Sum and no Substance

11 years ago

I post over on the home forums but just had to post over here about my hosta.

We got hit with not one, but two hail storms within a few hours of each other on Monday night. My entire garden is almost entirely filled with hosta. Here is my crowning glory, Sum and Substance. I believe the other one is an Elegans.

I'm not as knowledgeable about my hosta as many of you are but I love them! And with all our mature trees, they are the best plant for our yard. I had no idea how many I had in our garden until my father-in-law counted them at my daughter's grad party last weekend (thank goodness it hadn't stormed before the party!). He said I have over 90 hosta plants!

Thank you for commiserating with me. I know they'll come back next year... I'm just so disappointed that this year, my garden will look terrible for the rest of the season.

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bkay2000

11 years ago

That's about the worst I've seen. I feel your pain. I got it a few years ago, but not that bad. I won the award for the ugliest hosta that year for my sum and Substance.

Go buy you a new hosta You'll have something pretty to look at and you'll feel better.

bk

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koffman99
11 years ago
My condolences.
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User
11 years ago
Whoa :(

That's unfortunate..

Congrats on having a good attitude looking forward!
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Deb 215 SEWI5
11 years ago
Oh, that is sad. I am so sorry. One hail storm is bad enough, but two! Not fair!
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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
11 years ago
the hail with the storm damage... the party made it .. lol ...

leave them as is ... even a damaged leaf can photosynthesize ...

if should reflush ... and then start taking just some of the ugly one ...

july is root growing time.. to store energy for next spring.. so its not a great time to be totally beheading them ...

i would rather have had two storms in a row... rather than that one year... when it hailed.. they reflushed.. and got hailed on again ...

the following year.. they were much smaller ...

ken
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don_in_colorado
11 years ago
Ouch, looks like mine from earlier in the year. Sorry to see that. What Ken said...
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Jon 6a SE MA
11 years ago
I had about 5-6 hosta that had all their leaves eaten by deer in September. All that was left was stems. They all came back strong in the Spring. Don't clean them up whatever you do unless the leaves go brown.
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mountainy man z8 Ireland
11 years ago
Oh poo! That hail really did a job on them, ouch. I agree with bk above go and get number 91, something fabulous that you have to keep going outside to admire and drool over and post on that facefriend thing.

Next year will be better.

Denis
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posierosie_zone7a
11 years ago
Oh my! That breaks my heart to see it. The deer ate my hosta for the first time ever today. I am in mourning although I know it will grow back.
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ck_squared
Original Author
11 years ago
Thank you everybody! I'm going to go out and buy a big, new hosta tomorrow. Great idea!
Here's what my garden looked like last year about this time. You can see the S & S to the left of the big tree and Elegans (is that what it is???) to the right.
User
11 years ago
Heartbreaking!!
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timhensley
11 years ago
OUCH!
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popmama (Colorado, USDA z5)
11 years ago
Same thing happened to me back in May.

http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/3124693/hail-obliteration?n=12

That's actually the first time I ever posted in the Hosta forum as I was seeking advice on how to treat them following the obliteration.

Most of mine are coming back now although they will never be huge and lovely this Summer. I gave mine a couple of foliar feedings with Old Age Kelp in a hose sprayer. This seems to have helped.

I think buying a new hosta seems like a reasonable way to console oneself.
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posierosie_zone7a
11 years ago
Beautiful and well kept garden Ck. Maybe some annuals for a colorful distraction while your perennials recover? I also think popmama is on to something!
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bchosta 8b west coast canada
11 years ago
Your garden looked fabulous last year... what a bummer to have your plants shredded this time around. Hopefully, you'll find something big and bold at a nursery to divert your eyes in the coming weeks.

BC
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mbug_gw
11 years ago
Loved the look of your garden last year......as it will look once again! Keep the faith!
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zkathy z7a NC
11 years ago
How distressing! Gardening can be so trying!
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sandyslopes z5 n. UT
11 years ago
Well, that looks familiar. Sorry to see hail got your gardens this year, ....and twice. Sheesh!
That sounds like good hosta therapy to get a brand new one to add. What did you end up getting?
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ck_squared
Original Author
11 years ago
Here is what I bought yesterday. Will plant today. It's probably a rookie mistake, but I bought them at The Home Depot. :-) I needed a quick fix and this was easiest! They also look to be a bit root-bound.
There are no labels on the plants. Does anybody have a guess as to what they are?
posierosie_zone7a
11 years ago
I have some great plants from Home Depot! No guesses from me as I am still in the toddler pool of hostas... ;)
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josephines167 z5 ON Canada
11 years ago
CK, we love playing identify this hosta...but you'll get more viewers if you open a new thread ;-)
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