I live in Indy too..lots of rain..was your ash tree dead?..glad it didn't hit a house or hurt anyone..your Lancifolias are ahead of mine..but I have others that are 5-6" tall..hope the weather doesn't turn cold..#1 August Moon #2 don't know

Thanks, Nicholsworth, me too!! I had my lancefolia covered until 2 weeks ago and then cleared the majority of them. They seem to really like that area and it get dappled sun there. What are the little white flowers that are integrated with your hosta?

indymom you are so lucky - both on the Hostas coming up and the tree coming down without doing any damage.

You too nicholsworth are lucky to have so much popping up. I believe your lovely blue bulbs are Chionodoxa - Glory of the Snow.

peren..looked it up and you're right thanks!..took a little stroll..very wet..standing water everywhere in the neighborhood (house is fine thankfully)..a few more pics..#1 Dutchman's Breeches #2 trillium (wake robin - burgundy bloom) and a little white flower? #3 so many!!..some of the spotted leaves bloom burgundy (trillium) and some bloom yellow (erythronium)..hostas in upper right corner..

I love the little spring flowers...took those pictures yesterday in the nature preserve nearby...

Jeanette, you were really happy that this tree did not so much damage.

And your Lancifolia are way ahead of mine...

Very nice Karin! Spring is definitely springing!

nicholsworth - They are clausa. Yes, they form a huge patch if left to their own devices. Mine is covering an area about 12' long and about 5' wide and I love them. The flowers are incredibly bright and beautiful. Have you seen yours bloom yet?

peren..slowly but surely I'm identifying my hostas!..I have seen the blooms..little dark purple right?..yours cover a big area..sounds like both of us could move some..

It will be nice to know what they are but as long as we enjoy them that is what is most important.

I will reduce the large patch but not too much. I have another spot that I will condense though. The flowers look great en masse so I like a large area of this one.

Well the blooms are dark purple and hot pink. This is a pic from the small patch.

peren..mine are not as pretty..yours are fabulous!..I keep my tags (hope to organize) and if a name is said could tell you if I own it but I've lost track of locations..

SNOW !!!!!

nicholsworth-thank you for sharing your flowering plants. I feel that sometimes I get focused on just one certain type of plant-I don't feel I am very good at varying the plants in my garden! I do like the Clausa hosta and how it spreads. We have a little over four-tenths of an acre in Carmel-I love the Eagle Creek area

Peren-You are absolutely right-it was very lucky that the tree didn't hit a house or that the garden wasn't more mature!

Karin-what a stunning preserve you live near!

indymom..I can't take all the credit for the variety of woodland plants..mother nature helped me out!.curious about your ash trees..how many?..did you treat any?..remove any?..we started with 28..removed 6(ugly, skinny, or dead)..treating 16..have one skinny one now that's dead..sad situation with these trees..

nicholsworth-we had three in our yard, one we cut down, the one that fell, and one that probably belongs to our next door neighbors and is dying a slow death. Where do you like to buy hosta in our area? Have you ever been to Soule's on the south side? A hidden little gem and no HVX plants.

I went to Soules once..have talked to the woman that owns it a couple of times..friendly and knowledgeable..I bought lots of hostas years ago when I moved here (2005) from everywhere..from 2 neighbors, Lowes, Home Depot, Menards, greenhouse at the IMA, Eagle Creek Nursery, Country Harmony (Brownsburg), garage sales, my sister and a neighbor gave me some..lucky so far..just one last summer with HVX..think it came from Home Depot..have over 500 hostas but just 50 to 60? varieties..had a lot of ground to cover and bought lots of fall clearance plants..be glad that you don't have many ash trees..they have problems as you probably know..

Whoa, what a nice collection you have!! I probably only have 20 variety of hosta and I'm not sure of the count!

took a count last year for the first time..was checking all my plants after I had an infected hosta and I thought why not get a total?..surprised me that I had that many..some hostas in my front yard..