My oldest brother's wife is a tiny little women, younger than her 71 years in body and spirit. She has been keeping herself busy on the nice days working in her yard, cleaning out little plant areas, and even though I was going to go over an split the hostas, she wanted the activity. She put dozens in each of these two big plant pots, they are really close together and deceiving how many are in each planter. Never mind the bike and the dandelions and weeds-those are getting pulled this weekend as well.
I haven't quite decided where else I will put them, and I have more coming as my niece, her daughter, is going to be thinning hers. A friend offered me stuff from her yard as well, including other perennials that I don't know, but will keep me busy learning about. Monday starts our loosened stay at home, and while we will spread out for the work, perhaps this week we can meet up in her back yard for a digging and splitting gathering. Noise and glare make it difficult to actually work outside for long period of time, but come evening and weekends, I want to be outside.So many bloggers have me excited to see their latest posts because they are sharing pictures of their outdoor space. I don't have the skill or patience to create the wonderful spaces so many other have, I think little pops of more green, more sprucing up, and pops of color with a few annual flowers will make my outdoor space more inviting to me. What all this working form home, stay at home time has taught me is that my home, in and outdoors, needs to be a place that feels like a respite.
I haven't quite decided where else I will put them, and I have more coming as my niece, her daughter, is going to be thinning hers. A friend offered me stuff from her yard as well, including other perennials that I don't know, but will keep me busy learning about. Monday starts our loosened stay at home, and while we will spread out for the work, perhaps this week we can meet up in her back yard for a digging and splitting gathering. Noise and glare make it difficult to actually work outside for long period of time, but come evening and weekends, I want to be outside.So many bloggers have me excited to see their latest posts because they are sharing pictures of their outdoor space. I don't have the skill or patience to create the wonderful spaces so many other have, I think little pops of more green, more sprucing up, and pops of color with a few annual flowers will make my outdoor space more inviting to me. What all this working form home, stay at home time has taught me is that my home, in and outdoors, needs to be a place that feels like a respite.
I love hosta plants. I have them sprinkled in pots around the backyard. I need to split a couple of them soon.
ReplyDeleteI did start thinking that maybe I would leave some for just pots as I get more donations from family and friends. What do you do over winter? Do you bring them inside, and do they come back fresh?
DeleteI'm not super familiar with hostas. We have a ton of flowers & plants around our yard, and I'm still working on removing our ivy infestation. My back has been bothering me, so it's on a brief hiatus right now.
ReplyDeleteMy sad plant news it that the plant marked as cilantro (I have the tag & everything) is actually parsley. It's huge. Parsley is fine, but we needed cilantro, & had recipes planned & everything. Guess I'll need to pivot to more Italian themed. ;-)
Ha ha, flat leaf parsley and cilantro do look surprisingly alike don't they!
DeleteI'm going to look in the produce section for Herb plants. Thank you for the reminder. I love the look of fresh herbs growing. I'm one of the cilantro intolerant people-tastes soapy, but my family loves it as part of seasoning.
DeleteYES!! I fully agree that we should endeavor to make our homes a respite--otherwise why bother having one? Of course, that may look different in your home than my home. One thing that I feel badly about for many in this situation is the elimination of work-school/home boundary. But, I am not sure many people are as protective of that as I am. Perhaps we'll see that change in light of this?
ReplyDeleteYou know I'm not a fan of hostas, but they do great in shady, wooded areas in our region. I think my dislike of them came from seeing them in the southwest under pretty much every single tree in every front yard. They are shade loving plants, by the way. In any case, a friend gave me some Solomon's Seal tubers for the shaded strip in front of my front porch that my contractor poured as a gift for me, specifically with hostas in mind, not knowing my dislike of the plant. After three weeks of planting those tubes, they are about 2 feet tall, and have blossomed, looking almost like an exotic Dicentra (Bleeding Heart.) I've seen honeybess in the blossoms as well, so my view of hostas has changed somewhat.
My favorite garden success in this place has been the Foxgloves I dug up from our woods last year, and planted in my north facing flower bed before we moved in. They have multiplied wonderfully, making a gorgeous border on that side of the house, plus, honeybees love them! In front of the Floxgloves I have some Astillbe which will give a pop of color later in the season. In front of that I put Violet odorata, and Vinca major, which are making a nice, lush groundcover in that bed. Funny--I was so worried about what to do in that area, as it's full shade, but it seems to be doing the best of all my beds!
I said I wasn't going to spend any money on annuals other than 4 inch pots to plant in my hanging baskets, but our Rite Aid had the most beautiful "Dream" petunias, so I bought a flat. I also found a pack of multicolored Nasturtium seeds for the pots on the south facing patio off of our master bedroom.
Happy gardening!
I had forgotten I have a small trellis-it had gotten covered by the e overgrown raspberry bushes. If you have a recommendation for a perennial that loves to grow and wind, and does well in extreme hot and cold weather, please share! My sister-in-law offered me up a small peony plant as well. I want to think about where I will put it. I love them, but don't want to kill it before I've even started.
DeleteI had rows of Hosta beside my carport. Then, two years ago I had less. Finally, last year, all the Hosta were gone. The only thing I could figure was the ground squirrels had eaten them. Finally, I only had one pot of Hosta I kept on a table. Then, the neighbors stole it. So, I have Hosta bulbs to put in pots. Before, someone gave me plants they separated. No one around here have Hosta. I am quite sure what you plant will look very nice. You cannot lose with Hosta, imo.
ReplyDeleteI could lose-I have so many times! I just love how my brother and sister-in-laws yard looks. So many little retreat areas. They have a 150+ year old house and have lived there for 40 years, and her yard is her place of joy.
DeleteHostas are lovely, so nice you've been given some. I think everyone is trading and sharing plants this year, such a good idea. My strawberries seem pretty prolific even in containers so next Spring I think I am going to separate them and give some away, they just keep multiplying.
ReplyDeleteIt truly was a case of just ask! I had so many offers that now I'm trying to think where else I want some of these to go. What a lovely gift for someone-strawberry plants! I did salvage a couple of the raspberry stalks, not sure if they will produce but I'm going to clean up around them and give them a year or two to try.
DeleteI absolutely love hostas, they are my favorite filler plant for garden beds.
ReplyDeleteI think they make a yard look homey and inviting. That
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Your hostas are lovely. I have some more to transplant to the new beds- some are currently in pots, and some at the allotment are large enough to split and bring home.
ReplyDeleteI love how your new garden corner is coming along. It feels like a bit of giving back to nature to split and transplant and get a whole new growth of the plants.
DeleteI love hostas! My mom had beautiful variegated ones and she gave me some when I got my first house in PA. I split it every year and made a magnificent trail of them all along my driveway. When I sold that house, I dug some out to take with me and did the same at my next house. It grew so well up north, but I can't keep it alive in Alabama. It's too hot. I also miss forsythia, lilacs and rhododendrons. I don't see many tulips here either.
ReplyDeleteI'm still disappointed that we did not put lilacs in 29 years ago. We were fund limited, and went for pines and a few apple trees that didn't make it. Now, since we don't have them, I really try and enjoy my walks and seeing my neighbors lilacs.
DeleteI love hostas, I have hosta envy now!
ReplyDeleteMy little cluster is a far cry form the lush garden you have. But, It will get there, little by little.
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