long time no post...but this has just amazed me

[supercat]

This Blue Angel was almost lost to freezing about 6 years ago. It is now the largest hosta in my garden. I'm moving soon, so will have to leave it behind...

easily 4 ft across

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[Schattenfreude]

Simply beautiful! So what's your secret?

But why can't you take it with you? Or take at least half of it with you?

Kevin in KC

[supercat]

I will take a piece of it, and I'm sure that wherever it goes, it will be gorgeous. I just will miss this particular plant! It was one tiny eye when I saved it from freezing, so the size and health of this just blow me away.

I don't yet have a new house, so I don't know how much hosta space I will have.

[ViolaAnn]

So glad you will take a piece of it and I hope that piece looks like the original in a short time.

[supercat]

I think that part of the secret with all the hosta in this bed is that they get a bit of full sun every day. I chose hosta for this bed knowing they would get full sun, and boy - they have grown like gangbusters! I live in Ohio, so some serious clay in the soil, so I amend the soil with pine fines and manure when I plant. That's about it! There is a guacamole in this bed that is as large as the montana macrophylla next to it!