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- Nov 05, 2010 3:10 am
- Forum: Hosta Forum
- Topic: Root growth: really mostly in summer?
- Replies: 4
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Oct 05, 2010 6:31 am
- Forum: Member Journals
- Topic: plantswoman`s border, Basel/ Switzerland
- Replies: 1
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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...