There are about 40 different species of hostas which are native to Japan, China, and Korea. They were brought to the U.S. in the 19th century and there are now about 7,000 named cultivars.
Hosta ‘Liberty’ was introduced by J. Machen, Jr. in 2000. A sport of H. ‘Sagae’, it has a moderate growth rate and reaches a height of about 39 inches with a width of also 39 inches. See the full characteristics in the Hosta Treasury.

We had a nice turnout for this year’s Dahl-Roeder Memorial Garden cleanup. Just like last year, we were sprinkled on but that didn’t dampen anyone’s enthusiasm. What was different form last year, we only put on 3 yards of mulch instead of the way overestimated 5 yards last year where members ended up taking mulch home. We are also trying something new this year, we put down extended Preen in hopes we can control some of the weeds. We finished with a short club meeting discussing future events.