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Question about the mouse ears clan

tepelus
10 years ago

I've noticed that every single one of my mouse ears hostas have their crowns above the soil surface. They are in a somewhat raised bed (only a few inches higher than the ground) and there are a couple of other hostas in there with them, but those don't have their crowns exposed. I thought maybe it was due to soil washing away, but the other two don't seem to have the issue of their crowns exposed. So is it a mouse thing to have their crowns pushed above the soil surface? Do they just like life that way and I should leave them alone, or should I add more soil around them? I have Irish moss growing around them and mulch to prevent the soil from washing away. The pic was taken in mid-July last year and by the end of the year the moss had nearly taken over the front part of the bed, and where it hadn't I added a bit more mulch.

Karen

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