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Thanks Dodge, I got right out there and moved the two that were most threated by the chinese lanterns. The third is the one that got left above grown upside down for a week. It's much smaller than the other two so I thought I should give it more recovery time. Also I have to figure out where in the world I'm going to put it. My shade garden, as strange as it may seem is full. I'll have to cut another two feet of lawn out inorder to fit in another hosta. I guess I have my work cut out for me because it is bermuda grass and you want to talk about roots.
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hmmm.maybe try a container...in one of them long hanging planters.My blue has a 14 inch container in it.........
my buds are getting larger.Can't wait.
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Are you going to show an tell?
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that's a good thought njoynit. The landlord owes me a 17 inch pot maybe I'll remind him and put it in that. Not hanging put next to the building it would look good. Hum, I'll have to consider that. Thanks for the idea!
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, I put some of mine in containers , even tho I have lots of room........I like the effect....... Now I have lots of lily bulbs not hardy, so I will put them in a large pot and just pop it in the basement in the fall. Oh I hate to dig them up.
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I'll have to dig under my compost pile and see if I can come up with more finished compost if I pot it. It really needs all the help it can get. I don't want it to begin shrinking on me.
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How did you start hostas from seed??? I've never seen hosta seeds anywhere.
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hosta seeds form on the plant after the flowers die off, you cant miss the pod. i had a bunch od seeds growing last year but put em out to early and they all died off from a frost. poor little things. you can start them in a small pot and put the pot in a bagie. i just used the damp paper towl in a bagie , when the seeds sprouted i put them in a pot/bagie. lol i just wanted to see if they would sprout and they did.
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I have so many hosta's around, I never had need for that. YOur correct some girls gave me seeds...... I did germinate them and it is about 4 months and they are still on ly an inch tall........gad I have extras if anyone needs some plants.
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I'm hopeing the rain will make the buds grow faster. I'll try the seeds!I got some in trade but the cup still looks empty.I'll have to watch my pod.so are many of the flowers fragrant?anyone grow any fragrant ones?white flowered ones?
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They take really long to germinate. And really long to mature. But let me know how it goes.. b
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This is my sisters yard.If I'm able to get it posted.I was even excited to see her growing one of my brugmanisas (its by the board thing.Those are some of the hostas mom got gave to her and divided.those are the light colored leaves ones.she says it gets a flower,but she's more in it for the foliage. http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l168/cutekate169/clovernkan002.jpgI want her rocks...but not sure rocks are worth a 12 hour ride.but suggested she could bring me 10 in her camper she bought... :D:D
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Can we say your sister ROcks????? Cool
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Due to my stubborness ( zone 9), I have a bed of several whimpy hostas. I've moved them, divided them, hacked their unsuspecting roots and amazingly, they rise every year, and multiply. Aside from feeding a 'nothing special' plant food, any secret hosta chant for coaxing them to a fuller glory? Or do I just need sactified ground like TKHooper's church? <insert smiley face guy here>
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Ha ha ha try weed spray on them .. Might work..Or are they like bamboo an wont give up? b
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Compost and water, more compost and water, and more compost and water. Did I mention that they like compost and water?
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Tammy : Do you like compost and water? lol
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We had a problem with slugs eating holes in my hostas so I sprayed the dickens out of them with bug spray. Wasn't until I saturated them that I realized it was weed spray. I tried washing them but it did no good. The hostas died..........I thought. Next spring, up they pop like nothing happened. They are like Arnold Schwarzenegger in the Terminator.
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hmmmm so if I spray weed killer where they use to grow....they'll return. Mom don't know I killed them.least the 2 I bought lived.sis couldn't believe they died on me,hopefully she ain't told me.
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You may have a 50/50 chance there.Regrow. Some do some dont. However they are plentiful on here. just ask.
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As you can see, the second one from the left is the established hosta. The others, I planted this year. It looks like I planted them too close together--but I can fix that. The boxwoods are sitting in the bed because we're planning on planting these soon. In the meantime, I've left them in an area of the yard that only gets sun until 11am. Here are the same hostas, but this week. This picture was taken on the 2nd. My boyfriend's dad is selling his beautifully landscaped house. He told me that we can have any of the plants we want, just as long as we transplant them ourselves! I'm so excited! He's got a lot of really, relly big hostas!
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Have fun. Lotza time to move them. b
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don t worry, hostas grow pratically anywhere and replanted they do fine....good luck
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Here's a fabulous hosta garden from our recent local garden tour. Gives you lots of ideas on ones he had in the shade (traditional) and a few that were getting more light. http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/559766082RHtwsFMy albo marginatas can take some sun (white-edged green) but my Krossal Regal (blue) was not happy in the sunny spot I had it. Here's a great hosta site - http://www.hostalibrary.org/Sandy
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My hostas are getting ready to bloom! As scraggly as they are, there are 5 stalks ready to bloom. I've been checking them every day.
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Julianne, i want to put my 2 cents in this.......Hosta are cold climate plants.. I am suprise they do anything in Florida..... Most Perennials, will do better in the Northern states and cold weather areas. That is why they are so much more colorful .. However if yours is in bloom , the should survive 2008. ;o) dodge
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My GD dog was digging holes in my hosta bed! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I'm going to put electric fencing around it to teach him a lesson! Not practical as it is at the back of the yard. Any cheap suggestions? Does chicken wire work?
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There is some sort of cable you can buy to keep the dogs on their own area.. They bury it I think.My neighbor has one. Or had. look online. dodge
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Don't be shocked dodge, GD stands for goll durn.
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My hosta Sagae is in bloom in the front yard. It was a gift from a hosta collector acquaintance. Maybe I should visit his yard again. Nice gift.
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Nice and not a bad idea.....They must all bloom the same way.. Mine are all alike in blooms........... b
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K I have a couple of questions here. One how long does it usually take for hostas to bloom? I planted a bunch of different types I bought at walmart, the kinds in the bags, and they are not blooming yet. Two I found this morning that I had a few types still in the bags, from last year(2006) do you think that they will grow or should I just throw them out? Thanks in advance for any insight and suggestions.
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, My Hostas just started about 2 weeks ago to bloom......And they pop up first thing in the spring.....So that is a couple months..... It depends how large the plants are also....If they are mature enough to plant. What did the ones in the bag look like dry????//Put them in a bucket of water for a while and see if they get any life to them..?????? Dont really know......Climate makes a difference too.
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It takes 2 to 3 years for blooms from a bulb in a bag(from my experience anyway).
Uni, I'd plant them anyway.
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Hostas come in a Bulb???????????????????? I didnt know that.........I bummed all mine from a friend who had too much. Mine are curly leaves and I like them.. b
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Not really a bulb, but a rhizome. It's alot cheaper to buy them in a bag and plant them up yourself. Just takes longer for them to grow.
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Not sure I have seen them in a bag here....In a small box maybe, wasnt cheap tho.
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