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Front yard before Hostas:
Front yard after Hostas:
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Follow-Up Postings:
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| What and improvement! It looks like someone planted those poor trees in straight lines like good little soldiers. Yuck! You've created a wonder. Myrle |
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- Posted by bettylu_zone6a St. Louis, MO (My Page) on Tue, Jun 19, 12 at 16:27
| WOW! I sure wish I could look out my front door and see all that serene beauty! I would probably spend all the daylight hours I was at home wandering thru them and admiring them all - it is really gorgeous! BettyLu |
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| Impressive. It looks as if your front yard was part of a pine farm. Nice look and ready made mulch. You can file your hostas by row and number like buried treasure in old orchards. |
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| Just gorgeous! So much talk on these forums about root competition. I don't care- I love the way hosta look under trees. |
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| So glad you remembered to take a before pic!!! What a difference a hosta makes!!! Very nice. |
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- Posted by paula_b_gardener 5a (Uxbridge, ON) (My Page) on Tue, Jun 19, 12 at 21:57
| Wow! Stunning, it is so beautiful and you have so much space to play with, I am jealous :) How much time elapsed between the photos? |
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| Wow! Looks beautiful. How many years from before to after and how many hosta? I am so impressed! |
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| Wow! Looks beautiful. How many years from before to after and how many hosta? I am so impressed! |
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- Posted by hostahillbilly Zone 4 (My Page) on Thu, Jun 21, 12 at 9:10
| Time frame is 1997 to now. hh |
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| Unbelievable! Absolutely gorgeous transformation!!! Was it a pine tree farm before? Amazing! Karen |
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- Posted by hostahillbilly Zone 4 (My Page) on Thu, Jun 21, 12 at 22:54
| To answer a couple of questions: Yes, this is a traditional CCC depression era tree planting in northern MI. First Hostas planted in 1997. As to 'how many Hostas', even though I did a database using my wife's garden maps winter b4 last, I don't know the total number of Hostas. I do know that there are over 850 different varieties, but since there are several of such as 'June', 'Sagae', S&S, and so forth, I'd only have to guess that there's over 1500 total Hostas planted here. That makes me wonder if I could re-design the database to figure that out. Naw, I'm gonna let that idea go, sorry, teehee. Bottom line, you don't HAVE TO put up with a boring brown front yard. It may take some time, but with a little planting here and there over the years, you can replace boring brown with lush intriguing greens/blues,yellows, etc. hh |
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- Posted by steve_mass 5b (My Page) on Thu, Jun 21, 12 at 23:01
| Civil Conservation Corps for you youngun's. Google it. Steve |
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- Posted by gardenfanatic MO zone5b (My Page) on Thu, Jun 21, 12 at 23:01
| Stunning! You must have a good sized piece of property. What kind of trees are those? Deanna |
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- Posted by i-like-to-grow 6 (brambofrazzleroot@yahoo.com) on Fri, Jun 22, 12 at 0:01
| wowsers... jealously |
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