"Come on, Make My Day" guess you just did!
"Hosta la Vista, baby!" :) WW

Oh, I DO like you Hillside 'Hosta la Vista' . . You have a woodland wonderland. . Nice place for morning walks!

Thanks WW. I tried to get out to catch some of the glimpses of sun before I went out to take the pictures, but no dice.....oh well, 'If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster'

sidney 1515, Shasta 'designed' the path, I can't take credit for that.

The hillside a few weeks ago.

Jon

Looks great, Jon. If I went down the rabbit hole, I envision I'd wind up in a place that looks like Hosta la Vista.

Don B.

...and you might run into the Mad Hatter walking his dog.

Jon

Looking great Jon. Lot's of space for plants to grow. And with all the rain we are getting, things are growing fast in these parts. Another 2-3 inches today and tomorrow. I haven't had to water at all this Spring.

Steve

Beautiful job Jon! My GE is still only 1 eye in it's 2nd year.

Stay dry!

Jon, I love pics 1 and 6. To me it almost seems like 'Night Before Christmas' is in motion, like a spider, advancing on 'Sum and Substance'. Just an observation.

Don B.

Thanks all,

The only watering I have done is when adding something new. Even with new plantings nothing besides initial watering in has been necessary.

One of my GEs has started to scape (the one I didn't step on. I do like the Night Before Xmas. It was a big plant at purchase which was a year ago last Fall. It's getting very big, very fast.

Jon

Jon,

Do you have a picture of the MMs with the S&S behind it from last year?

Hostas in Wonderland.

Beautiful job Jon.

Dave

ut2nc photo from 6/22 last Summer. I am going to move that stone edging further out and a little to the left, giving the MM a little more breathing room, also give the edging some better support (its sinking a bit).. The dwarf conifer has been moved out so I will move one of the Minutemen over from the far right over to the left to stop it from looking so heavy left.

The two Elegans and the SS will be overlapping this year. There used to be an additional Abiqua Drinking Gourd and a Blue Angel in that spot. They have obviously been moved out......oh well, that is what we have shovels for. :-)

Jon

Perfect ! Thank you! I love the combo. It looks just like I hoped it would be! I hope I have my MM enough room. If not I can always easily thin the mondo/monkey grass and move it further out. I planted 7 very small MM and two young S&S. Behind them. The S&S have some frost damage and the grass is new and spindly also ( sounds kind of horrible when Zi describe it) , but I'll take a picture later in the summer.

This is along the front edge of a shade new garden where I have some seating. I was hoping for a little privacy without completely hiding it. I have a Shade Fanfare to one side on the other side of a small tree but we'll see how I like it there. It might be too similiar without being the same it it or might be fine.

You have a contagious enthusiasm. I can't wait to see the pictures.

Jon - fun to see how your hostas have grown...we KNOW they'll get bigger...but to actually see a pic of the change is always so surprising...

Jon - great use of dry stone rock to accentuate and showcase your plants!

BC

Ut2nc, congratulations on a successful search! So glad you found a picture of the look you envisioned!

Yes- and it is a great combo!

A little less than 3 feet windy, They were pretty much all touching last year. Realistically I will move the edging and the MMs all forward and space them out a little further.

To answer your question (sooner or later I get around to it) my goal was to have them overlapping forming a border. There is a large oak to the right and a large pine to the left (neither shown) which with the centered stone edging and the Minutemen spread out some and centered will 'picture frame' the bed.

Thanks Jon. Well, they're pretty in these photos, and they'll be pretty whether or not you space them out... I like the way the repetition, as a border, 'leads the eye' along. I'm going to try something similar in my (much smaller) space.

I also like the way you have combined solids with variegated throughout the hillside. And the variegateds that are near each other are very different so they won't 'compete' for attention, but rather complement: i.e., Night Before Christmas and Fragrant Bouquet. Visually interesting but still calm.

Taking notes.....