Sun tolerant hostas:
Linnea Lahlum
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Comments (7)Well, of course they are palms, Ken. They make shade too. :) You might see several types there, even the Sago palm, which separates the sexes and has a male and a female plant. The others pretty much don't care. I moved most of my holly fern to another bed in the Back40, so the hosta would have a few companions scattered around. They stay green all year. A neighbor lady had a plant sale of her stuff, and I picked up a couple of angel trumpets which get tall. And a nice loquat which is already 3 feet tall with broad long leaves to add to the south driveway bed, adding more shade near the street. Plus, I found a $2 Isle of Capris oleander at Lowes and it will become 12 x 12 feet quickly, and make a mountainous piece of shade if I can get it to grow tall and not so wide. It HAS to go outside the fence, since Dolly eats leaves and those are poisonous. This bit of height in the 55 foot long bed will be a welcome change. Although, the palms are legging up more but trying to avoid the tree canopy from the neighbor's property line. I cannot call the massive azaleas and voluntary trees a "bed" since they never touch it. When we first cleared out our half and cut back the monster azaleas, no telling how many beer cans and booze bottles were among the litter. Now it is looking like a real bed, on our side at least. But thank heaven for that screening, since their house is no better maintained than the azalea bed. Deb, you give some good advice which fits my experience so far. The new arrivals are in for a shock the first week or so....for the BEST of them......and then the others which are not as strong, somehow take a couple of months acclimating. Last year, Zippity Doo Dah never did get used to it before it went dormant in November. This year, this particular hosta, is doing great, almost like a born and raised southerner. Last June This May So I may just go ahead and get the Empress Wu and pot her up for this year. Maybe buy her when the northern nurseries have final sale for the fall, near dormancy, and she'll be adjusted by next spring. If I can wait that long. She is something special. And, maybe just put my current Dick Ward in the bed, keep a new one in a pot...back up, just in case....would not want to lose that baby. I'm also looking into the Dollar Tree waste baskets, not for vole control, but as a sub for spin out bags. You can barely dig holes in my yard, or the beds, due to roots. No rocks though. Just ROOTS. Time to go check the shade location in my new bed. Ciao....See MoreFavorite small/medium sun tolerant hosta
Comments (19)That's really interesting - how different hosta do in different places. By this time of the year, most everything at my house has a few crunchy patches. This year, Dark Star burned. It's one that my dog got, though, so it's reverted to juvenile leaves and is small again. Francee never burns for me. It's 101 today, by my thermometer. This is Francee just now. (She isn't in a lot of sun, though.) bk...See MoreLooking for sun tolerant small hostas
Comments (5)You could have fun with families... Cheatin' Heart, Faithful Heart, and Illicit Affar (or Stolen Kiss) look great together Maui Buttercups looks good with its sport Rainforest Sunrise (and where the heck is the reverse, gy sport... should have showed up by now with all the popularity of the parent ann RS...) Dixie Chick and Dixie Chickadee (formerly just Chickadee) are nice reverses of each other - green and a very clear white and speckles - and you will inevitably get a nice green sport to match them out of D Chickadee... Vanilla Cream with its sports Ice Cream and Heart and Soul (or Wylde Green Cream) and one of my favorite small sun-tolerant families... Lemon-Lime (yellow-chartreuse parent of the bunch_ Twist of Lime (LL with a thin green margin) Lemon Delight (most vigorous of the bunch - green with yellow margin) Lemon Frost (y with white margin) Lime Fizz - said to be a seedling of Lemon Delight Shiny Penny - seedling of LL x Shining Tot and doggone it, I know I've got one more out there but its dark and wet out......See MoreAre my sun hostas getting too much sun?
Comments (6)they are stressed .. probably from handling.. shipping.. planting.. etc ... it sure doesnt sound like too much sun ... but if they were grown in a shade house.. or under shade cloth ... then they are stressed.. or in shock from the change of light levels ... the only way to get over stress or shock.. is to drink heavily ... and then you wont care about your hosta .. lol ... for them.. its just a matter of time ... the next set of leaves should come up accustomed to local light ... be patient ... the peeps who grow the mice.. tend to have most success in pots ... others will have to chime in on that ... yes.. if you can add temp shade.. all the better.. a lawn chair.. whatever ... just remember to remove them if the wind kicks up ... or storms ... ken...See MoreLinnea Lahlum
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Pieter zone 7/8 B.C.