Carolina Gardening: Tell me about your Carolina hosta experiences!, 1 by bonjon

bonjon wrote:
I'm leaving in 3 days for Wisconsin. Along the way I'm going to be visiting a lot of gardens, iris farms, and hosta nurseries. my goal is to visit at least two gardens a day as I meander towards my goal and back again.

So, tell me about what hostas are growing well for you in Carolina? our heat and humidity challenge these beauties, and I'm wondering which ones do well for you? which have done poorly?

Any particular other shade loving plants you are loving in your yards?

As of now I'm going to :
Ensata.com (for siberian and japanese irises, but they have hostas)
Hallson's, for hostas and shade perennials
(maybe) Bluestone
(maybe) Rainbow acres
(maybe) Hollingsworth