Re: hostas
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] hostas
- From: R*
- Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 06:58:39 -0500
Be creative. Core out the dead part with a small shovel or a bulb planter.
Add fresh soil and a new hosta which will grow in the middle of the old one.
Depending on which one you have, pick a contrasting one to complement it.
Perhaps a vase shape such as Sagae to provide a different shape or add
colour.
There is no end to the combinations which will produce a new look and spruce
up the old dying vet.
Bob Leask
Georgetown ON
Zone 5
-----Original Message-----
From: Roberta Diehl <diehlr@INDIANA.EDU>
To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Date: Friday, March 31, 2000 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: [SG] hostas
>Now that is an interesting observation. Does anyone know which cultivars
>do this? I have occasionally heard talk of this phenomenon, but after
>growing some individuals for many years (i.e., 10-13), have yet to see an
>example of it. The only reason I can see for dividing is that you want to
>give a friend a start of a particular plant--or else it has completely
>outgrown the place that it's planted. Otherwise, you should leave them be.
>At least that's my feeling. But I have never experienced this center
>dieback--at least not so far.
>
>Bobbi Diehl
>Bloomington, IN
>zone 5/6
>
>On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, Hal or Nancy Robinson wrote:
>
>> When you asked "why divide Hostas", I wonder if yours don't die out in
>> the middle like mine. It may be just some hostas do that but my big
>> clumps are very woody in the center and just grow on the out side of the
>> clump. Strange?
>>
>> Nancy Robinson East Tennessee 6b
>>
>
