Hallson Gardens

Hello all. I've got 3 japanese iris and I would like to add a few more to my collection. Can someone suggest a mail order nursery in Canada. I live on the east coast but location is not a real problem.I was reading about the borers. So what is the word on this little fellow. I've got slugs in my hos...

thanks folks.Common or not at 34"t turns a few heads. And all this from seed no less.
keith

doublemom2 the flower is dark green on the outside with off white stripes, the inside has dark burgendy stripes.there are 2 stems on the side of the flower with 3 leaves each and they are about 8" long by 5" wide. Total height 34" to the top of the leaves. sorry no pic.
thanks
keith

First time here, away from the hosta forum, and I have a question. I have but one variety of jack and it is huge. This year it has reached height of 34" . Can anyone speculate on the variety and can anyone suggest a few varieties that will do well in my zone 5 (canadian ) garden.I think that would b...

The hosta folks sent me over for your expert advice. I have a dry area under spruce trees Some hostas seem to love it there but I want to plant one of the larger ,more dramatic ones. Its not an area that I get to water very often. I have considered digging a hole about 18" deep and about 3' in dia. ...

I would like your opinion on these 3 grasses. Blue oat grass;Feather reed grass and Maiden grass. Their zone is ok but I want to know if they will grow as a clump or self seed everywhere.thanks
keith

deb thanks. I was out yesterday and saw it and another blue that Chris mentioned to someone else. They had lots and we've had several new nurseries crop up this year so its time to wait for a sale.
keith

Helen ---Grasses now ??? The perfect solution is to grow them in your daughters lot and watch to see if they are invasive then pick and chose. Carving show in July.
keith

hello all.I usually spend my time at the hosta site.But recently i've been doing more exploring.My beds range from shade to morning sun to a bit of afternoon sun. All the beds focus on hostas but last year and this one my focus is on plantings to work with the hostas. I've lots of astilbie;cinifuga ...

Well back to the cleaning of tools again if I may.A friend who is into both hostas and dhalias was telling me about the dhalia virus and that the solution he now uses to clean his tools with is TSP. This is sold in the paint section of the local hardware. The solution is made up ;tool soaked for a f...

Thanks for the info.
keith

hello chris. I notice that when you talk about cleaning your tools your preference seems to be the rubbing alcohol method over the amonia. Is this correct and if so why ? And what % do you advise for both.
thanks
keith

I don't know about anyone else but I am amazed at the number of nurseries who claim to never have heard of this virus. In fact out of 10 that I spoke to None had heard of it. But In those where the owner was a gardner, IE not a MART, theye were very interested. On PEI this past weekend I talked to t...

Chris ,and I though my glass of sherry was to enjoy while looking at my garden and now you tell me its for dipping my knife in--how sad. Blonde elf and others. I e-mailed both Canadian tire and wal-mart canada last night to mention to them about noticing what I am sure were virused plants in my Nova...

It would be interesting to know if the wallmarts of the world lurk on sites like this or are we to far down in the food chain. I suspect that if and when they get the message that we can go elsewhere and will they will get the message. They can talk about customer satisfaction but only the almighty ...

Chris this is quite a problem for us all but the nursery bus. will suffer greatly when the buyers leave and the buyers will suffer when the hobby becomes a major headache. Is it possible to post and sticky as many e-mail addresses of suppliers and retailers so as many hosta lovers can e-maiil and co...

question. If a plant has the virus and you soak it in an amonia solution does it kill the virus and will the plant come up fine the next year?
keith