Thought I’d show some of the bright and cheerful hostas. They certainly brighten the place up at the moment.
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Newly potted Teeny Weeny Bikinis after 3 days
Look at the difference between initially potting up these Hosta Teeny Weeny Bikinis and 3 days later after they have settled down.
Finished Potting up 500 Hostas
Just finished potting up 500 Hostas and managed to fill up the walk in enclosure. A big relief and satisfaction.
Hosta Lakeside Dragonfly
Lakeside Dragonfly has appeared to cheer us up!
New Hostas Arrived
New Hostas arriving about 200 of them.Blue Mouse EarsBlue UmbrellasCaptain KirkCracker CrumbsDark StarDesigner GenesEmily DickinsonFirst FrostLakeside BabyfaceLakeside NinitaLakeside SpellbinderMajestyRandy RachelSea DreamVulcanSome of them will be available for sale this year, whilst others are to provide growing stock for the future.
The first open Hosta of the season. Hosta Stiletto.
The small pots have arrived!
Just received our initial order of a few thousand 1litre and 1.4litre pots ready for the start of the season. Looking forward to filling these next month.
The storms finally caught up with us.
Well we thought we’d got off lightly with the storms so far this year, Dudley, Eunice but Franklin caught us out as our Milverton site where most of our Hostas are grown is wooded. We have spent the last 3 years improving the general health of the trees, but Franklin came suddenly changed direction from …
Progress with Mini growing at Milverton
The Minis we have been growing outside under shade netting have started to show themselves. Most of these are at our Woodland site near Milverton and grown under shade netting. With the weather forecast for the moment we have been putting some fleece over them to protect from overnight frosts. Very pleased with progress with …
List of New Hostas for 2022
Managed to put together the list of new Hostas available for 2022. They will need to settle down a bit, but hopefully once we get through March and April we should know where we stand:Abiqua Drinking GourdAugust MoonAutumn Frost (R)Bedford BlueBlue UmbrellasBlue VisionCaptain KirkCarnivalDesigner GenesDevon GoldDevon GreenDinner JacketFunny MouseGiantland Mouse CheeseGlory hallelujahGolden TiaraJune Fever (R)Lakeside …