Hosta Choice Gardens - June 2015
TheHostaCottage
8 years ago
Here are some pictures of our trip to Hosta Choice last weekend..enjoy!
Vanessa
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At Hosta Choice Gardens, where time stood still...for three hours
Comments (35)-Vanessa, thank you. I would also love to hear what you brought home with you! Did Glenn's enthusiasm for The Minnesota Mafia get you too? Lol. BTW...Did you see the kittens? OMG, I wanted to take the little blonde ones home! When you post your newbies, add Cabbage Patch too? I've been meaning to ask you how it's doing? Mine seemed "tame" last year. Yours? -BC, I said Hi to Glenn for you and he had a big grin on his face when he realized who it was I was referring to. Such a friendly and likeable fellow. :). I asked how he fertilizes and it's all granular, time release little green bb's! -Jerry, yes, ecstatic is a good description...about everything! I'm not sure how many he actually dug up for me (I was all over and everywhere) but it is standard practice for them to be potted up in new pots, and filled with a freshly mixed, lovely fluffy mixture that resembles my own! Mini Skirt was dug right up from a growing bed! I was very lucky to get it that day. Lets talk budget then, lol! I took a set amount in cash (more than I needed) and when my order was rung through, which included 4 more hostas than my list, I still had $ left over. i laughingly said, "I can't go home with this money, I brought it to buy hostas so... I need to get more hostas!" Two more hostas, a bit of fertilizer and I was efficiently shopped out, Lol - my job was done! So....Attach a box like Paula and her husband had, got on that bike, and head on over to Glenn's! There are many gorgeous hostas waiting for you! -NHL, thank you for that and yes, I'll be posting progress pics for sure. Golden Gate will get brighter, Beet Salad beefier, Jujen will finish unfurling as will its Mama .. and the list goes on... -Dave, Mickfields is enormous! Almost too large an assembly? it gives a totally different vibe, doesn't it? We have one or two that are huge, full nurseries (trees/shrubs/vines/perennials of all sorts) but have gone overboard, IMO on all kinds of extraneous non-gardening doo-dads, including clothing! and don't specialize in hostas but at least offer a broad enough selection. I prefer the home-based or family-run businesses/nurseries for the personal approach and display gardens. We need more like them. The hosta business has been booming for many years in North America. I don't think it will ever "go out of style". Regardless of what some say, the hosta business is a cash cow...but you have to love hostas a lot not to mind all the countless hours of work....See MoreWhat's Blooming in Your Garden - a Photo Thread - June 2015
Comments (56)Claire, I just took pictures of mine to show you the differences - yes they vary. This is the leaf and flower of the tree in the picture above. It is the unnamed variety kousa from the arborist. I have gotten a few babies, maybe 3, gave away 2, and this year there is another little guy next to mom, but I'll wait till fall or next year. This is a $3 pot I bought from a woman who propagated solely in pine bark mulch. Different leaf and bracts and grows like it's on steroids. This is a transplant from the first picture (arborist tree) which has not yet bloomed - another few years maybe - but the leaves look more like the one above which I 'imported', if you will. This is the one I stumped 4-5 years ago and has bracts that overlap whereas the others do not overlap. And lastly, what may/may not be a rough leafed wild dogwood out back that has struggle for a decade, but produced offshoots which I'm leaving in place. They are too close to the root of a large maple, but they planted themselves there, so let nature take it from here. The wild struggler that I hope someday will succeed and bloom. (that is persicaria polymorpha in the background) There is a Golden Shadows dogwood tucked in in front of the persicaria and this was its best year - until the deer came. I was too late spraying and it cost that poor dogwood a lot of leaves and young branches. (damn) Whatever you have, and who knows, some may be pink tinged, they're a gift and seem happier in full sun. Jane...See MoreWhat's Blooming in Your Garden - a Photo Thread - June 2015 Part 2
Comments (51)Several of the perennial Geraniums are in bloom, include this dark-leafed variety, probably Midnight Reiter. It's much looser in growth than I expected. The reverse of clematis Rebecca There's quite a bit in bloom now, but the dark buds of this hand-me-down phlox is nice. Bed behind the house, mostly blue, purple, orange, and gold. Not sure of the clematis ID off the top of my head, but the daylily is the weedy old-fashioned one, perfect for holding the slope, Knophia is a seed-grown unnamed, and the Caryopteris is Sunshine Blue. Further along, Scabiosa Butterfly Blue (which needs deadheading) with a young Spiraea Ogon And a favorite clematis that seems happy here, Venosa Violacea. And turning around, the corn is so far past the "knee high by the fourth of July" goal, that it's already over the farmer's head, so it must be close to 6' already. The wet spot on the left side is wet again after about 5" of rain in 10 days or so....See MoreThe June 2017 Version of My Hosta Walk (Back Garden)
Comments (15)zkathy, no the trees were not planted specifically to be harvested but they were arranged neatly by the neighbour who donated/planted them well over 30 years ago. And those balls on stems are my FAKE ALLIUMS. They've been there over a year, even over winter. I just wanted to add a little quirky fun colour to that spot. They are actually aluminum foil balls covered with leftover wool and stuck on metal driveway marker sticks (painted green to look like stems)! Close up:...See More
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8 years agoTheHostaCottage
8 years agolast modified: 8 years ago
josephines167 z5 ON Canada
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoApparently the hosta in that photo (Vanessa, is that pic from two years ago perhaps?) was a Sum and Substance that perished during the winter of 2013/14. Glenn referred to it as the grenade vase. :) I took this photo on May 14th.
TheHostaCottage
8 years agoI just took the photos above last weekend like I indicated in the post. Pretty bad I have to prove when I took the picture LOL! My pictures above were taken June 20, 2015 between 12:10pm and 12:53pm.
This is my picture taken from May which shows an empty pot like yours, Jo.
Vanessajosephines167 z5 ON Canada
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoTheHostaCottage
8 years agoBelow is the picture I posted on my Facebook page from Hosta Choice in 2013. As you can see, this was a different plant in 2013 (much fuller) from the one in my post above from this year (which looks newly planted as the petioles are flopping over).
I know Glenn was at the AHS convention and has an OHS bus tour at his place today so he has been busy.
Vanessajosephines167 z5 ON Canada
8 years ago
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