Got it, and thanks. My first order of business this spring is to build a home for all of my hosta that are still sitting around in pots. I've been building my plant list here as I think of things. I have more than I thought!
Where I usually run into trouble is at Home Depot in the spring. For the past couple of years, they've been getting in 12-15 varieties of reasonably priced hosta . (Much cheaper that at the regular nurseries.) This past spring, they got in a new shipment just as we were planning a landscaping renovation. I ended up getting 60 plants, 50 of which went into the ground the following weekend.
My neighbors on either side are starting to get into hosta now. So they are taking some of my excess.
Once I figure out how I'm going to lay out the hanging gardens, I'll be able to get back into acquisition mode. In the mean time, I'll be evaluating what I've got, seeing what survived the winter weather and deer, and taking it from there.
Our property has a LOT of rock in the ground. We currently have roughly 250 feet of 10-inch high stone walls, all built with rock that we've pulled up. (It's actually great therapy for my arthritic hands.
) I'm thinking of creating a raised bed of about 8-inch depth beneath the hanging rails. I'm considering helleborus for that, and the hosta above. I'm also hoping to work in a beehive this year.
It's a lot of work, but it's sooooooo realxing!
