Your Fastest Growing Hostas
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Comments (28)Fastest growing bands 'ever' for me: Quietness (Long Ago Roses) Robert Leopold (Rogue Valley Roses) Cornelia (can't remember where from...probably LAR) The Robert Leopold was received mislabeled...was supposed to be Gloire de Mousseux if memory serves...mislabeled is usually the kiss of death in my garden as I quickly lose interest with a plant that doesn't exactly fit in with my design, but that darn band grew so stinking beautifully I just didn't have the heart to take poor Robert out. Now he's one of my very favorites, go figure. I think it's interesting to see Felicite Parmentier make a 'fastest-growing band' list because mine has always been so annoyingly slow-growing (not anything like the grafted one I deep planted years ago). Just shows that everyone's experience/dirt is different. Cheers! ~Anika This post was edited by gothiclibrarian on Sun, Jun 1, 14 at 2:53...See MoreFastest growing, largest hostas
Comments (13)Interesting to me to see what others consider fast or slow...Night before Christmas has been slow for me....been in one spot for 4 years and it's not much of a big deal,.... The Liberty I planted from a tissue culture plant in a 2 inch pot 2 years ago has absolutely jumped out of the ground...each plant is 3 huge eyes and 18 inches tall. I planted a one eyed sagae last year....and it looks like "something" this year. If I were wanting to do fast fill in, showy and reasonably cheap, I would plant August Moon, September sun, Krossa Regal, Antioch and perhaps Sagae.....and another surprise for me is Yellow Splash Rim...planted a small plant last year and it's an impressive clump now....and will get bigger when the weather warms. Bobbi Sue has been a good grower for me also... And Wheaton Blue is a well behaved fairly good grower in a plain dark color. Gramma is lucky to have you.... Linda C...See MoreWhat do you grow along with your hostas?
Comments (21)I have 2 hosta beds in front of my house where once they fill out will be nothing but hosta. Rest of it is garden, shady garden in dappled shade under higly pruned oaks. I also have hostas there but they intervined with multiple multiple perennials many of them I have grown from seeds so many are not so common in gardens. My blooming season starts mid Feb- with snowdrops blooms and ends with fall late blooming asters, aconitums and fall crocuses. Spring season includes multiple small bulbs- pushinkina,scilla, bluebells, muscari, ornitogalum, geranium maculatum, corydalis, camassia, galanthus, spring crocus, etc As spring progresses I have multiple columbines growing from alpines to Mc Kana giant ones- just cut foliage after they bloom or let the unfurling hosta grow over it and you can easily have them in you hosta bed. Multiple primulas are my faforites- grow them from seed and love their show- many of them will disappear by the time hostas fully leafed so can be planted together. pulmonarias, heucheras, spring anemones add much to the beds. As summer progresses lobelias and fall anemones pick up show. Various sedges and hakonechloas add on to different shapes. Aconitums are varied - they bloom from mid summer into late fall and always welcome in the shady garden. I love campanulas and have many varieties of them. many low growing ones twine around smaller hostas bringing their bells to give additional interest. To mention a few- polemoniums, peltobykinia, tellima grandiflora, lysimachia, hardy geraniums early and late blooming ones, mitella diphylla, kirengosoma palmata, bergenias- of well, I have to go out and see what else I remember is there. For bulbs check out Van Engelen wholesale- they are great or Becky and Brent. As much as I love hostas- there are so many other plants I want to grow in my garden- whew,,,,makes my head spin yeah, Holy Mole looks great with hydrangea Anabelle- picks up same light green color from each other- stunning combination. accidental planting of Gilt by assotiation next to lysimachia ciliata fireckracer with its intense purple leaves in spring was unbeatable and mentioned by everyone who visited garden....See Morefastest growing hosta
Comments (7)esther_opal, Yes, I want to cover the area completely, If you have advice about that, I am glad to learn. One question--do they grow only so far and then stop. lol, I guess that is obvious or the whole world would be covered with hosta. Is it necessary to divide then, if one allows space for it to reach a mature size and how does one know for sure what that size is? I just read that the tetraploids have the more substantial leaves (to my liking, cuz of slugs, but are slower growers. Is that always the case? Thanks for the responses. I have added them to my list of wants. I hope for more help and suggestions. jan...See Morekay21_utahzone5b
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