my new hostas...and the new hosta garden
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- Canadian-hosta-girl
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my new hostas...and the new hosta garden
Hi All , here are pictures of some of my new hostas and the new hosta garden we did this weekend , dont need to tell you me and my husband are burned out at both end lol , lots of work but will be well worth the enjoyement later on....
the first potted ones are formal attire , big daddy, june and summer breeze , their mature divisions from someone garden
these are some i bought from a nursery for 9.99$ and 12$ wide brim , halcyon , elisabeth(after my daugther whom is going to be 5 soon)
and these below are my order from Northern grown perrenials that have arrived last friday , jurassic park , shadowfax , streets of gold , glad rags , nigescens, elatior , tenryu , aspen gold , queen of the seas, ryan's big one, savanah supreme, parhelion,unforgetable , and Rod sent me as bonus plants 2 of his own intros pleasure seeker and jotuheim so i was very pleased
this is jurassic park
and this is tenryu
also bought at my fav nursery a uge pineapple upside down , earth angel , olive branch , mount tom , ground master ......still a few more on order to come
And here are the before and after of the new garden bed
before ....
hubby and daugther we took out 2 of those uge maple tree stump, they wore a pain to take out took many hours just doing that....
yes thats me on the tractor ....
and finally the after
the first potted ones are formal attire , big daddy, june and summer breeze , their mature divisions from someone garden
these are some i bought from a nursery for 9.99$ and 12$ wide brim , halcyon , elisabeth(after my daugther whom is going to be 5 soon)
and these below are my order from Northern grown perrenials that have arrived last friday , jurassic park , shadowfax , streets of gold , glad rags , nigescens, elatior , tenryu , aspen gold , queen of the seas, ryan's big one, savanah supreme, parhelion,unforgetable , and Rod sent me as bonus plants 2 of his own intros pleasure seeker and jotuheim so i was very pleased
this is jurassic park
and this is tenryu
also bought at my fav nursery a uge pineapple upside down , earth angel , olive branch , mount tom , ground master ......still a few more on order to come
And here are the before and after of the new garden bed
before ....
hubby and daugther we took out 2 of those uge maple tree stump, they wore a pain to take out took many hours just doing that....
yes thats me on the tractor ....
and finally the after
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Great job! Looks like a lot of work. I've gotta get me one of those tractors!!! That's got to be fun.
SUE
My hosta blog: http://myhostagardens.com
My hosta blog: http://myhostagardens.com
Great Job! I am so envious!!! Look at all that space. I am sure you will fill it up in no time. It looks like you got a good start with some great plants!
I will have to look for Elizabeth, my youngest daughters name is Elizabeth as well (she is 14) She went with me to Hallsons on Mothers Day. She would be thrilled to know that there is a Hosta with her name.
Good Luck with your garden, keep up the good work.
I will have to look for Elizabeth, my youngest daughters name is Elizabeth as well (she is 14) She went with me to Hallsons on Mothers Day. She would be thrilled to know that there is a Hosta with her name.
Good Luck with your garden, keep up the good work.
Who needs shoes when you can have another Hosta???
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thanks everyone, we rented the tractor for the weekend , my husband would love to own one but those are too much $ for us to buy one,it is on our wish list if we win the lottery hehehehe, and beside we get a good deal on the rental for 3 days so thats the good thing.
yes my daugther Elizabeth loves to ride that tractor and she loves to help out , their wore many worms to save from daddy and mommy shovel over the weekend (hope she still helps out when she gets 15 ) i was an outdoors /nature kid , always loved to do things outside with nature and animals so i am hoping she will too ...hey gotta have someone care for all those plants the day i am not able or there anymore
it was actually a joke my husband said to me that got me on the tractor , it was 2 pm i had been racking horse manure and soil since 9 am and i couldnt feel my hands anymore lol so my husband said i'll do it he said go get the soil and laughed well i sat on the tractor and sad ok and left with it took 2 min to figure out how that thing works , was fun too....we are very happy with our work and the way it looks , we didnt think we could do it in just the weekend just being the 2 of us.
as for hosta Elizabeth anyone as a picture of it as a mature plant , the hosta library pic is not really a good reference and would like to see and know how big that one gets ...
i'll post more pic when the rest of the hostas come in.
yes my daugther Elizabeth loves to ride that tractor and she loves to help out , their wore many worms to save from daddy and mommy shovel over the weekend (hope she still helps out when she gets 15 ) i was an outdoors /nature kid , always loved to do things outside with nature and animals so i am hoping she will too ...hey gotta have someone care for all those plants the day i am not able or there anymore
it was actually a joke my husband said to me that got me on the tractor , it was 2 pm i had been racking horse manure and soil since 9 am and i couldnt feel my hands anymore lol so my husband said i'll do it he said go get the soil and laughed well i sat on the tractor and sad ok and left with it took 2 min to figure out how that thing works , was fun too....we are very happy with our work and the way it looks , we didnt think we could do it in just the weekend just being the 2 of us.
as for hosta Elizabeth anyone as a picture of it as a mature plant , the hosta library pic is not really a good reference and would like to see and know how big that one gets ...
i'll post more pic when the rest of the hostas come in.
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Color me impressed! And envious -- you have a boatload of space to fill. (Lucky you ) I hope you do continue to post pics over this season....we all want to watch your garden unfold. And I thank you for reminding me about Northern Grown Perennials, too! I ordered daylilies from Rod maybe four years ago; the plants were really fine. I see I need to look at his hosta offerings as well.
Thumbs up on your work!
Thumbs up on your work!
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here are some pic of all the hostas sitting in the garage driveway waiting to be planted in the new hosta garden
still waiting on some orders about 25 more hostas to come and will be able to start arranging them , i have no clue how i will arrange them and i do not want to move them too often once in place
my weekend deals, a hosta and daylilies garden is closing down and their selling everything , wish i had known sooner i missed out on some good ones but i ended up with a few that wore a good price like elvis lives 10$ , fortunei albo picta 20$ , carnival 10$ , super nova 5$ (got 2 eyes because the day before they divided the big mature clump ARGGGGGGGGGGGH, mountain snow 10$ ,a big hosta that was supose to be garden party but i doubt it unless it does a dramatic color change 10$ ,dance with me a 10$ et mildred seaver a 5$ et 2 UGE golden tiara at 5$ each
here you see the bare root hosta from northern grown that are starting to open up
dawns early light , stitch in time and a gift ginsu knife
still waiting on some orders about 25 more hostas to come and will be able to start arranging them , i have no clue how i will arrange them and i do not want to move them too often once in place
my weekend deals, a hosta and daylilies garden is closing down and their selling everything , wish i had known sooner i missed out on some good ones but i ended up with a few that wore a good price like elvis lives 10$ , fortunei albo picta 20$ , carnival 10$ , super nova 5$ (got 2 eyes because the day before they divided the big mature clump ARGGGGGGGGGGGH, mountain snow 10$ ,a big hosta that was supose to be garden party but i doubt it unless it does a dramatic color change 10$ ,dance with me a 10$ et mildred seaver a 5$ et 2 UGE golden tiara at 5$ each
here you see the bare root hosta from northern grown that are starting to open up
dawns early light , stitch in time and a gift ginsu knife