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Eleven
Posts: 223 Joined: Apr 02, 2010 9:59 am
USDA Zone: 6a
Location: Royal Oak, MI
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by Eleven » Jun 05, 2014 1:17 pm
I had a bad spot under a pine tree that tried to kill just about everything I planted there. So last September I decided to get rid of it. Here's what it looked like on September 8, 2013, when I started:
And the following day September 9, 2013:
And as of May 25, 2014:
~Shawna
boops
Posts: 1319 Joined: Jun 04, 2012 7:43 am
USDA Zone: 6b
Location: Long Island, NY
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by boops » Jun 05, 2014 3:23 pm
You have some nice Hosta in there eleven-looking good!
thy
Posts: 9047 Joined: Sep 23, 2002 8:00 pm
USDA Zone: 7
Location: Denmark - 7B/8A Lat. 55,23
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by thy » Jun 05, 2014 5:53 pm
Looking way better
please, what is the big upright blue hosta in the background ?
Pia
boops
Posts: 1319 Joined: Jun 04, 2012 7:43 am
USDA Zone: 6b
Location: Long Island, NY
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by boops » Jun 05, 2014 9:54 pm
could be krossa regal??
Eleven
Posts: 223 Joined: Apr 02, 2010 9:59 am
USDA Zone: 6a
Location: Royal Oak, MI
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by Eleven » Jun 05, 2014 10:45 pm
Queen of the Seas
~Shawna
boops
Posts: 1319 Joined: Jun 04, 2012 7:43 am
USDA Zone: 6b
Location: Long Island, NY
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by boops » Jun 05, 2014 10:52 pm
Nice one-I have one not that big yet tho. I didn't think they grew so vase shaped.
thy
Posts: 9047 Joined: Sep 23, 2002 8:00 pm
USDA Zone: 7
Location: Denmark - 7B/8A Lat. 55,23
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by thy » Jun 06, 2014 9:43 pm
Eleven
Posts: 223 Joined: Apr 02, 2010 9:59 am
USDA Zone: 6a
Location: Royal Oak, MI
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by Eleven » Jun 08, 2014 10:56 pm
I just moved Queen of the Seas there in May. She's still looking pretty upright as of June 6:
Here is a pic from last summer:
~Shawna
boops
Posts: 1319 Joined: Jun 04, 2012 7:43 am
USDA Zone: 6b
Location: Long Island, NY
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by boops » Jun 09, 2014 5:09 am
Looks Great-love the upright ones.