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Hostas are waking up in Minnesota!

17 years ago

I hadn't even checked until today, and the way our weather has been I thought I'd be scratching around in the dirt and finding nothing. But there they were! Not just one or two, but many of them, even some of last year's seedlings! Whoopee! Hostas are wakin' up all over in Minnesota!

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maryann_____chgo
17 years ago
Hey Joyce, you're not really zone 3, are you? This is the most exciting time in the garden, something new every day.
esther_opal
17 years ago
Whoopee! Hostas are wakin' up all over in Minnesota!
jel

Not. the longer they stay dormant the better and anything you can do to keep them dormant the better.
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jel48
Original Author
17 years ago
They are well covered with mulch at this point...

No, not really zone3 here Mary Ann.. but close enough to take credit for it :-)
aka_margo
17 years ago
I noticed some of my more established ones starting to come up here in Wisconsin this week. Very exciting!
jspece
17 years ago
I wish I wasn't seeing so many hostas poking up here. The first round already froze a week or so ago :(
redrosee
17 years ago
Mine are (slowly) waking too...yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
esox48
17 years ago
Yep, they are all poking their heads up now, but at least a week behind the pace of recent springs.

My notes from last year said maples were leafing out on April 20 and some hostas starting to unfurl on April 23. That won't happen this year.
maidofshade
17 years ago
Mine are peeking too!! Later than last year also, they were all up by the 17th of April last year. We had rain all morning so they'll be growing now! My lilacs are unfurling leaves and it is getting green. I am excited and not too worried.
Hosta_Haven
17 years ago
At least half of mine are up too! Late are the Sum & Substance and its "kin", Thunderbolt, and Tokudamas. But every day, I look around and something that wasn't showing at all yesterday is up 3/4" today! It is, indeed, an exciting time in the garden! While I realize that we can still get that dreaded late frost, I prefer to remain optimistic. Otherwise, I'd spend all my Spring worrying and not enjoy the most glorious and wondrous time of the year!

Char

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