Hostas and Tree Ferns
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Hostas and Tree Ferns
- From: M* C* &* S* S*
- Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 04:57:01 -0400
- References: <200007250037.snq6d1.h8n.37kb01i@hazard.mail.mindspring.net>
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> I have had responses from Dallas, California, Alabama, and Houston, telling
> me how they failed to grow the Hostas. The Dallas respondent said that his
> hobby was growing Hostas around Detroit when he lived there, but he wasn't
> successful at all in Dallas. That's strange, isn't Dallas in Zone 7 or 8?
Hi; years ago, I lived south of Dallas/Ft. Worth. The worst problem I had trying
to grow hostas was the dry wind howling in from the desert during part of the year
- it would dry a hosta up very quickly. Providing shade, a screen against the
wind, and misting daily during the windy season kept my hostas (H. plantaginea)
alive. Naturally, one would not want a large hosta garden with this care
required. I planted mine amid grasses and native plants that helped keep a humid
local environment.
Is it possible to over-winter tree ferns indoors? If so, how, and which species
do best? Thanks.
