Hosta Companions 2019
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4 years agoHouzz is being difficult again!
Japanese Forest Grass
Heuchera Purple Palace
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Comments (15)Im sorry jmcbackyarddigger!! I didnt mean to steal your post!! very sorry for that!! The poison ivy is gone (Thank someone, probably the doctor that put me on steroids!!) And yes Ken i am surrounded!! but i love this little city of Ferndale, MI!! cant think of anywhere else I would want to live!! But the yards are SO small and the double lots here are too expensive (and a double lot here is probably a 1/4 acre! I dont know!)It would be nice to live out in the middle of no mans land, but I really hate to drive over 40 miles to work one way. and that is how it is around here!! even the city of South Lyons (which was farm country 10 years ago "and is only about 25 minutes from home on the xway> now even has a McDonalds!!! would you believe that!!! it is so built up now!!! my parents used to drive out there when we were kids (8 siblings, and not much money) to go see a movie for less than a dollar each!! That is where I get my hair cut ( friend owns a barber shop) so I know how much it has changed in the last 10 years !! I would love to go back when nothing ws open after 9 pm and life was SOOOOOO much slower (not even a gas station was open on sundays!!! let alone a BEER STORE!!! (and this is not the Quadrillion acre woods that winnie the pooh lived in) this house was built in 1918 and so was this tight knit comunnity) probably spelled wrong there!! OOPS!! I am rambling..... uh oh yeah now I know, Pics on the hosta forum SORRY!! Ken you are bad for distacting me!! now i am onto wine cause i forgot to pick up the BEER when i got out of work!!! okay now for some answers I guess and hopefully in order as they appear to my eyes ( the wine is starting to hit me faster than the beer ever does!! ) and this cat is sitting in my lap which makes it more diffifcult to type (she is really ornery tonight!!) sunny east texas pic 3 the three hostas in the pic are Francis williams (behind the begonia) to the left of that is Sagae to the right of sagae is aureomarginata something (or Oreo Margaritta)! Pic #6 That is Perrilla Magilla (not sure on the spelling) grows just like a coleous, no flowers that i know of (which means no picking out flower buds, and is REALLY easy to start from cuttings, usually i do those in the fall) the one on the right is planted in a pot (with some blue hosta seedlings that you cannot see, and neither can I when i look at it, around the base)the perilla was about 6" tall when put in that pot, and the other in the ground, the hosta in the middle of all of this is Rich Uncle. and the black things in the background are my neighbors garbage cans that I cannot photograph around!! Thanks for the nice comments (always love to here them, dont we all?) Hey upnort!! I didnt even see myself in that pic until i read your post!! (there is a ghost in my yard, or did you get out the microscope to check out the pic? now i see the bird feeder in there, hope the birds arent hungry!!) was having a hard time juggling the two, (the beer can just wasnt taking the pics i wanted!!)so I had to hold the camera!! DARN and i was so thirsty!! Carol ( I should have said Sunny and Carol, Sorry!!) oh wait!! the dryer is done (have to fold and put in the other load) back in 15!! thankyou for the nice comments!! my head is swelling as my glass gets more empty (does that make any sense, this is the wine speaking , it is so much different from drinking BEER) Actually my pond does not get that much sun, only a couple of hours a day, (well maybe 6 at different times) I have a large canopy of MAPLE, elms and oak, all of them are mature. I love the shade that they all make!! which makes it so nice to sit on the deck and just watch the yard grow. and then go pull another weed b4 i take another picture or go grab another can of beer(or grab the 5 gallon bucket and fill it from the pond to water another hosta). that plant is also in pics #1 to the left next to blue angel #3front and center #5 to the left (which is the same plant in pic number, oh jeez #6?) Hey starina thanks for the Zanfel tip!! is that a cream? it only cost me $10 (and 2 hours)to see the dr and $10 for the steroids (insurance). which started to work on the second day!! but took about 2 weeks to finally clear up after 2 weeks b4 seeing the doctor!! oh carolreall tough! (well, and gross!) hey mctavish6! Thanks for the nice comments! pic# 2? is wide brim if i am correct or pic # (soory i have to go back and count) oh, have to go count again...oh and again... lost my thought here... #4? to the lower ledt (i think the wine spelled that one!!) uh left? is ... darn, one more time (darn wine, not like the beer)...hold on, let me go back....oh jeez! what is that!! let me think!! ummmmm oh yah ,,, uh uh uh OH!!! summer breeze next to the uh japanese painted fern. WOOO!!! that was hard to do (LOL) okay, and for the sculptures, there are actually 3 total, only 2 in these pics, a very nice friend of mine was living in an upstairs flat, just around the corner from me, such a really nice guy. was helping him move to an apt around the corner from where he lived, they were in his back yard when he moved there. when he moved out the land lord told him that he could take them with him if he wanted to. they are made of ceremic and weigh between (depending on which one) 150 to 400 pounds each. he told me and my partner that we could have them. (had to leave one behind because after moving 3 we were pretty well worn out) (and kinda upset to leave one behind) they were made by a previous tenant which the landlord (or my freind) didnt rememner the name of. so we picked them up( and not really that easely) and brought them over the couple of blocks to our house! and what a chore that was!! but they are SO WAY COOL!! oh and mctavish? I store my elephant ear in 5 gallon buckets over winter. no holes in the bottom in a sunny window. they like a lot of water. except the Xanthosoma in pic #(have to count again, DARN)4!!! (yes!! okay,getta grip) in a very large pot, in a window. my dining room in the winter time is pretty much a over winter plant area, I have a 7' ficus and some orchids and others to deal with. and for some reason i take the tropical waterllily in for the winter too!!(which all my freinds can attest too!! and the second load in the dryer is done, hold on, more folding and hanging stuff!! AAARRRGGHHHHH!!!!!'' did i tell you that i dont have an eye patch or a parrot? If this doesnt make any sense at all or I have spelled something inkorrectlie, I will blame it on the "charles shaw" wine that i am drinking!!! (or 2 buck chuck for those who shop at (oh no !! i forgot the name of the store!! oops sorry!!) well any who thanks for all of the nice comments (except for KEN, there are no cows in FERNDALE!! LOL!!) Paul ps I hope i got to everyone here! and id this message is rejected i will be so POed...See MoreHosta garden pictures from GLR Hosta Tailgate 2019 - NCHS
Comments (10)You are all welcome for the pictures. Come back to that website anytime. peren.all LOL You made me laugh at the snake skin. When I saw it in the garden I thought What the Heck ...... The talent and artistic eye some of these gardeners have, makes me in awe. One guy said my thoughts out loud. "These are so beautiful, I want to go home, bulldoze my garden and give up". popmama Thanks so much. It is easy to forget that there are all types of climates and gardens. Green and brown. :) Ken, I don't know, but I'll ask a few people. Beth, thanks. I thought about waiting until January to post, but I got too excited to share. Thanks again for all the comments....See MoreHosta J 2019 ...
Comments (54)Love that joke "how I shop at plant stores" Paula! That's me exactly! I love June. One of my favorites. Love the color of June Fever. I think it is a really nice hosta. This picture was taken at the end of May. But right behind it is a large hosta. So by the end of the summer, half of June Fever is getting covered up. You can see the difference in June Fever's coloration---lighter in front, darker in back. Joy Ride coming along nicely....See MoreHosta Green 2019 ......
Comments (25)its a fast grower but don't give it full sun. more like part shade. the glossy wax will burn off too fast. also if it gets part shade the leaves will be larger and the mound be large once it leaps. texture is similar to invincible as far as damage by slugs and hail. color is lighter green than irish luck and more gloss. large leaves will be floppy but inner leaves will have more intense ruffles than irish luck. it maybe triploid acounting for its vigor but lack of pod set. but so is sum and substance. the blooms are large and significant. fragrance is slighter than invincible....See More
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoPaula..I have hosta deficiency disease hahaha..
great suggestions peren and djacobz..I have several of those same plants..
I didn't find great pics to illustrate this idea..I love annuals/tender perennials with hostas..in pots or in the ground..I love both..
4 years agoHaving issues today. Hopefully 3rd time's the charm.
peren.all love all your Astilbes
Coral Bells - Purple Palace. Great for around a tree where the garden is drier.
Coral Bells- Foamy Bells, Pink Fizz. Blooms most of the season.
Fern - Lady Ghost
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Aralia - Sun king back of picture by railing
Stonecrop and Helleborus
Ferns and more ferns
I think here the hosta is the companion to the garden. Garden gone wild.
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Sedums
Day Lillie with some hostas
Pachysandra
Fern
European Ginger
4 years agoGorgeous everyone!
djacobs I adore your Japanese Forest Grass. I am at the edge of their hardiness, any of the nice ones like yours would struggle.
nw the pots do look wonderful. I so admire those plants but also your commitment to caring for them in all seasons. Awesome!
Thanks Beth! I like all Heuchera but Palace Purple is the best workhorse, not a diva at all. I was so excited to get Aralia 'Sun King' last year. I hope mine likes it here as much as yours likes your garden. How long has it been planted?
sunnywood your gardens are breathtaking! I have to wonder how long some of the Sedum & Pachysandra will last before you shovel prune some to make more room for Hostas lol! European Ginger is among my favorites.
Campanula poscharskiana, Filipendula 'Red Umbrellas' & Heuchera 'Vulcano' peaking out on the left.
Heuchera 'Magnum'
Heuchera 'Venus'
Heuchera 'Marmelade' with 'Pinot Noir' in the background.
Kirengeshoma koreana & Lobelia cardinalis
Kirengeshoma palmata blooms very late. Arucus dioicus just showing on the left. Did a major clean up and redo of this bed after this pic. Luke never misses a photo op.
Ligularia 'The Rocket'
Ligularia 'Britt-Marie Crawford', A. 'Bridal Veil' & Polygonatum - Solomon's Seal bottom right.
Pulmonaria 'Mrs. Moon', Myosotis (Forget-Me-Nots) spring foliage of Astilbe 'Fanal' on left above 'Stiletto', Alchemilla mollis above right. Did a clean up of this area too in fall.
Cypripedium reginae - Showy lady's slippers.
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Sweet Williams
Delphiniums
Purple Palace Heuchera
Eye spy HeucheraI posted yesterday and It booted my out. :(
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Thanks for the info Beth that is encouraging. H. 'Magnum' is a nice one but not as red as it looks, the sun is catching the leaves just right to accentuate the colouring. I hear you about 'Fire Alarm' some are divas/duds in the northeast.
So pretty Shadow!
Epimedium sorry about the debris, I did get it cleaned up. I think rocks/boulders are a great companion too.
Phlox stolonifera 'Home Fires'
Polygonatum - Solomon's Seal
Rodgersia aescuifolia
Rodgersia pinnata 'Elegans'
Trollius 'Golden Queen'
Geranium phaeum 'Samobor'
Dicentra 'Luxuriant', Campanula 'Sarastro' and a young Actaea 'Hillside Black Beauty'.
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoBrunnera and Amethyst Mist Heuchera......Here is my dream ground behind that tree that I hope to get planted in hostas soon!
Oh caladiums - I forgot about those as I leave them in pots.
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Thank you Shadow, you made my day! We are all such plant geeks lol!
nw I can picture Rodgersia in your garden, they would suit it so well!
Thanks djacobs! Those are the plumes of yet another Rodgersia pinnata. It is actually in another bed across a walkway but I took the pic from a low angle and the pathway & plants are not visible, except for some of the plumes you see.
nw & djacobs I adore Rodgersia for their stature but also because the bloom stalks arise the same time the leaves are emerging. R. pinnata has an added bonus, after the initial flowering is over the calyx (the part that holds the petals) expands and starts to turn pink and ends up deep burgundy. The flower stalks will last through the winter in the garden.
Pink stage
In Sept. The plant needs to establish in the garden for a couple of years before the flowers will perform this way.
In spring the foliage emerges deep bronze before turning green. More than you ever wanted to know lol! Can you tell how much I love these plants?
The only downside for impatient gardeners is that they are slow to establish. A full 3-4 yrs.
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4 years agoI have much of the same, except I think I need some rodgersia. Unfortunately, they need more time/better pics to show here. One thing I haven't seen here yet is Salvia. Fell in love with them in California. Found a couple hardy varieties or I just plant them as annuals. They look good blooming as the Hostas are succombing to the fall weather. Salvia nutans with Liberty and Clematis 'Niobe' in the back.
Salvia 'Black and Blue'
I usually find a place to throw a Pineapple Sage nearby.
I'm also pretty fond of Japanese Maples and Irises and Peonies and Heuchera and Daylillies and Brunnera and Astilbe ...
Elephant Ears, Begonias, Coleus
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Pineapple Sage blooming on Oct. 16. I don't think I get a particularly early start with it, but I do buy a plant and don't start from seeds. They like the sun and heat and water. I had an amazing plant in California that lived for many years and was home to some nice green spiders.
I have over 20 JMs. I haven't lost any in the ground, but we haven't had any severely cold winters since I moved here.
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I mix and combine my hostas freely with other perennials, grasses, ferns and conifers, try to create beautiful combos.
Sun King aralia on the back, Astilbes and Hakonechloa in front
Brunnera Alexanders Great in front, Ligularia Britt-Marie Crawford on the back..
Low growing Sedums in front
Alliums and Astilbes
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A couple more JMs, Amagi Shigure
Autumn Moon and Coralinum (with Hosta Autumn Moon on the right)
Moonrise
Sister Ghost with Heuchera Plum Crazy and Stainless Steel (and Sweet Tea) and Clematis Pink Mink
peren.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada