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The Hostas are starting to wake up! Here are Praying Hands, Firn Line and Guacamole. Things are starting to get exciting!

Happy New Year to everyone, I hope that you have had some Christmas cheer in these difficult times we find ourselves in. We have been keeping quite quiet on the internet just like our Hostas we have been waiting for the eruption of the new year. Behind the scenes we have been looking after our …

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Checking over the Hostas today at our Milverton site before the wind and rain has come in. They are settling down for Winter.

Went to check our Milverton site today after all the rain and Wind over the weekend. Nothing serious to report just a little bit of tidying. Many of the Hostas are feeling the effects of Autumn, but on the whole ok. I also came across an interesting site in the cordoned off area!

Here is the latest update on the Hosta enclosures at our Milverton site. To recap we are currently replacing, upgrading, adding and increasing the number of enclosures at our Milverton site. We originally had 4 enclosures and 1 small enclosure at this site, all based on the ground. Due to Covid and caring issues we …

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Well there we have it, officially Autumn. Some of the Hostas had been showing Autumn leafs for a while, but we still have some performing well.Went out this morning and took a few snaps to see if we could find something interesting.

Busy weekend, spent the Saturday taking my eldest back to University, busy on the M5 and in Cardiff. Took about an hour to off load her stuff and then quick dash out.Spent the Sunday upgrading enclosures and checking the 200 plus Hostas that was in the old enclosure. I should comment that I didn’t do …

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Well things are starting to feel like Autumn now. Several of the Hostas are showing signs the Captain Kirks, Praying Hands, Whirlwinds, and a lot of the Elegans’ are getting ready. The leafs of our trees at our Milverton site are starting to drop and our Apples are about 2 to 3 weeks earlier than …

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I went to check something in the propagator, and thought I would look at the tiny fragment of the Patriot. Here is what it looks like, a perfectly formed mini Patriot plant, with leafs and root.

An update on what will be our last rotation in the propagator for this season:18 Patriots (Plus 1 really tiny one which seems to be doing well)7 Mrs Minky ( I reckon 3 may not come to much but giving them a chance)1 Krossa Regal (Very small just building up)1 Geisha1 Blue Mouse Ears (Small …

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