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April showers brings May hosta (pics) 3
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franknjim 5 Peoria IL (
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Sun, May 6, 12 at 16:21
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RE: April showers brings May hosta (pics) 3
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| All of them beautiful, and Dark Shadows especially so. Gotta have that one. Steve |
RE: April showers brings May hosta (pics) 3
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Dark Shadows comes up like this but quickly darkens up. This pic was taken three weeks ago.
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RE: April showers brings May hosta (pics) 3
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Beautiful photos. Dark Shadows did change a lot for you over a short period of time. It is a beautiful Hosta.
Cher |
RE: April showers brings May hosta (pics) 3
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| Love dark Shadows - mine is still a baby, got it as TC last year and it is bigger. but not spectacular like yours yet. And I have to go on a hunt in my garden. I know I bought Twilight, but I don't remember seeing it so far this year.... all great pictures! Alexa |
RE: April showers brings May hosta (pics) three
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| My Twilight is a pretty powder blue right now even though it doesn't show it in the pic. |
RE: April showers brings May hosta (pics) 3
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Frank -- that circular bed with 'Atlantis' in the middle is quite spectacular. I have a tiny Atlantis, planted rather close to a Sum and Substance. Wrong, right?
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Atlantis
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| Atlantis is supposed to grow up to 5' wide. Hopefully once the Atlantis grows in it will hang over the top of the Golden Scepter. |
RE: April showers brings May hosta (pics) 3
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| There aren't even words for that round garden you have.. I generally expect to pay admission to see things like that ;) |
Round bed
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| I threw that round bed together last year after seeing a few formal circular beds on here. I bought the six eyed Atlantis last year and already had a bunch of the others. I planted about 15 small clumps of Golden Scepter, 30 of Golden Tiara and 60 of Lemon Lime. The plus side of propagating the old stuff too much. I still have a couple dozen pots full of it plus quite a few clumps of them spread out as temporary fillers. |
RE: April showers brings May hosta (pics) 3
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| Frank, the picture above gives enough surrounding detail to notice the stepping stone border. It is like a big flower with the outer rim of plain flat petals....a big sunflower with a hosta heart to it. Seen in its entirety, it is super impressive. I noticed another stack of planted pots, a tower, and like it. Do you have a bar or something down the middle to keep it from tipping over? Or is it necessary at all? What a great way to present the smaller hosta and companion plants with a big floral display! Are you a garden designer? So much talent! |
RE: April showers
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| The stack of pots is pretty heavy so there is nothing down the center. I think the bottom pot is 20" and the top pot is 6". I put the round bed in a few years ago when I was just getting back into gardening. All of the grass is gone now and it is all hosta. The only garden design that I do is I get a whim and throw something together as I go. I don't plan anything.
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