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I want to thank you all for getting me through this winter!

17 years ago

Hi, I'm new to this forum and just wanted to thank everyone for helping me get through the winter. I have spring fever so bad that I've already read all the current posts and am now reading them from last May 2006.

Kiterloo, how did your move go last year? I, too, recently went through a big move. TWICE! We were scheduled to move in October of 2005 so I spent late summer of 2005 moving all 140 varieties of my hosta to a 15' x 40' plot at my son's house who lives 11 houses away from our new house. They came up fine last year and I moved them again in May 2006 to our new (30 year old) house.

I can't wait to see their little eyes poke up this year! We moved to a 1/2+ acre lot bordering a conservancy/woods and farmland. We discovered last March that our lot contains Wisconsin's largest black cherry tree (est. to be ~140 years old)! Most of the hostas are planted under white oak, black cherry (offsprings of the Champion) and a declining Norway maple. The hosta looked very good in August so I'm hoping they like it under those particular trees.

I only had a problem with one hosta that something kept gnawing the leaves off. I thought it was deer but only one particular plant? I had another of the same variety just 5 feet deeper into the bed that was left completly alone.

I can see I'm going to have to take lots of pictures so I can consult all of you this year!

My perennial bed in my front yard didn't do well last year due to the large Norway Maple and Green Ash (both have 20" diameter trunks). Between the two 50' trees and the shadow from the house in the afternoon, I afraid it was too much shade. I'm considering putting a small hosta bed around each tree. Does anyone have any experience planting under those two tree varities?

Thanks again - I just love this board!

Char

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Teresa_MN
17 years ago
WELCOME! Hope to see more of you here.

Teresa
sassy7142
17 years ago
Hi Char.
Welcome.
About planting under certain trees....
If you check out the thread from Feb 9th, "The Trees Are Going To Win? I'm Depressed," you can read all about my mistakes with planting.
Other members confess their mistakes too, and than there are other members that offer great suggestions and opinions.
I am going to do some removing of some silver maple trees and also take others' suggestion on using pots under the sugar maple that I just can't part with.
Again, welcome.
Sassy
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hosta_freak
17 years ago
Hey Char! Welcome,and check this out! This place is in western Ky. near Hopkinsville. Phil
{{gwi:932350}}
Janice
17 years ago
LOL, Phil!! Great Pic. and I hope Char will grab it and save it for herself!

I have both the Norway Maple and the Green Ash. My solutions is to use whiskey barrels
or pots around them. I try to create "interest" in other ways, rather than just plopping them
(the barrels) down under the trees, such as rocks and tiered, etc.!

So glad you are "wintering" over with us, despite the severity of the cold all over!
Hosta folk, stay warm in their hearts, just dreaming of Spring and hosta emerging!
I hope you will stay with us throughout the seasons, and go over to the "conversation" side
when you run out of hosta questions--well, maybe that will never happen, but we do have fun
"in and out" of hosta discussions there, too!

Glad you've joined in!

janice
FlowersForMyFarm
17 years ago
Welcome to the hosta forum and howdy neighbor. I'm on the edge of Madison too. The people here are great, they have such wonderful information to share and have a super sense of humor - you're going to love it here.

It will get you through the winter!
goldedger
17 years ago
Welcome Char. Haven't been here myself for awhile but like you I'm enjoying the diversion from winter ... it helps to get through it when you're immersed in all the hosta "stuff" here.

June
Hosta_Haven
Original Author
17 years ago
Thanks, everyone! Thanks for the picture, Phil! I did copy it!

Here's a picture of my backyard last November...the trees were all flocked - just beautiful!

(I think I need to go to "photobucket school" - I really don't see how you put in multiple pictures yet.)

If it doesn't work, try clicking the link below.

Char

[IMG]http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s87/charanda1/IMG_0777.jpg[/IMG]

Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:932349}}
tsbccowboy
17 years ago
Char,

Copy the "HTML Tag" rather than the "IMG Code" from Photobucket for each picture. You should be able to put multiple pictures into your post.

Also, if you can't see the picture when you Preview your message, it will not be in your post.

Hope this helps,
Cowboy

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