for a limited time.

Early Order Discounts on orders placed by February 29th

10% off orders of $25.00-$49.99
20% off orders of $50.00-$149.99
25% off orders of $150.00-$249.99
30% off all orders of $250.00 or more

These discounts apply to the total cost of plants on your order, excluding shipping. They will be calculated by our shopping cart as you order.


Repellex Systemic Tablets

A New Approach to Deer
and Vole Problems

These tablets make the entire plant, from roots to flowers, taste like hot pepper, discouraging, voles, field mice, rabbits, and deer, virtually any mammal, from feeding on the plant leaves or roots.  The plant even gives off a faint pepper smell that the critters will learn to avoid. 

Apply just once a year.  Completely safe and non-poisonous.

Click here for more information.


Our 1986 Catalog

We began growing hostas in 1979 when we opened our first garden center, The Crownsville Nursery. In 1984 we mailed our first perennial catalog.  Click here to see an image of our first two-page mail order hosta list, published in 1986.


Interested in perennials, shrubs and
vines, and more ferns?

Visit our other on-line catalog
 www.crownsvillenursery.com


We are sorry, but we are unable to ship plants to AK, AZ,
CA, HI, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY or outside the U.S.

This is Maggie, in charge of moving bulk materials and barking at things.

A warning to casual Hosta users:

Many of us, when we first started using Hostas, thought we could stop whenever we wanted. What begins as casual experimentation can quickly develop into a serious addiction. If you find that you actually want to know the differences between ‘Inniswood’ and ‘Paul’s Glory’, if you tell your spouse that you paid less than you really did for a new introduction, but brag to other gardeners that you paid more, or if you no longer care what your spouse thinks, you need help.

Help is available from Bridgewood Gardens, a nursery that specializes in caring for gardeners afflicted with Hostas.

Our Website

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