Moving hostas to a (slightly) new zone.
Annette Holbrook(z7a)
4 years ago
We are completing our move from the Atlanta suburbs to the north Georgia mountains. Going from zone 7b to 7a. At my old place, all of my hostas ended up right up against the front of the house, which faces north, as it was the only way to save them from the deer and rabbits. So that meant they were pretty much full shade.
The new place will be almost the opposite in that the front is the safest from the deer, but it faces south, southeast. There is more shade from trees but still. I have everything in pots so easy to move around. I have one area that gets sun until about 2p, then is shaded the rest of the day.
my main question I guess is which colors tolerate the sun the best? I have everything from solid blues through to pale gold, almost white. I’m planning on playing with it over the summer but want to start out by not totally stressing the ones that shouldn’t get sun.
pic for fun, these are the ones sitting in the sunny spot for now, the one on the right is slowly turning almost white after just a few weeks in this spot.
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Munchkin Fire in a lot of sun. Wiggles and Squiggles, and Ripple Effect were meting away in this bed and moved to the hospital bed.
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Slightly OT but my hosta peeps know it all! :)
Comments (15)I think your description of the rumors is very good - they ran rampant last spring - and I suspect the truth is much more mundane. Certainly there were personal and professional issues involved in his move. A more reasonable question might be why Hans would have stayed with one local specialized wholesaler for such a long time. Shady Oaks still concentrates on hostas and, though they have expanded into some other plants, their selection is still quite limited. Walters, on the other hand, may offer the widest range of perennials of any wholesaler in the US. I know Hans has developed interests beyond the world of hostas, and his opportunity to explore other plants would have been much more limited had he stayed at SO. I stopped at Walters last summer on the way to the convention and fell into spending a couple of hours touring around the farms with the president of the company. They were excited to have Hans, primarily for his interest in some other plants beyond the hostas... So... without participating in the rumor mill... I'm excited for Hans to have the resources of Walters to explore his interests... and yet as a Minnesotan, I was sorry to see him go. And to remain OT, I like HOSTAS, but ligularias in my sandy soil tend to droop so dramatically at the slightest bit of brighter light or heat, I only grow the species plant ligularia przewalskii. It tolerates dry conditions much better than the bigger leaved, more dramatic ones. It has smallish leaves with neat cut edges, so it has its own charm. Nice companion for HOSTAS....See MoreI made a good/ bad hosta move today
Comments (2)did you tape it up and all??? did it flop .. old roots or the fresh new ones??? the fresh new ones are the storage unit for next years spring push ... regardless.. the deed is done .. next time.. take a few extra minutes to do some archeology digging.. to find out how far out to go.. for max roots ... otherwise .. its a hosta ... you could have left it on the driveway for a few weeks before you replanted it.. dont worry about it.. ken...See MoreMoving Astilbes and hostas?
Comments (6)Actually spring is a good time to divide or transplant hostas, especially when they're just emerging. Same with astilbe; spring is a good time for dividing/transplanting. So go ahead and move them around--they're both very tough. I actually divided/moved both astilbe and hosta in the middle of the summer last year but they both took it well and came back this spring with more vigor!...See MoreWhen should I dig up Hostas for move south?
Comments (5)What I'd do: Wait until just before or after first frost to dig & pot the hosta. Use a porous mix to fill in & around the root ball. Move to an unheated shelter to wait for the move. (Any place where they won't get rained on.) As to how you actually transport them will be weather dependent. If it's unusually warm, I'd forgo the rooftop bag where they'll get heated up by the sun. (Weight on the car top also a concern?) Have on hand some ice, frozen in 1/2 gallon plastic milk jugs to pack in between the potted hosta and tuck a couple of blankets over them to keep them well chilled--if you transport them inside a heated car. Another thing you might consider doing--before you load the hosta, put down some large pieces of reflective mylar (cheap tanning blankets), load the hosta & cover with more mylar & then cover with blankets. The mylar will work to reflect heat away from the 'package' and help keep the cold in. Might want to insulate underneath the bottom layer of mylar, too, to protect from any heat rising into the car from the exhaust system. Use recycled styrofoam packing or get a sheet of the cheap (white) beadboard from Home Depot or Lowes. Aim for packaging them in a sort of free form ice chest. Once you're at your destination, transfer to a place in the shade (but not next to any heated structures.) As soon as you can, pop them out of the pots & heel them in somewhere shady (but dry) and maybe consider lightly covering them with something like pine boughs to keep them from getting too wet. Then maybe the easiest thing to do would be to just leave the MA hosta in MA & replace them with southern grown hosta. Spring comes really early in Alabama so you won't have long to wait!...See More
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoHere’s a pic of the shade line at 3p. It was cloudy at 2p so I had to wait. I think this bodes well for the 2-6p shade point for the Hosta.
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