In the process of repotting about 200 miniature hostas after a problem with the top dressing. Lost a few, but here are the first batch of about 40. Lakeside Ninita, Quilting Bee, Dixie Chick and Royalty.
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Additional Stuff
Janet has insisted that I show people some of the other things we have been doing with Hostas. I have been making some prints of Hosta leaves and framing them, so here are a few up on the wall. We have also been renting some of our Hostas for somebody who is selling their house …
A little helper in the garden.
Last night went out as usual to do the slug and snail hunt, and lo and behold look what I came across! A hedgehog doing exactly the same, so took night off early and left him to it.
Some Mice
Just thought I’d put some Mice together!
Great Weather for some photos.
Well this morning was perfect weather to take a few photographs after a light morning rainfall.
A brilliant recommendation
We received an absolutely brilliant recommendation from one of our customers: Dear MikeI was delighted at your recommendation of hosta varieties for my garden and I attach a couple of pictures to show our planting scheme.One. The location was a new paving edge where we now have 3 different Hosta species displaying interesting characteristics and …
Empress Wu Comparison
I thought I would show what difference a year makes. These are all Empress Wu Hostas. The one on the far left is almost a year old, the middle is 2 years old and the one on the far right is 3 years old.
A quick look at our Big Blue Hostas.
Thought I’d show you some of our larger Blue Hostas and how they are coming along. Mainly Elegans, Krossa Regals, and Snowdens, with a mix of Abique Drinking Gourds, First Frosts, June, Catherine, Yellow Polka Dot Bikinis, Sagaes, Big Daddy, Blue Angel, Climax, Frances Williams and many more. Hope you enjoy.
A nice grouping of Hostas
I thought this picture was quite a nice display of the Hostas catching up after all those nights of Frost we have had over the last month. At the back on the far left is a Stained Glass Hosta, which has been kept in the shade so once I bring this out into more sunshine …
The Hostas are growing.
Here is a quick whistle stop tour of some of our Enclosures and areas in Milverton and Taunton. All the frosts over April had really put back a lot of their development, so it feels really nice to be progressing again and seeing new leaves.