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June 18, 2013

My Hosta Hill

We had a nice bit of rainfall two nights in a row. Everything looks so fresh so I went out early this morning to see how the plants are doing.

It looks like the wax begonias I used instead of the impatiens are going to work out just fine. I gave each plant a boost of composted cow manure and a sprinkle of Osmocote fertilizer when I planted them. I hope they love it!

This is a new plant I just added called Astrantia

(Great Masterwort)

Star of Fire

I put three plants in

this past week.

The Siberian Iris opened up so as soon as the sun was on them I snapped a few shots.

This is the first year the Sum and Substance hosta (left side) has looked so grand. I know it will become even larger as time goes on. They claim they will get 30" tall and anywhere from 2 ft. to 6ft. wide. I'm sure mine won't get that wide since our growing season is short.

To the back side of the hill is a hosta I've been patiently waiting to see it take off and show me it's stuff! This is an Empress Wu hosta and they claim they will get to be up 4 ft. tall.

This is a new addition this year. It's called the Wheee hosta.

I was drawn to it's curly edges. I planted it in a location by itself so it could be shown off better.

It's been a cool spring and we just haven't had the warm temperatures that will get the annuals to start filling out, but they are promising the heat is coming!

The hosta that primarily outline this area are called "Gold Standard". They are very reliable and consistent.

Here are some before and afters of the hosta hill.....

Before....

2010
This is a shot from a few years ago. I removed the day lilies that are in the forefront because they were too tall and I wanted a little neater look.