Re: reflection on Hostas

Virginia wrote:

>   OK.!   Hostas take up too much space and need dividing.  What You are
all
> saying is all the other shade plants stay where you want them and never
> grow??  I have too many shade plants to believe that for a moment.  What
do
> you do then?  You dig and divide,  move or give away the excess or the
plant
> that doesn't suit the location or expectations.  No different from hosta.
> You have to pick and choose the plants you plant.

I just ripped up a ton of symphytum grandiflrum which was fairly
well-behaved before I put it in a sunnier spot. It went on the compost.
Cystopteris bulbifera gets ripped out on occasion as does Corydalis lutea.
Other ferns receive more considerate treatment. Epimedium x rubrum has been
moved, donated to plant sales, given to friends and  neighbors and now may
find itself on the compost. The same applies to Asarum europeum and
Sanguinaria canadensis. Sometimes I don't have the time or inclination to
pot something up and it's just easier to rip it out.

Bill Plummer
In the Land of the Painted Post. (NY)
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