That's a lot of plants!

Good job! They look great. Now you need to rest a bit!

I really like Jessica Alba, the hosta is nice too....

I'm currently looking for something to set my pots on too. I have thought about wooden stairs, but I like your setup there and may build something similar. Is it fairly sturdy ?

koffmann, it is stable enough and if you place the planting stones the way they normally are used and fill them up with pebbles, nothing will move this construction. And with thicker wood planks it will hold everything, even Giantlands :-) We have different sizes of those stones also, those are only small ones because I can not carry the big ones alone and I want to be able to do the garden work without help. I'm thinking about setting a second and third one in front, so it will look like a big stair. But not this year. And wooden stairs rod...the construction is not expensive and the planks can be changed if needed.

Thanks Karin. BTW, I like the way you spelled my last name, when people over here in the USA mis-spell it they usually spell it with a "C". However, I see you added an "N'" at the end. I think that may be the original german spelling of my last name. :)

lol, the german spelling...I did it without thinking...mann in a name is always with two nn...where in Germany are your roots?

Somewhere near the German/Swiss border. I would have to ask my dad or uncle exactly where since they have all the old family geneology documents.

Karin..for fun you should get a sign..such as Karin's Garden..Karin's Nursery..Karin's Hostas..Hostas by Karin..or spell it in German..My Hostas..Hosta World..Hosta Warehouse (lol)..The Hosta Place..The Hosta Museum..Hosta Tour..Sea of Hostas..could look cute..(did I say this already??..the shelves made me think of it again)

Very clever, neat and tidy; love the Deep Blue Sea. Good job. Jon

Nicholsworth,

that is a nice idea, I can not decide between Karin's Garden and Sea of Hostas at the moment, but time will show...Actually I do this a bit because I'm planning my retirement within the next five years and everybody needs something that he loves and can spend time with. My hosta garden could be the perfect solution to earn a little bit of money for my hobby and to keep me going...and the hostas I buy now will then be big enough to be divided and sold:-) You see, there is a plan behind all those crazy shopping I'm doing,lol...

Jon,

200 square meter of garden...I have to have ideas, but nevertheless I'm running out of space quickly...Deep Blue Sea is one of my favourites, together with Restless Sea, Fleet Week and Queen of the Seas...so if I'm going to make a sign it should be Sea of Hostas...and look for more hosta with Sea or Shore in the name...and I love the blue ones...

Karin, I have closely examined all your pictures and find one tiny hole in Fleet Week and one possible small nick in Early times, I'm afraid my imperfect garden would trouble you greatly. Jon

Jon, I'm only hiding the ugly leaves :-) I have all sorts of damages this year, frostbite, too much sun too soon and strange growing leaves that don't want to open and then tear apart and leaf a line of holes over the leaf.

It is good to have a forum like this, because if I hadn't read all this good advice that is given here, I would have gone crazy this spring with all the damages that might or might not be a virus or bacteria or whatever...

That's one of the hostas with the strange leaf damage, especially the right eye was very crumpled and all of it's leaves look like shown below.

By the way, it is a no name, so I would also be happy for an ID...

or my Fire Island, brown dots from forst I think...

or Ice Age Trail with what I think might be sunburn

or beautiful Chiemsee Glimmer with leaf damage from cold and snow in late April

I could go on like this very long, the weather conditions have never been this strange in spring and nearly every plant outside suffered a little. But this is nature and I do not worry about beauty problems :-)

Yesterday it was nearly 30°C with thunderstorm later while we had frost on Wednesday night...this is driving me crazy...

Karin

Karin, you have found a creative and lovely way to showcase your hostas. It looks so neat and compact in your space and I love the fact that you can appreciate a lot of your hostas displayed at eye level. You can pick anyone out of the lineup and admire it up close in a second. Like the blues trio.

I am loving Jessica Alba more every time I see it. Thank you for introducing this very pretty hosta to us. :)

(My daughter was texting me about the serious thunderstorm they were experiencing yesterday in Braunschweig.)

Thanks Karin, I feel less inferior now. ;-)

Jo,

we also had thunderstorms all over the weekend, but not as bad as in other parts of Germany. At least we had no hail up to now, but it is raining hard and the plants are pressed down. It is mid of May and I'm loosing hope for a nice summer....:-(

I love my little display, it is easy to change the sight I'm having while sitting in my favourite chair :-) If I can sit outside :-(...

I will build a few more over the summer, it is not expensive and easy to change and it will possibly give me the room for some more from my wishlist...

Build another small one yesterday for the hostas in afternoon sun. I'm thinking about getting a tree in a pot on the right side because the sun is getting so hot and burning if it is shining...

Hi Karin,

I like how you have creatively used the space available to you. I love the idea that you do not have to worry about weeding. :)

You have an awesome collection of hostas and I have enjoyed your new hosta plant orders that you posted about these past weeks. A potted tree is a good idea for extra shade (and it could be fairly mobile on a planter dolly/caddy).

The weather, putting it kindly, has been very erratic this year. Your hostas are doing well thanks to your efforts earlier this spring, so I am looking forward to seeing your beauties grow!

Thank you angie,

the weather is still erratic, it is early in the morning now and we have thick fog as normally in autumn...the hostas do like this :-) but I could think of better weather...

No weeding is one of the best things with potted hostas and my time so far is limited by my job, nice solution :-)

Good idea to put the tree to be on a planter caddy! I will look around for a small tree next weekend. I already have that red Japanese maple on the other side, so I will need something different, growing quick and at least 3m high and liking to live in a pot. And behind is a high dark hedge, so it should be of lighter colour, I'm thinking about another Gingko...

Karin

lol, babka, your husband is a wise man!