new hosta bed

13 years ago

I've been tinkering with adding onto this bed for some time. The surrounding trees offer *less* root competition than the anywhere in the rest of the yard. The portion with hydrangea and astillbe has been established for a over year now.

I put the pots of hosta, that are now planted, in their spaces this spring, so they should be site orientated...fingers crossed. The weather was perfect yesterday and I had the extended bed prepped since April so I went for it and planted hosta. They didn't wilt or droop one bit! Today the weather is mild again and we should get some rain Friday night to settle them in. This morning there was only one spot where some creature (probably a squirrel) dug a bit, but didn't do any damage.

Anyhoo, I'm more than a little excited about actually planting these since the biggies were bought in 2011 and planted around a tree. Because of root competition, that planting area didn't work out and they went into pots spring 2012.

Here's a view from behind of the hosta part of the garden.

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Comments (7)

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Original Author
13 years ago
Here is a side view.
II just wanted to share, thanks for looking!

Deb
Steve Massachusetts
13 years ago
Nicely, done. Looks like you've got lots more room for expansion.

Steve
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idiothe
13 years ago
nice work! That's going to fill in quite nicely for you!

Of course, success breeds success... lots of space for future expansions!
User
Original Author
13 years ago
Steve and Jim, your comments are very encouraging, thank you!

There are a few ideas whirring around my brain for planting a few more in some other places...Root competition is the biggest issue. I may go the spin out bag direction. Even though I don't have dozens of hosta to plant, it's still a bit of an investment.

Deb
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
13 years ago
i like the brick works.. so dont get me wrong.. when i ask why???/

was there a reason other than aesthetics???

ken
User
Original Author
13 years ago
No problem with asking Ken, thanks for the interest!
There is a distinct fall (a good 18" or more) in the grade in the pic in the second post, left to right. When we get a lot of rain all at once, it floods over the driveway into that bed and on, over the "hill".

The bricks are meant to slow wash out. I ran out of the gray retaining wall stones and had the red bricks for the second level. Not exactly a terrace or tier, but use of material I have on hand at the moment.

Also, it some what elevates the hosta in the back a few inches, so that I can see them better. When I can get more, I'm thinking of adding bricks along the gravel side. This would possibly slow and redirect heavy rainfall even more, plus edge off the gravel drive.

Maybe this is a better pic to show the fall in the grade? The drive along the woods is easily 3' below the bed. This perspective is my actual daily view of the garden. It shows prettier from below, looking up the hill...

Deb
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
13 years ago
thats what i figured ....

and a further thought.. was that i wondered how well the hosta would have done.. wait for it.. planted only in the stone.. talk about drainage... lol ...

that would have taken it to a new level.... of actually growing them IN THE DRIVEWAY ... lol

ken