Re: Speaking of hostas....
- Subject: Re: Speaking of hostas....
- From: "genebush" g*@otherside.com
- Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 07:58:21 -0400
Hello Donna,
Everyone has their own sense of what looks right to them.... but... I
hate the thought of mature hosta being divided and chopped up. Takes years
to get a hosta to look like a mature hosta... then everyone wants to dig
them up and chop them apart. How about simply digging every other one up and
moving it to where there is more space? Then you have space for something
more than hosta riding on top of each other. They look better with something
as companions besides other hosta.
Kind of a personal thing.....
Gene E. Bush Zone 6 Southern Indiana
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, LLC
http://www.munchkinnursery.com
----- Original Message -----
> Since many on this list are hosta gardeners----
>
> What the heck do you do with them all? My father in law brings me some
> every year... something new as he digs a hole for them... They are all
> getting so huge they are loosing the natural appearance and becoming a
> big glob...( don't know how else to describe it)...which my FIL thinks
> looks great-- oops, not my idea of a setting.... I like to see the end
> of one plant then another... they can be huge, they can be very close...
> but not on top of each other...this is not a hedge!....
>
> So, when you divide them now... do you all dig up the entire plant and
> just take a section? Or do you attempt to dig around the edges and take
> away the outer area? I would like them to look nice and full for next
> year, just not on top of each other...
>
> Suggestions and comments welcome :)
>
> Donna
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