Newest Garden -- Pics

17 years ago

A few weeks ago, I wrote that I'd offered to help a hosta grower who was a little overwhelmed with her garden. Friday was chosen; I arrived at 8:30. When I asked the plan, she said that she wanted to dig up all of her large hosta along the walk and give them to me. I knew I'd get something for helping but I got 10 full grown hosta, including Parhelion, Vim & Vigor, Diana Remembered, Van Wade, Green Sheen, Night Before Christmas, a seedling, and a NOID.

Here's what the space I'd chosen looked like at 8:00 a.m. -- hilly, very shady.

And here it is at 8:00 a.m. the next day.

And by 1:30 that same day, the garden was complete.

The focal point is a dry pond lined with river rock. The gutters from our roof will feed that pond in a rain, but most of the time it will be dry. I'll put hosta into the containers next year.

I feel so blessed! Nance

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User
17 years ago
Wow! What a makeover, and what gift!
Janice
17 years ago
Oh--WOW! Talk about 'instant gratification', I think you have it--except for all the work it took you
to get to this point--not so 'instant', I'm sure!! What a difference!

I can't wait to see these again next year and the year after, especially!! Good work, Nance!!!

I'm so 'blessed,' too!!!
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Pat z6 MI
17 years ago
Just beautiful, Nance. I too hope you show us that bed next Summer.
tomahawkclaim
Original Author
17 years ago
Thanks Janice, Pat & 'Many', but I don't expect much difference in this garden in the future. The area is so shady that I don't expect the hosta to thrive; they'll live but not thrive.

In the first pic, you might have noticed a few ventricosa scattered around the yard. That was my test; I wanted to see if they would survive in dense shade. They did, but they didn't multiply. So I knew I'd have to move mature plants into this garden. Then to be given 10 mature giants was a gift beyond measure! Nance
tomahawkclaim
Original Author
17 years ago
Yesterday after I'd finished the garden, I invited two gardening friends to see. They were charmed. Today, my sister and brother-in-law came. She said nothing; he said "So you planted some stuff so you had to move the furniture."

We choose our friends; we're given our relatives. N