Hosta

Managed to take a quick snap last night of a busy Bumble Bee at one our Hosta Liberty Flowers.

Delivered a few new Hostas to a client we supplied before and he showed me how is earlier ones are coming along. Very impressive.

We quite often get asked how we manage slugs and snails. What we do is use Garlic drench/spray and ducks. Due to Avian flu the ducks have been kept housed due to the mandatory housing measures which were in place across the UK since 29 November 2021 were lifted on Monday 2 May 2022. As you can imagine they have had a difficult time of it. So over the weekend we finally managed to get them out to our Milverton site. This has been exceptionally useful as there is a large influx of Snails and slugs after the dry April and a week or so of rain which has caused the snails to wake up. So the girls were very busy.

Completed one of our Parent plant tunnels, 2 more to go. All raised up off the floor on tables. Quite a show.

Another wonderful plantfair at Yarlington House in Somerset. Lovely day, met plenty of wonderful people and had a good time.

A quick look at one of our small enclosures with a mixture of different Hostas, Great and Small.

This last weekend we attended the Gillingham and Shaftesbury Agricultural Society Spring Show. It was very windy, so we couldn’t put out all our Hostas and had to hide behind our sign for much of the Saturday. Sunday was less windy and we managed to put more of our Hostas out and met lots of lovely people.

Well yesterday was our first Plant Fair, at the lovely Mapperton House, near Beaminster Dorset. We had a great time, and enjoyed meeting and talking to lots of lovely new people and existing customers. Thank you everyone for making it a lovely experience.
We will be at the following shows through the year:
Shaftesbury&Gillingham – 23rd, 24th April
Yarlington – 7th May
Mid Devon – 23rd July
Mid Somerset – 21st August
Taunton Flower Show – 5th & 6th August.
Hope to meet lots of lovely new people.

Thought I’d show some of the bright and cheerful hostas. They certainly brighten the place up at the moment.

Look at the difference between initially potting up these Hosta Teeny Weeny Bikinis and 3 days later after they have settled down.