Re: Hello out there
- To: hosta-open@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Hello out there
- From: R* L* <r*@netsync.net>
- Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 23:49:51 -0400
At 01:50 PM 5/13/98 +0000, you wrote:
>Greetings from west central Indiana, just north of Greencastle. I've
>been lurking in the background thoroughly enjoying your comments and
>conversations regarding hostas. Can you believe I "discovered" them
>only last year? I have only 12 different ones at present, and
>doubtless they would be very common ones to you all; but to me, I'm
>the typical hosta-mother -- all mine are beautiful to me. I have a
>little "hosta hill" begun so maybe I can collect another 12 this
>year.
>
>My house faces north, is a red cedar ranch with a 48' front porch. I
>wish to have hostas across this span -- no evergreens. This is a new
>house so we have a clean slate to work with. I have plenty of space
>to work with depth-wise also, but I haven't gotten my plan narrowed
>down to what type(s?) I want yet other than I'm partial to white
>blooms and big, dark-green leaves.
>
>I'm very interested in this planting as it will quite different from
>the usual 'shrubs & geraniums' that I see in our area. I'd like it to
>cause people to crank their necks around when driving by! When
>it comes to hostas, vanity is allowed, isn't it?
>
>I'll keep "lurking" and reading and gaining more knowledge from you
>all. I would appreciate your suggestions.
>
>Thanking you in advance,
>Sue Cornelius
>suec@amy-answers.com
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>Sue
if it is sunny at the front of your house, you might like the effect of a
few ornimental grasses set toward the rear of the plantings. As hosta
foliage lines are basically horizontal, and grasses vertical, they make a
great contrast!
Ran Lydell
Eagle Bay Hosta Gardens
10749 Bennett Rd.
Dunkirk, NY 14048
>
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