hostas/armadillos/arizona cypress

Our ground is never frozen for very long. Today started out as a very cold wet day but ended up cold but sunny and dry. I have been putting down new mulch and newspapers all winter long on good days. We have had an armadillo that is constantly working up my yard and digging under my newspapers. Making a real mess of everything. My son is home from college this weekend. I saw the armadillo working up my yard right out in the open this afternoon. My son took care of him for me. He does not like shooting anything but I convinced him he has been doing so much damage and I can't convince him to go somewhere else. When he went out to take care of it for me ... he said later it looks like he has done damage enough for 10 armadillos. I sure hope there isn't any more out there. We have never seen more than one at a time and only a couple of times have we seen him at all. He has dug 6-8 inch holes all over everywhere makes it hard to just walk across the yard. My son said that he was tilling up my yard for me. Not exactly what I want done right now. I went last week to the nursery to just look around and came home with 4 little seedlings of Arizona Cypress and a 5 gallon Juniperus osteosperma "Utah" Juniper. I have one very big Arizona Cypress and love it but I want it to be a specimen tree so now I have to find 4 more places to put them so they don't compete with each other. I have no idea where to put it. 
Tricia
Tricia
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 2:34 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] new cover
It wouldn't be a good time here as the ground is frozen. But generally, hosta can be dug just about anytime you can dig, spring or fall - even summer. They are very forgiving. My S&S was declining so I dug it last fall and potted the divisions, and then overwintered them in the pots under leaves. Every one of them died. This was strange to me because I have always done this and all my other hosta varieties have responded well. S&S is the only one that didn't make it. So when I divided another big-leaf hosta, Frances Williams, last fall, I replanted some just in case and potted some, not wanting to risk losing all of it. 

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia" <pdickson@sbcglobal.net> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] new cover



Is this the best time to dig and separate hostas?
I promised to share a start of Sum and Substance. She gave me my first start and hers has died out. 
Tricia
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 1:52 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] new cover
I finally finished digging out the Hosta bed I planted 12 yrs ago that needed rejuvenating. I replanted a few divisions but potted most for sale. So I knew I needed some new varieties. Hostas actually tend to multiply more if you keep dividing them. 

HThe items I'm hoping will be good multipliers are
Hosta Hanky Panky
Hosta Cherry Berry
Hosta Abiqua Moonbeam
Hosta Liberty
Siberian Iris Silver Edge
Siberian Iris Butter & Sugar
Siberian Iris Eric the Red
Digitalis obscura
Hemerocallis Chorus Line
Salvia Blue Flame
Antirrhinum Dulcinea's Heart
Euphorbia Tasmanian Tiger

These next ones I ordered because I like them.
Pelargonium endlicherianum
Mirabilis multiflorus
Leptinella Platt's Black
Euphorbia x martinii Tiny Tim



Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia" <pdickson@sbcglobal.net> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] new cover
I haven't ordered anything yet but Kitty I would love to know what you order thinking it will multiply? 
Tricia
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] new cover
If they send me one it will be long after the rush; if they have some leftover.
As Gene will attest, catalogs are expensive and if people don't place orders, they simply have to get deleted from the list. I do place orders, but they are for the display gardens and so the catalog would go to the CES office. Ricky gives me some of them, but I can't get there very often.
I used to order a lot for myself from all sorts of places, but in recent years I just haven't had any money to do so, so I am falling off lists. However, I can always find the plants online and download order forms from websites .
I did place orders this year for me w Homestead, Bluestone, and HCG. I need to start growing new material to be able to divide plants in the future for my annual plant sale. I tend to look at plants now, not just for their aesthetic value, but for their tendency to multiply. If I can divide a plant in a couple of years and sell off 3/4 of it, the plant pays for itself. 

It might be fun to air our lists.  What are you ordering this year?

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] new cover
em..... I have had that catalog for some time now.... maybe you need to call and order another one. 

 Donna


Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
 Can't wait for new PDN:
http://www.plantdelights.com/Catalog/Ghosts/s08cover.php

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5

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