Hosta

Finally got a new shovel to help with putting the Hostas in the ground at Clayhanger.

Just had it confirmed that we will be attending the RHS Malvern Autumn Show in September, so we will be in the Floral Marquee with a 3m x 3m display, so look forward to seeing you there!

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.

• 1st April – Forde Abbey
• 16th April – Mapperton Plant fair
• 28th & 29th – Powderham Castle, Tobeys Garden Festival
• 13th May – Yarlington
• 14th May – Athelhampton Spring Plant Heritage Fair
• 1st, 2nd & 3rd June – Royal Bath and West Show
• 25th June – Abbotsbury Summer Plant Heritage Fair
• 10th & 11th June – Hellens Garden Festival
• 9th July – South Molton Rare Plant Fair
• 4th & 5th August – Taunton Flower Show
• 3rd September – Forde Abbey Autumn Plant Fair
• 9th September – RHS Rosemoor Plant Heritage Fair
• 10th September – Abbotsbury Autumn Plant Heritage Fair
• 17th September – Mapperton

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.