Thought it was about time to do an update as it has been busy since Devon County Show. Since then we have done the Royal Bath and West, Hellens Garden Festival and Abbotsbury Rare plant fair. We have also had some wonderful visits to our Milverton site out in the woods. We are currently preparing plants and materials ready for the Taunton Flower Show at the beginning of August, hopefully meet many more of you there.
Well here we are at the Devon County Show, which begins tomorrow. Some photos of testing and setup. We are taking a small 1m x 0.8m display with us to show off some of the plants. I will be giving a talk each day of the county show in the Garden and Crafts Pavilion, so the more the merrier.
We will be at Toby’s Garden Festival at Powderham Castle on the 28th and 29th April.
We will be presenting by the Lake on Friday morning “How to Grow Hostas”. Come and join us and I’ll answer any questions you may have.
Been working hard at our Devon site getting cutting paths and getting an area prepared ready for planting some of our Hostas in the ground.
The weather was better than at Forde Abbey, met loads of nice people.
Had a wonderful time at Forde Abbey met loads of people. It did poor down quite a bit at times but that didn’t seem to dampen peoples spirits.
Doing a lot more shows days this year, so really excited and looking forward to meeting you all.
What a difference a week makes, well actually 9 days. Here is a Hosta Cracker Crumbs developing inside. We started this to show how to grow Hostas as an indoor plant, but also to what them grow through over the Winter.
It should be noted that whilst growing Hostas through the Winter it is important to allow them to have a period of between 6 to 12 weeks of cool darker winter before starting them up again for the new season. Also you have to be careful which varieties of Hosta you select for growing indoors, Cracker Crumbs is a good candidate.
Enjoy, we will post further updates to let you see how all of the plants develop over the coming months.
Went through the Hostas that have started to wake up. They are Big Daddy, Elegans, Liberty, Sapphire Pillows, Abique Drinking Gourd, Diana Remembered, Climax, Blue Angel, Frances Williams, Lucky Mouse, The Fonz, Blue Mouse Ears and Don’t Panic Mr Mannering.
Just found out where the Squirrels have been hiding their nuts for winter. They usually put them in the pots for our Hostas.
