Re: hosta in a bog garden
- Subject: Re: hosta in a bog garden
- From: m* s* <w*@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 16:37:13 -0700 (PDT)
you will not get as much growth in this situation
unless you foliar feed because the water leaches out
the nutrients. i would reccomend compost tea and a
weak soluction of miracid type fert.
i floated 5 hosta in pots on top of my water return
for 3 years 24/7 365 in full sun and none burned at
all.
the problem is freeze/thaw mainly in the spring so the
crown needs to be covered with at least 2 inches of
compost and i would do 4.
i've found that pulmonaria (sp), ajuga, carex,
daylilies have done well in my bog.
--- Ray Wiegand <wie1086@earthlink.net> wrote:
> That is probably the key answer I need to know to
> get started. I will try
> and add more soil near the hosta to keep the crown
> from swimming.
>
> What can I hope to gain from putting hosta in these
> conditions. I am hoping
> fragrants will bloom and set seed better, and whites
> won't melt out. Are my
> guesses correct?
>
> I will try and get a copy of your article
>
> thanks ,
> Ray
>
>
>
> "W. George Schmid" wrote:
>
> > Hi Ray,
> > I wrote a piece on bog hostas in THJ Volume 23 No
> 2 page 53. Maybe that
> > would be helpful. Also, Never submerge the
> rhizome, it must be above the
> > "water line" - it's ok to dangle the roots in the
> water. George
> > W. George Schmid
> > Hosta Hill - Tucker Georgia USA
> > Zone 7a - 1188 feet AMSL
> > 84-12'-30" West_33-51' North
> > Outgoing e-mail virus checked by NAV
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ray Wiegand" <wie1086@earthlink.net>
> > To: "hosta-open" <hosta-open@mallorn.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 9:09 PM
> > Subject: hosta in a bog garden
> >
> > > Does anyone on the list have experience with
> Hosta in a bog garden?
> >
> >
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