you are a fast learner.. lol ...that was minutes to learn how to post ...

do it any way you want ... if you interest peeps.. you will get a lot of replies ... if you dont.. let the post die.. and start another ...

i think there is a current post about whats up in the garden ... from out warmer zone peeps ...

just have fun ...

ken

Plantaginea..these are chubby and perfect at the moment..

In the foreground near that rock in the view above are Albomarginata. They are deep into the fairy ring stage. But if I divide them there's no place to put the divisions, so fairy rings they be. Here is a fairy ring image of Albomarginata.

Here are some lancifolia coming up along the driveway.

Several years ago my former plow guy got a little too enthusiastic and gouged these babies. Damage is still evident, but they are hardy plants and so keep a-going.

do you have any leaves?..I have a few..but most of my hosta haven't shown up yet..

Hosta pips for a noid I keep in a pot. This plant really needs more dirt under it. Maybe I'll get to that this season.

When I raked the oak leaves away, I found this vole hole (??) right in the middle of one of my beautiful plants out front. Time will tell if the roots are gone. I am not willing to dig it up to see right now. I sprinkled poison down the hole. I hope it worked.

oh no..gardening isn't without problems is it?..

They are deep into the fairy ring stage.

you could take one big division off the side.. dig out the middle.. throw in some new soil ... and put the edge part in the middle ...

lol.. on maybe you will put some soil in that pot.. this year ... lol ...

ken

Once the fairy rings are in full flush, no one can tell there is a fairy ring. The plant takes on its natural shape. So I don't bother to deal with those. I just let them be. Does anyone here know if there will be a price to pay in the distant future if I continue to just let them do their thing?

nicholsworth, nope, no leaves yet. It's cold out there. We had a dusting of snow yesterday morning.

I have pips everywhere! And albomarginata is unfurling. Even pips in my pots in the window well on the east side of the house. But nothing from my corner garden under the dogwood. There's supposed to be two Gold Standard and an Elegans. The Bleeding Heart there is almost a foot tall already. I don't see any holes anywhere. Dug out my huge old Gold Standard to replant divisions just before unexpected rain. It's sitting in chunks in a tub and we had frost last night and frost predicted tonight and tomorrow night. I covered them with a sack overnight - hope they survive. I had one of my hostas do the fairy ring thing and I kept meaning to divide it but never got it done and it must have corrected itself because I don't have any rings now.

This is today in "Hosta Alley" in northeast KS. Cold temperatures tonight are expected. The gardens made last year are much slower to emerge. My main source of fun these days is doing the seek and count of pips. Life could be worse!

Too cold here for much.... but I saw a few signs of pips today!

it's a good thing not to have leaves when the weather's cold..mine usually get some cold damage..

It is 30 degrees today, I might have leaf damage, but that is springtime!

Too late, Nathan.

bkay (TX)

bkay..they look fabulous!..

Irish Luck is always the first one up and the first one down. It's been a real winner for me. I think I got it from Chris at Hallson's. It is one of the survivors of the root rot pandemic.

bkay

I only have a couple hostas waking, but some other things too.

Things are pipping all over. A couple leafing out and one eaten by deer. Looks like it might be leap year for Liberty:

My August Moon was fairy ringing so I dug out the center and planted a Lunar Orbit (One of it's sports) inside it this year. Also moved a few other plants before the pips started leafing out.

Steve, I'm looking forward to seeing that August Moon/Lunar Orbit.

bkay

Me too. I just went out and took some more pics. Smiley Face rapidly turned from pips to leaves. Yes I just threw some Milorganite down last night (supposed to keep deer away) and yes a deer walked through this bed. I think it was last night, but not positive. But she didn't eat anything.

Same bed with newly planted (2 weeks ago) Akane JM and Wheee!, Beyond Glory and Avocado by my face.

Kisuji

Wolverine

and Appletini which was early to pip, but not leafing out.

Steveduggins, I have not heard the term “fairy ringing.” Please explain......🤔

debra

It's when the center of a beyond mature Hosta starts dying in the center. Liquidfeet has a pic of it above in the 5th post. Often, hard to detect after the Hosta Leafs out as the leaves cover all available empty space.

Thanks! Truly, I thought it was a joke that I was not getting!! Haha!

A little late here but things are 'pipping'. I think my Komodo Dragon will be a success, I counted at least 75 pips!

Steve, I always thought about planting a different variety inside a fairy ring. Anxious to see how yours turns out. I also just picked up a bag of Milorganite, hope it helps deter the rabbits and deer. I do it every year and still get lots of damage but think if I didn't use it the damage would be worse.

Lancifolia, in the early morning light. Soon now they will fluff out. In my garden, these hostas are the first.

Fluff out! I like that term. The next person I see I might just say "fluff out!" That would be DH and when he looks at me strangely, I will tell him it is a hosta endearment. (He will continue to look at me strangely, nothing new... but I will have amused myself!)