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by plantswoman
Nov 05, 2010 3:10 am
Forum: Hosta Forum
Topic: Root growth: really mostly in summer?
Replies: 4
Views: 1124

Re: Root growth: really mostly in summer?

Hello Tigger, thanks for the link, and Chris thanks a lot for the detailed answer and the thread with those great pictures. So, always new things to learn. So far I always tried to transplant perennials in autumn, probably ok for European species (cold season mostly, I assume). And I will watch my h...
by plantswoman
Nov 04, 2010 3:53 am
Forum: Hosta Forum
Topic: Root growth: really mostly in summer?
Replies: 4
Views: 1124

Root growth: really mostly in summer?

Hello there, I have heard/read several times on some forums that Hostas do most of their root growth around June-August (depending upon the climate zone they are in) as they are a kind of "warm region plants". I was wondering whether you could confirm this or even point me to some reliable author/ p...
by plantswoman
Oct 05, 2010 6:50 am
Forum: Hosta Virus X Forum
Topic: El Nino - frost or HVX???
Replies: 7
Views: 3411

Re: El Nino - frost or HVX???

Hallo roadrunner, ich wurde von Volker Eschenbach von der Hostagärtnerei Planwerk auf dies Forum aufmerksam gemacht. Ich bin dabei, einen Artikel über HVX für eine Schweizer Fachzeitschrift zu verfassen. Ich wollte fragen, ob ich dafür die 2 El Nino-Fotos (Detailaufnahmen der Blätter) verwenden könn...
by plantswoman
Oct 05, 2010 6:31 am
Forum: Member Journals
Topic: plantswoman`s border, Basel/ Switzerland
Replies: 1
Views: 7069

plantswoman`s border, Basel/ Switzerland

Hi there, I got hooked on Hostas around 2008, after I could design a border at our new place in Basel/ Switzerland fall 2007, before it was all window boxes. The border has some hours of sunlight and is semi-shady, with rich loamy soil, lots of earth worms. The planting consists mainly of Ferns, Ane...