White edged melt out

10 years ago

These three are melting at the edges and up for transplant to someplace else in the garden this fall, but where?

I'll describe their current environment and I'd love to hear from anyone having the same or different experiences with these hostas and the environment you have them in.

Seducer. It's planted in a long more or less east-west oriented bed where most everything else is doing well, but it's at the top of the bed where it might be drier and or a little shadier.

Silk Kimono. This monster hosta is in a spot that gets a lot of afternoon sun and looks bad for the second year. I gave it more water this year, but maybe not enough.

And this poor thing is Gone With the Wind. Some of you may remember ken telling me it was planted too close to Thunder Boomer and I said let them duke it out for their place in the sun. Thunder Boomer won by a knockout and GWTW needs a new home.

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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5

10 years ago

im not much bothered by hosta looking like carp in mid to late august ...

their seasons are spring and early summer... thats why all the tours are then ...

try not to compare your forest grown plants ... with those grown to perfection by the mavens ...

and dont be confused by peeps with a similar siting who show you all those great pix ... lol .. trust me.. they are walking by all the ug-oohs .... and not taking pix of them ... lol .. just like i used to ...

do as you wish.. but i would ignore them ...

ken

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zkathy z7a NC
Original Author
10 years ago
Here's the bed with TB and GWTW.
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zkathy z7a NC
Original Author
10 years ago
The problem is these three have looked like carp for two months. Of course doing nothing is always on my list.
nicholsworth Z6 Indianapolis
10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago
move when you feel like it..they'll be there when you're ready..my yard is more shady then my neighbor's..my white margined hostas do look nicer than hers (she's told me this several times)..I put all of my green and whites in shade because the white stands out..sort of like path lighting..could also put them in pots..
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beverlymnz4
10 years ago
My Gone With the Wind has not fared well. It will get a couple more years where it is (2nd spot) and then be moved again.
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zkathy z7a NC
Original Author
10 years ago
Beverlymnz4 what kind of conditions have you tried for GWTW?
beverlymnz4
10 years ago
First I had it in a little morning sun with moist soil. It was right next to the hose. It just didn't grow and looked shredded for two years. I thought it might die so I moved it to midday sun (10:30 until about 1:30), morning and afternoon dappled shade and dryer but with weekly waterings. It is growing but has that melt down you are referring to. I moved it last summer so it has been there one full year. I like to leave plants for three years in a spot to evaluate how its doing. Maybe more water early in the spring. We had a full week of dry weather in the spring that we usually don't have.
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zkathy z7a NC
Original Author
10 years ago
I just saw something in the Hallson Gardens website that said Seducer needs more light to be vigorous. Maybe I need to swap out Silk Kimono and Seducer. I'm not moving anything until Labor Day weekend. DH came in from his field at 10:15 this morning and said its already too hot to be in the sun. Thank God I'm a shade gardener!