Hallson Gardens

Jim....I agree with Joan, make a book of these wonderful stories you write.

Thay are so interseting and wonderfully told!

Thanks for sharing.

Kent

Denise,
That's so cool now if you can just get the flowers to be ruffled that would be awsome!!!!

Kent

There you go...and making it on the head table too! !. Congrats!

Kent

Alexa,

I wish I had seen your post before returning from the Dalton's today. They have the best RS I have ever seen. It's much bigger than LS and deeply cupped. I'll see if I can get meg to send a pic so I can show you. It's a 10 in my opinion. while LS rates a three to me.

Kent

Fenceberry....I'm with you on Robert's Rapier. This year I'm down to one leaf with a partial white streak...It's time for another hostacide.

Kent

Yes I have done this with a few hostas that just won't grow for me. Twice now I have tossed Paul's Glory in the trash and the third one just up and died (I think it knew I was goiing to kill it so it took things into it's own hands )

Kent

Yes, Queen Josephine for the first and the second one looks a lot like my Mildred Seaver. It's to rugrose for Wide Brim in my opinion.

Kent

Alexa,

I don't think the second one is Little Wonder. Looks more like Yelow Splash Rim to me.

Cluld the last one be Squash Edge???

Kent

Pat, I don't have this one anymore but when I did it grew like a weed and looked fantastic! It turned many heads and this always surprized me since it was planted next to some real top notch hostas. I had mine in sandy loom and in high shade. I don't think it got but 15 minutes of direct sun a day. ...

H. 'Cascades'...this one has taker a few years to look good but I finally am happy with it.

Kent

Could be Paradigm????

I'm back to the first hosta...(I'm a little slow )


Kent

Exceptional gardens you have there...thanks for sharing!

Kent

Jim,

I had not heard of the finger of death technique...I love it!

And Pia...can you even get DDT anymore??? I still think it's the best when used correctly.

Ouch!
I felt that all the way over here!

Kent

Very nice Loulou!

Did you build this yourself?

I wouldn't get any gardening done if I had a nice spot like that

Kent

Aurdey, I dig the plant up and cut away all the roots and meristem (Sp??) that I don't want. The dormant bud under the desired leaf is the one I want to grow the following season. If it is the only bud left on the plant it will be the one to develope the following year. I sometimes have to do this o...

OK,

Next time I do this proceedure I'll take pictures & show you all how easy this is

It is not 100% dependable but it does work.

Kent

PS Loulou...It's nice to see you at Hallson's!!

Donna, I just keep pulling the leaves and divisions off Winter Lightning and it works for me :o Cheryl, Marrakech refers to the city in Northern Africa. I have a buch of African themed hostas Sarah Nights is another, & Tunisian Dreams also. Clovelley is part of my English themed hostas along with We...

Oh wait...I thought it was early morning sun. Never mind I would move to to morning sun.

Kent

Donna,

give it another year to adjust.

Kent

Donna, I try to take as much of the root and crown as possible, I will sacrafice the rest of the plant if I have to. The bud I'm looking for is always on inner side of the base of the leaf and shows as a little bumb in August. Every leaf has this bud and only some grow into divisions. It's my job to...