Midnight Visitor Digging Hosta and Other Shade Plants
frankielynnsie
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Comments (9)A different thing happened today. Rather than transplanting the existing hostas, I happen to see a person selling different varieties of hostas on Craigslist. I went there today and bought 'em. I only spent $20. I brought home the following: 1. 10 hostas (4 different kinds) 2. 6 irises (2 different kinds) Majority of the hostas had good number of leaves and were about 12 to 16 inches long. The 4 irises were 2 ft long. The other 2 iris looked like lilies. Now, I'm thinking what to put behind these hostas/irises. This is the location where I planted them all. Disregard the arrow on the picture. This is an old picture I have which I posted at bananas.org. The white arrow is pointing to the banana I planted. :) I'll take a picture tomorrow morning. Oh, on the leftmost are the wilting hostas my wife bought a month ago. That's what I was planning to divide and transplant. It's really huge. One more, I have a 50 ft soaker hose. Can I water them every morning for 15 minutes? Thanks for all the advice you guys told me above!!! :) I really appreciated it....See MoreGarden Etiquette for Visitors
Comments (12)Ken, Very funny! So many of these things have happened to us that it is like you have written our biography! Not only did Fido smash a G.E.,he left us a major deposit right in the middle of our driveway! I guess the visitors just figured the "heap" would break down overnight and just vanish. We were having a cookout for fathers day and these folks took down the chain and sign that says Hosta visits by appointment only ,please. at the gate , Asked if we minded if they just walked around while we ate. It wasn't 15 minutes later that they all had the call of nature and had to use the restroom. They all had those 44 ounce "Glug Jugs" as you described. As we all know it is difficult to enjoy a meal with your family when there are 5 complete strangers walking all over your property so Even though it was my day, I kept getting up to answer questions and keep them from wandering into the woods where the Poison Ivy thrives and the Hornets are angry. After about an hour and a half they meandered back to their van .They casually thanked me and told me that they were amazed by all of the Hostas but were really looking for a tree that day and the nursery that grows trees down the road was closed. I quietly wondered how the closed nursery had kept them out? Perhaps land mines or an 8 foot electrical fence? Thanks for the laugh and letting me know that there are others that feel my pain. Denny Denny...See Moredigging free hostas tomorrow
Comments (73)Saija..you're right..free hostas are nice..thanks!..how are your coleus doing? 56steps..I agree..the location is great!..I have curtains just on the lower half of my kitchen window..when they're open I have a great view of those tall hostas..even now with missing stems they're impressive..thanks for the compliment!.. peren..thanks!..I love them already..I was admiring them this morning while I was making coffee lol..DH is my perfect helper..he thinks I'm too slow (I am) but he tolerates it..I'm a thinker he's a worker..and in the end we do a good job.....See MoreSun Tolerant Hosta bed in jeopardy! Shade tree coming down!
Comments (13)Thanks to all of you. You have all given me great ideas…….I possibly could do a sun sail. I could attach to either side of the screen porch and stretch over to a support beam on the deck that holds some lighting. Not sure the cost of such…… Perahaps the dawn light will not be as bad as I thought…….I will admit, because my garden guy Bert seriously injured his hand in June, I did not have the garden help I usually have. And due to my limitations (many of you know about my hip 3 surgeries) no mulching got done and it was truly needed. I like the idea of some containers to help will shading that bed. It would be the easiest solution. Also some taller plants may help. I also have thought about one of those decorative standing screens, but that might make it hard to move around the bed. Kenrah, I am 69 with physical limitations, so splitting and moving the hostas would be a tremendous amount of work and really there is plenty of room in that bed for growth of those hostas. I am glad that you were able to move yours with a little bit of work. My front yard is pretty full and competes with maple tree roots, adding more there would cause more issues. debra...See Morebkay2000
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