Re: Putting hostas to bed for winter
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- Subject: Re: Putting hostas to bed for winter
- From: R* C*
- Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 19:37:20 -0500
Renata:
I am in zone 4, and I never do anything with my hostas in the winter, except
if I am feeling ambitious, cut off the foliage once they have died back. If
I don't it comes up easily enough in the spring when I am raking leaves out
of the beds. We have reasonably good snow cover most of the winter but
usually there is a thaw in January that leaves the ground bare and is
followed by the coldest weather of the winter. Of course we also have a
nasty freeze thaw cycle in March. I can honestly say I have never lost a
hosta over winter yet, although they are so late emerging I often think I
have in spring.
Bob Campbell
USDA 4
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