Is it possible to tell difference between Francee and F Albomarginata?
I've been wondering which I have. It has been in my garden since 2015. I got it from my mom's friend. Ruler is in metric scale.
Saija
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5 years agoMeasuring time is over here in Finland, fall has come. Next summer I must measure and take notes of blooming time. Thanks all :)
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5 years ago1st is almost ready, except soil is not in bed. Next week I'm on holiday and plan is to get 2nd bed ready.
And I'm little crazy, I ordered from Fransens sale 21 hostas. Craziness is that all my hostas are going to sleep and we already have frost. New hostas are now in garage in water and today they will be potted. I was thinking that new hostas will overwinter in pots in garage. Spring will tell how it goes :)
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoI needed Mata Hari and Hanky Panky. And then there was clearance sale, LOL. Fransen is HVX free great hosta seller. Those clearance hostas were 1.50€-5€ and I couldn't resist:Captain's Adventure, Corkscrew, Crystal Dixie, Dancing out of Time, Dry Ice, Emerald Charger, Fried Green Tomatoes, Fried Bananas, Gingee, Golden Cha Cha, Gorgeous George ,Hanky Panky, Hertha, Lakeside Coal Miner, Last Train Home, Mango Smoothie , Mata Hari, Olympic Gold Medal, Valley's Vanilla Sticks, Yellow Splash Rim, Bedford Blue
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Here is their overwintering place in garage. Now they get some light of window. I have overwintered hostas before (didn't kill any) and I think I know how to do it. Just haven't ever potted them this late in fall. In summer they will be planted in new hostabeds.
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5 years agoSaija, can you immagine that Fransen has sale and I did not buy a single one? The plants you got still look nice for end of the season. You could have ordered for delivery in spring. Those great guys also keep the sale hosta overwinter and deliver at every date you want next year. You have to prepay, but better to do that than worry all winter how they will survive in the garage :-) I did it last winter and there was no problem at all and I got a nice big parcel from them in May.
Here are pictures of my Francee, I also think it is darker, the flower stalks are long and very upright, maybe it helps...
Saija_Finland thanked Karin Black CatSaija_Finland
5 years agoThanks Karin for tip, maybe next time I ask spring delivery. I'm hopefull that my new hostas will survive in pots. I have done it before.
First one of my new hosta beds is now ready. Thanks to children and husband, they helped with soil. They wondered why the bed is so big ;)
Still have to make second bed ready before holiday is over, 4 days left ;) After that is nice to admire your hostas in alphabet and do must have list, LOL
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5 years agoHostabed number 2 is ready. Lacks some soil, I will add soil in spring. No more beds in fall, maybe one more in summer, I have still stones for edges, there can’t be enough hostabeds, LOL. Now winter can come, forecast says we will have snow saturday.
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5 years agoI love the curves of the new bed..it will be beautiful filled with plants..it's great that you're finished and ready for winter..I'm not :-( we had very strong winds Saturday and now my yard is a big mess..
we started 2 piles of limbs..there's green leaves that were ripped off of the trees all over the ground..but nothing hit the house..one shrub was ruined..it could've been worse..a small branch hit me in the head but I'm fine..you can see some hosta in the pic with the bigger limbs..they're still green but are covered with sticks and leaves and look smashed..I love trees but they can be so messy..
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