Need some ideas/help

mooie · Post by **mooie** » May 10, 2007 6:21 am

I have a semi-circle bed around a Bridal Wreath Spirea I put in a couple years ago. Behind the spirea is the neighbors mess of honeysuckle bushes, mulberrys and assorted other junk. However, roots have taken over the entire bed and are choking out my hosta pretty bad. My idea is to remove the hosta that's in there and replace them with hopefully some more aggressive plants that can compete with the invading root mass. I hate to take it all apart so I'm hoping you can help me!

mooie

renaldo75 · Post by **renaldo75** » May 10, 2007 2:35 pm

What about the possibility of replanting your hostas in pots, Mooie? You could remove soil & put the pots at a lower level, then fill in with mulch. Just a thought. I have several large beds in front of my spirea hedge on the east side of my yard & the spirea is a beautiful backdrop for the hostas.

mooie · Post by **mooie** » May 10, 2007 10:21 pm

Thanks Ren, for answering my post. I decided tonite to take your advice and dig up the bed. So far I have half done and will go searching for some bigger pots tomorrow. Think (or hope) that it works!

mooie

renaldo75 · Post by **renaldo75** » May 11, 2007 9:43 am

That's what I'm going to end up doing under my crab apple tree. I just don't know where I'll get enough big pots since there are no landscaping places in SW Iowa.

Ed_B · Post by **Ed_B** » May 14, 2007 12:00 pm

there are no landscaping places in SW Iowa.

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Ren pack up your bags and move to Wisconsin, we have lots of places around here.

renaldo75 · Post by **renaldo75** » May 14, 2007 6:46 pm

Well technically one but it's at least an hour away - the motherstore of a chain called Earl May Nursery. There used to be stores in both of the towns 20-25 mi east & west of where I live, and one about 45 min NW of here. But there's no profit in landscaping stores out here in the middle of nowhere so they closed all 3 several years ago.

They even closed some of their stores in the larger cities too. And they could be the poster child for overpriced perennials - hostas especially. The only time I ever bought any hostas from them was when the one west of me was going out of business & all of their perenials were 1/2 off of 1/2 price. THEN there were some good bargains.

wishiwere · Post by **wishiwere** » Jun 15, 2007 3:06 pm

Yep, I lost a few good hosta to the spirea a few years back. Never could figure out what did it. But nothing grows under them under you dig out the soil and start over ever year.

Or plant them far enough away.

Get some picture after you are finished. Be pretty to see it. Do you leave it natural, or clip it as a hedge? the bridal wreath I mean?