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Posted by moccasinlanding z9a AL (My Page) on Sat, Feb 11, 12 at 19:30
| I'm putting up these shots taken today, before I moved the hosta with tender new growth into the Teahouse for a couple of days. The ones still dormant, I covered with pine straw and clustered them together outdoors.
Name of each one is on the image, and the month taken.
And that is it for now. These and their dormant brethren will go into the ground ASAP, which might be another month or at least two weeks.
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- Posted by babka 9b NorCal (My Page) on
Sat, Feb 11, 12 at 22:48
| I'm in zone 9b. Only Spartan Arrow is barely poking up 1/2". It is early this year. All the other 80 varieties are still dormant...in the shade, not watered since November,. We've had a winter of temps in the high 50-60's and no freezes, but night time lows in the 40's. It will be interesting to see how your moved hostas do over the next few years. Did they get at least 6 weeks of dormancy? If so they will most likely be just fine. They might just need time to adjust to their new surroundings. If not, they will grow, but not thrive over the next couple years. -Babka |
RE: Hostas in Feb 2012 z9a
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| Babka, here in Mobile we're having a cold snap right now, about 25 degrees, which will only last another night. We did have a couple of frosts, but not long enough to give the hosta six weeks of dormancy. Perhaps they had that up in MA. before moving here, don't know. Our temps this winter have been on the warmer side, sometimes at 70. And we've had rain irregularly, but a couple of inches when it came. I did not water the hosta, but they got rained on. Like you say, I'll keep a watch on them and try to note what happens. Stained Glass is the one which never went dormant, just kept on growing. The plants shown above might just find homes in bigger pots this year, instead of going in the ground. But whatever comes, I'll be keeping track of their progress. I'm taking notes on the hosta which are thriving in the south here. Note that some of the above tend to be fragrant, which seems to indicate a plantagenea family connection, I think. Which is why I selected them. I really want something with a heavy substance to be more slug resistant, but if I cannot have substance, I'll deal with the slugs somehow. I just cannot smash them though. |
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