Tag: Hosta divisions

7 bags of mulch later

The weather up north is getting chilly. Fall is here. The window for transplanting is not very far out.

Before (Sandy, our dog, was supervising)

After

The additions were four Blue Mouse Ears hosta divisions (left front), one large Praying Hands hosta (center), a lot of cardboard underlayment, and seven bags of mulch.

The garden build out up north is for all purposes now done for the year, as well as prepped to receive 2022 daylily seedlings (pollinator creations) and sedum cuttings (propagation) next year. I may bring up a few more daylilies, a sedum or two, and another clump of Blue Mouse Ears to divide over the right side of the Praying Hands hosta yet this fall, but I’m happy as is if I don’t.

My husband is not keen on transplanting the clematis, so those are still at the townhouse. We’ll see if they make the shift.

The alpine currant is still by the shed. It’s a bit too late to move it now, so next spring that will move to the back of the yard.

The weigelia rootings are doing awesome! If they survive the winter, they may also get moved to the back of the yard. I’m now dreaming of daylilies and hostas along both long gutter extensions.

I honestly never thought the gardens would be this far, but I am very pleased the foundations are now in place to build on.

Rest well, new gardens.

Division – of the good kind

The last red daylily of the 2020 season in our garden bloomed yesterday.

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Other daylilies have already wrapped up or are wrapping up.

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Our attention remains on their beauty, both this year and in future years, and also turns to the potential of the gardens around us.  It is time to start planning to “dig and divide” – a good thing.

Friday a fellow gardener and I walked the association with the purpose of planning the plantings for the final projects this year.  In that discussion, the topic came up of what divisions from our garden will go to other gardens.  My friend has a saying,  “We garden for others”.   There is wisdom in that perspective.  Gardening  fills our mind and gives us hundreds of happy hours each year, and part of that is because it gets us thinking of what others may enjoy.

This year we are dividing some of our “Blue Mouse Ears” from the garden here and giving them new homes when we rehab the Welcome Garden.  Another hosta, an “Elegans” is being divided and going into a neighboring homeowner’s garden.  Our garden stays fit and trim, our association’s landscaper does the heavy lifting of digging and dividing 😊, and if I make room, I get the opportunity to consider what new (ahem daylily) additions make sense to introduce next year 😊😊.