Nice job. I'm getting rid of some lillies to make room for hostas.

Is your bed raised? I thought Sum and Subtle was taller than Halycon.

Gesila

Is Sum and Subtle a giant hosta? The recommended spacing for a mature Sum and Subtle is 4-6 feet. You could always use as a specimen plant when they outgrow the space, or move the other hostas.

When all else fails, expand your planting beds. :)

Yes, it is slightly raised, the Halycon are planted a little higher also with some extra compost / peat mix. I hope it is high enough.

Halycon gets to 16" and Sum and Subtle gets to 22". I wasn't focusing that there was that much of a difference in these 2 hosta. Hopefully I have close to a 6" difference in the bed height and the Halycon won't get hidden.

The Aomori Gold gets to 18" so it should look good next to the Sum and subtle.

Does anyone have any Aomori Gold? How fast is it growing for you?

Thanks
Jamie

Q and Z who introduced Sum and Subtle lists it as 22" high and 40" wide.

Steve

Here is a link that might be useful: Sum and Subtle

>Is Sum and Subtle a giant hosta?
>The recommended spacing for a mature Sum and Subtle is 4-6 feet.

It is listed as large, 22" by 40" which would really be way too big with the others in there. Notice how much is planted in the other bed. I'm going to have to thin as they grow, but it takes a lot of plants to make them look nice now.

I planted this new bed less densely than many others because they are suppose to be faster growing Hosta (at least Aomori Gold is). It gets a fairly good amount of light, so I am hoping that Sum and Subtle grows well too.

Jamie

I just added Katie Q up front also:

It will also need more room soon if it grows very quickly. I'll have to take out more grass!

'Katie Q' is a very fast grower for me! A nice mounding medium-sized hosta, that I've divided several times!
Good luck with your new landscaping--hard work that really pays off, fairly quickly really!

This year, I finally had to move some hosta around, because they were over-crowded and I even like them touching!
Even that is hard work and yet fun--coming up with better spacing and other groupings!

Jamie, my Halycon was eaten by the rabbits, but is slowly coming back, so it's only 4 or 5 inches tall. Sum and Subtle is new to my garden a couple of weeks ago, but is already 17" tall.

Gesila

How much soil did you add on top of those tree roots? You're really not supposed to build up soil on top of tree roots as it can smother the tree.

I do agree that your Sum & Subtle is gonna eat those others for lunch!

Jamiedolan sounds like a name from the "old Sod", the Emerald Isle. How could you build such neat hosta beds and not include some of the Celtic named varieties? Being a cultivar of Celtic blood myself, that is my plan for a new hosta bed along the north (of course)foundation of my house.

I am just teasing you of course Jamie. You have done a nice job and I applaud you for it.

Les O'Hostaholic.

> Jamie, my Halycon was eaten by the rabbits, but is slowly
> coming back, so it's only 4 or 5 inches tall.

We have a lot of rabbits around here, and red squirrels, which I think are doing damage as well. So far this year, They have not seemed to touch the Hosta, but they have destroyed some of my bonsai Japanese Maples. They cut the tree off at the base, dig out the roots and leave it laying there to die.

> Sum and Subtle is new to my garden a couple of weeks ago,
> but is already 17" tall.

Wow that seems really fast. I had no idea it grew that quickly. I'll be looking forward to watching it grow. I'm looking forward to Aomorni also, as it is suppose to be "fast growing".

> How much soil did you add on top of those tree roots? You're really not supposed to build up
> soil on top of tree roots as it can smother the tree.

Not a whole lot added there. It's a willow, I strongly suspect that it would take a pretty large amount of heavy soil to do anything to it at all. I agree it isn't a good practice to back fill around trees, but there are times you need to and where it is highly unlikely to cause any problems, as long as your not talking about burying the collar of the tree. Also I made the mix looser / lighter with the mulch in it, it will be quite easy for the willow roots to make it up to breathe.

> How could you build such neat hosta beds and not include some of the Celtic named
> varieties? Being a cultivar of Celtic blood myself, that is my plan for a new hosta
> bed along the north (of course)foundation of my house.

Yes, there is an Irish history to my family.

What are the celtic named varieties?

I do have about 8' or so on the north side of my house where I could (and always intended to) make a nice large Hosta bed. I have a few hosta growing there, but have room for a lot more. There is a Aspen in the neighbors yard very close to my yard and it has aggressive roots, so I will have to add a lot of fill to the area so I can plant without having to cut a ton of roots.

Thank you everyone for the compliments.

Jamie

Overcast again today, but I managed a slightly better photo of the bed:

Stained Glass I planted a few days ago, they took a little hit in the sun right away.

Jamie