They love hostas in Russia too
irawon
11 years ago
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Which specific hosta/s do you just love the look of?
Comments (35)It is really nice to see what hostas you all love the look of. Harryshoe, I cannot tell you whether or not your Northern Halo is actually named correctly. It looks gorgeous though. I have a sneakin suspicion that if it were in my garden, I would be loving the look of that one! I am not clear though about what it is you would like a suggestion on. Rob_sneyers, I had never heard of a hosta named Eos. As for Queen of the Seas, I just got it last year and I am hoping to love it too. Bernd, those are a nice bunch of hosta you picked. Don B. I got Brother Stephan last year. It had 2 eyes. It is now emerging with 5 eyes. I agree that Babka's Brother Stefan is gorgeous. I am crossing my fingers that mine might look that good. Did you see McTavish's photo comparisons of Brother Stefan and Paradigm? I have attached a link. Here is a link that might be useful: Paradigm & Brother Stefan Photo Comparison...See MoreHOSTAS TOXIC TO DOGS (and cats too)
Comments (34)Jackson is now two and just fine. As I stated last year, he ate the all the tips out of all my sprouting hosta. He had no symptoms. In most cases, dogs are smarter than to eat something toxic. The same dog that ate the hosta pips loves coffee. My late spouse told me that coffee was toxic to dogs and not to let him have anymore. I looked it up, and yes, coffee can be toxic to dogs. It would take 10 cups of coffee to make him sick, since he weighs about 20 pounds. Relax, she would probably have to eat 10 pounds of it to make her the least bit sick. She didn't eat it, she just touched it with her teeth. As I mentioned in an earlier post, Cleo gave a bunch of hosta the "death shake". She's now eight years old and just fine. She never had any symptoms, although I would have liked to have given her some symptoms at the moment I found them. A lot of people just love to pass on some tidbit of alarming information, but don't look into it before hitting that "submit" button. bkay...See MoreWith ornamental plum tree now gone, too much sun for my hostas!
Comments (9)Stanlie, these people are power-crazy and do not want people (G-d forbid) to make a tree or shrub decision by themselves. Only the MANAGEMENT and BOARD know what trees and shrubs we should have. Judging from the extreme overuse of purple ornamental plum trees, trees planted by the curb way too close (resulting in stunting of the shorter species), etc., I have little confidence in the knowledge of the "landscape company" or their "landscape workers". No, they would not allow me to plant a large shrub or small tree. As a matter of face, I recall my neighbor Tom last year telling me quite indignantly that the "landscape workers" removed a Rose of Sharon his wife had planted 5 years earlier, because "it was too close to the building". They didn't even tell him or give him an opportunity to move it. They just snatched it out of the ground, and a rose bush, too....See MoreSlice off a side of a too-wide hosta?
Comments (16)I actually didn’t use the vise. I decide to just try it out in the yard, and it was simple enough. It took me no more than 15 minutes, and that was only because it was the first time. It was so easy I wondered why I had not done it before. It’s a small headed shovel, my favorite. The bevel was on the outside, not the concave face. I just sat down on the wall blocks of my garden bed. Put the head of the shovel face down on my left thigh and put my right leg over the handle. That held it firmly. Then filed with my right hand, a push stroke away from the edge I was filing. I’m used to filing metal (though not anything this big), so that seemed like the simplest way of doing it. I tried switching to laying the head on my right thigh for the other side (left edge) of the shovel, but found I couldn’t maintain the same angle if I switched off. Then I gave it a coat of WD-40 when I finished. I still sliced through the top of the crown of the hosta with my serrated garden knife: partly because I was trying to separate between eyes without losing any of them, and there was not a straight line to just use the shovel. There was a slight zig-zag. Then I went to the shovel for the straight parts. It sliced through with almost no effort, and I have foot nerve problems that mean I should avoid putting much force on my arch. Then I used my pitchfork to start working it out from the outside of the root ball. One I had the roots loosened it almost cracked apart. I sliced off a little more than a third of the hosta. I expect it that both sections will look like an oval hosta rather than round for a while....See More
jan_on zone 5b
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11 years agoirawon
11 years agoswed_hosta
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11 years agoLovely pictures in that garden, Swed....thanks for adding that so we may understand more. I note a dachshund in the garden there, which is another bit of common ground between us.
Here are my two gardening helpers, Dixie and Dolly...even with their attention, the squirrels are still burying pecans in my hosta pots.
hostafreak
11 years agoirawon
11 years agoin ny zone5
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