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Re: [SG] Hostas damaged

At 12:56 AM -0400 6/15/98, Judith Prosser wrote:
>After a near tornado last week everything in my garden is crushed.  Hail the
>size of golf balls damaged not only plants but siding, cars, windows, etc.
>One can make a real buy on new cars in my neighborhood right now if one does
>not mind that they look like they have been machine gunned.
>
>My hostas are lace.  My impulse is to just let nature take it's course and
>wait.  But they look so bad I am thinking of cutting some of the leaves off.
>Does anyone have a thought just which would be better for the plants.  They
>extend over a twenty foot by three foot area all down the side of my house
>and round the front.  Usually they make a beautiful show.

We had a hail storm a few weeks ago, though not as bad as what you're
describing.  A lot of my hostas took it hard, with many tears in the
leaves.  They've grown out quite a bit since then, with lots of new leaves,
and they look much better.  I guess I think you should wait, but I do not
know if cutting the leaves would damage the plants over the long term.

Karen. [whose coral bells was knocked to flinders by hail, with broken
flower stalks but it is putting up about 12 new flowers stalks right now]
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Zone 4a
Minneapolis
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