Fibermania

Take a Walk with Me

This is one of those panorama pictures which attempts to show the full width of my hosta bed. Purely a self indulgent exercise on my part, because it only tells half the story. I wish you could be here in person (or even care a teeny bit about plants) to get the thrill I feel now that some of these specimens are reaching maturity. When I put these in they were much smaller plants,  and since labels often lie about how big things get, I just planted them wherever they landed. Then comes reality as they sprout the following year. The leaves open and everything looks fine for a week or two and then the leaves get bigger and bigger and soon some neighbors feel a bit crowded or are overcome entirely. So I transplant. And transplant again. At the stage we are at now, I need a second hosta bed. Much shorter smaller plants are hidden behind the monsters and will have to find another safe-from-voles home. Not so easy.
 





















The bed adjacent to the hosta bed is the heuchera bed, with lots of other plants wedged in like this knockout rose bush, the only one of the five I planted to survive. There are already about a dozen hosta which I snuck into this area.
The two beds get morning sun and a tiny bit of a blast from the early afternoon light too. Then they get to cool off in shade for the rest of the day. It seems to be just the right prescription.
I just now noticed  the blue water pump in this picture. Dave was having  Fun with the Spray Paint day and while my back was turned he got this pump painted.

And this one too: and the grand finale…
Can the house be next?


Pssst! Let me know if the text is hidden under the pictures on your screen. I am trying to fix that problem.

Ha! I just saw that the panorama picture above completely left out the purple petunias in the center of the bed.