A sea of hostas

timhensley

9 years ago

A little full.

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cyn427 (z. 7, N. VA)
9 years ago
So very pretty. I just added a rhodie the same color in a front bed with hostas. Seeing how wonderful yours looks, I may need to add a few more hosta!

Cynthia
don_in_colorado
9 years ago
A little full, a lot awesome!

Don B.
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I just looked at my Sea Dreams and was thinking how beautiful it was. It has been potted for probably 8 years now and deserves a place of honor. I'm planning a couple new garden beds, and have a perfect place for this, a Potomac Pride, and a Frances Williams. Maybe a border hosta like Lemon Lime or a Tiny Tears. Thanks for the lovely pic.
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Mindy, Whoa, you wrote this in October. Eek. I'm glad you e-mailed me. Sorry about that. I've been working outside. Now that frost is looming and the growing season draws to a close, I'm creeping back to GardenWeb. ;) P.viridistriatus can get 3' tall, though it does droop -- in a graceful way. So, you can plant it around Japanese maples as long as the trees are tall enough to start with so they're not lost in a rippling sea of bamboo. I have it growing under some PJM rhododendrons, yew and other foundation shrubs in front of the house. It has been in the ground for four years and has spread slowly where sun comes through, but avoids the spots that are too shady. You may find that it does the same under your maples, with sparser growth directly under the trees. It depends on the angle of the sun. Evonne, This type of bamboo runs, but it can be kept easily under control in a number of ways. The easiest is to plant it in a huge tub with drainage holes and good soil-compost, and sink the tub into the ground with the lip 2" above the ground. With mulch around the lip, you won't see it and the bamboo will stay in the container. Each year in June-July, pull away the mulch to catch any rhizomes sneaking over the lip. Snip them and that's it. Every couple of years you pull up the tub, root prune the bamboo, add fresh compost and put it back. My experience with running bamboos is that they are less vigorous in part shade, and you can keep them from going out of bounds by just mowing, snipping or kicking over any unwanted shoots that come up in late spring. On my mostly shady or part-shady 60' x 115' property, I've grown bamboos for over 10 years and never had even one go where it wasn't welcome. In full sun and perfect conditions you have to be more vigilent, but if you do just a little maintenance once a year, that's usually all you need. It's the bamboo that gets planted and forgotten for 10 years that becomes a monster.
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Linda's Garden z6 Utah
9 years ago
BEAUTIFUL!!!

Linda
jadie88
9 years ago
Ah Tim, those poor hosta all packed together...they are clearly suffering! Underneath that lush, perfect, painfully beautiful exterior are the cries of the huddled masses yearning to breathe free. You must take pity and thin out some divisions!

...I have a shovel...will travel... ;-)
DiggingInTheDirt
9 years ago
Beautiful!
timhensley
Original Author
9 years ago
Thanks guys!
esther_b
9 years ago
Ah, Tim, you have revealed your political views to us in one fell swoop: You're definitely leaning LEFT. It's easy to fix that.
Mary4b
9 years ago
Gorgeous, only thing needed for that garden is the chair and the beer...there is clearly no room for a weed. I had a garden full of hostas like that once, only not such nice varieties as yours!

Reminder...if a pic is showing sideways on the forum and you want to see it correctly, just left click on the photo itself. I learned that here on the forum and it has come in handy!
Jon 6a SE MA
9 years ago
Really nice Tim; you are taking full advantage of every inch.

Jon
beverlymnz4
9 years ago
Wow. Very nice, I look forward to that scene under my Oak. You have been growing those for some time. When did you start this section of garden?

Thanks for sharing,
Beverly
ci_lantro
9 years ago
Beautiful, Tim. Great combination of colors you have going there!

What's that darkest green hosta w/ lighter center at the 12:30 position behind Liberty? in the last photo??
paul_in_mn
9 years ago
Beauties Tim.

Paul
almosthooked zone5
9 years ago
Tim
My exact perfect idea of planting ! FULL . It is what I have aimed for too so you see no dirt and then you don't need ground cover. You have that in hosta . The azalea? is a perfect touch and it is beautiful too. My one neighbor has an orange colored one and it draws your eye immediately to it. Too bad they don't bloom the whole season. What ever you are doing it certainly is correct
Babka NorCal 9b
9 years ago
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Perfection!

-Babka
paula_b_gardener 5b_ON
9 years ago
Beautiful, I love your choices in combinations.
tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱
9 years ago
Cheek by jowl gives it a nice patchwork quilt look. Very lush. Thanks.

tj

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