The First Frost hosta has formed seed pods. I am so tempted to harvest them. But knowledge tells me that if I want more First Frost hostas, I need to divide it. And I have no more room for hostas. And the deer just eat hostas to the stem up north.
I will give First Frost a haircut, and let the seed pods go.
If I could have 100 Rainforest Sunrise hostas, I would be delighted.
Gorgeous all season, and late summer lavender blooms on red scapes.
Yes, please.
A couple interesting things I noticed in the garden this year –
This very healthy hosta has a small area of variegation. I have seen this in years past pictures too. i’m wondering if one of our bee or bird friends accomplished something new next to the existing hosta, or if it has to do with sun exposure. It looks very healthy. That puckering has always been like that. It also easily gets things trapped on the leaves – but that has always been that way too. Some snowy day in January I will have to do more research.
This past week I also noticed the Ivory Queen hosta has a few white blooms with purple veining this year. Usually they are all purple. My husband even pointed it out.
Interesting. I don’t mind white blooms but I am curious.
I’m guessing sun exposure may play into that one as well. That hosta gets a lot of sun exposure, most intensely in mid June to mid July. I try to shield it with lawn chair placement during that time but eventually I will swap it out. Just not sure with what. A daylily would be too vulnerable there.
Maybe a low growing sedum would do well there. Maybe one of the breakage rootings.
I say no to some very “good” stuff, so I can make time for better stuff. Sometimes there isn’t a choice, but when there is – think. Time is finite. Use your voice. Make that choice. And then … Rejoice!
Here’s some Rejoice in the Garden time
We recently carved out a little seedling bed in the back of one of the gardens at the townhouse. Whoa! In only a week, the seedlings we moved look so much better! Location, location, location!
Queue the needle of the record scraping …
Location, location, location …
Let’s look at that a little more. As in a Sunday morning, into mid-morning. And see – is all of that space truly all a great place for seedlings???
The answer – kind of. They need a ‘tich more sun. Just a smidge, tiltling the seedling bed at an angle, which has been floating around in my analytical brain anyway.
Step one, remove a hosta. Not really remove. More like move. And then repurpose that space, for one set of seedings. And use a few other, sunnier, spaces.
The sun’s progression, in a variety of months, coupled with the sprinkler’s proximity, velocity, and trajectory. Add the need to move some hostas that are crowded and some that are getting slightly sunburned. More to come.
Is it sustainable? We will see. The longer I go, the more I know.
There are a lot of life lessons in a garden.
Something simple, and nevertheless amazing, and wonderful, and also well loved by the bees.
I am growing quite fond of taking all the pictures and then sitting out with no way to take any more pictures – just walking the garden, enjoying the blooms, and then sitting and relaxing on the patio and looking some more. It is a good discipline – to enjoy the moments, to take it all in, and consider the wonderful gifts.
This hosta, Rainforest Sunrise, is also a favorite. The colors are fantastic, and the scapes, when they arrive, are also beautiful.
It also seems baby bunny is hiding under there, and maybe trying out his bunny teeth. Do you see the evidence? Happens every year. A popular hangout and eatery 🙂
Saturday – what a glorious day!
Wake up, check the gardens, make coffee, head outside. Wake up some more, look around some more. Think a little. Form a “day of” plan. An ambitious version. A minimal version. Avoid any longer term planning. Drink my coffee. Sit with the dog.
Take some pictures.
Get all the tools ready – clipper, gloves, bucket, maybe shovel.
Do some trimming. Do some weeding. Have some coffee. Sit with the dog. Chat with my husband – who is now awake.
Rinse. Repeat.
Saturdays are THE BEST!!! In any of the gardens. March- October.
Saturdays in the woods are pretty awesome too.
Here’s to Saturdays!
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