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Growing Hosta
Hostas are the MVPs of shady yards. And you can usually buy a bag of 10 bareroot Hostas for under $10, so they're a bargain too. Of course there's more exotic and expensive Hostas but I've had good luck with the regular bargain bin variety.
I start my bareroot Hostas is pots filled with compost and keep them in a spot where I can watch them. Once they get past that first year they become near indestructable. You can almost just toss them on your driveway and they'll be fine. Well, maybe I'd stick to somewhere with dirt but you get the idea.
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I live not too far from a Hosta/Daylily farm and it is fun to go there and see the wide variety of hostas that are available.
I'm a big fan of dividing too. I find the best tool I have to divide a hosta is a big cerated bread knife. Much more precise than a shovel. :)
Great blog...
Steven, people usually call me to see if I want to subscribe to magazines. I never got on the free hosta calling list. :)
steven,
I'm in the same boat. I haven't bought one yet. My mother has given me some of hers.
I'm hoping to get on that hosta calling list, too. I did receive a ton of day lilies and some columbine from neighbors when I moved in last year. Perhaps I'll have to wander around and see who is getting rid of what.
In Illinois I sometimes a big plant up to divide, then set chunks around to see how they'd look. Even when they sat there forgotten fo weeks, they'd still grow.
Down here the hostas are not happy plants, so I dig up clumps of liriope and forget to replant them instead.
Annie at the Transplantable Rose