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| I'd like to replace these hostas. They are huge! This is the first year they did really well since we had no late frosts. I have knock out roses behind them and now have to trim back the hosta leaves or the KO would be smothered. I have no idea what to replace them with and was looking for suggestions please. Here are pics from different angles..... Thanks! |
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| I think there is no such thing as a "too-large" hosta, LOL! I have a few in the north bed that are easily 4" across this year (for the first time ever. And I love them. |
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- Posted by shadeyplace 7 (My Page) on Sun, Jun 29, 14 at 7:45
| the KO roses should grow to be larger than these hostas. |
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- Posted by phlowerpower 5 (My Page) on Sun, Jun 29, 14 at 12:29
| I think I would move the roses and leave the hostas. Otherwise...how about small deutzia shrub like Chardonnay pearls. Baptistas--spring flowers then cut back for a mound of bright green foliage. In that setting, I think lavender would fit in nicely with the bench and decor. The hostas have a nice season long appeal. Hmmm, maybe heucheras? |
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| I think I too would leave the hostas and move the roses! I can't really make out from your photo where the roses are, but can you just move them back a bit? I'm guessing they are at the back of the bed? Perhaps just moving them a foot back or so, even if it means extending the bed a bit.... Or move the hostas forward a bit? Not much room for that though, is there. How about take out one hosta on each side, and either center the remaining hosta with a nice groundcover, or replace one hosta with a plant. Heucheras or geraniums might work there, or coreopsis, daylilies, or maybe a small boxwood on each side for all-year interest. Okay, I think I'm just flailing about here. Enough stuff off the top of my head! Hostas do have season-long appeal, and if you can grow them in that much sun without damage then I would leave them there. But I'm a hosta nut (no such thing as too many variegated hostas, IMO!) so I admit to being partial. Dee |
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| Phlowerpower I really like that deutzia. Hmmmm Dee I like the idea of removing one hosta on each side (no room to go back) and adding something else. Then I thought about the boxwood.... I did just plant candytuft in front of the bed. So keep that in mind when you look at this pic I came across (and replace hydrangeas with the KO and only singles lol) I like the layered look of this and the thought of controlling the size of the boxwood as the KO grows. I could do the same with the deutzia? With another layer of color between those and the candytuft.. What do you think? Decisions, decisions..... |
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- Posted by pitimpinai z6 Chicago (My Page) on Sun, Jun 29, 14 at 18:22
| Another vote for keeping the hosta because they will make a statement in your garden against smaller, fuzzy looking plants. Hosta also need very little care and long lasting, whereas Roses, etc. are not as long lived and require a lot more care to look good. I love my hosta especially this year. I have added more and more very large hosta and let them edge out other plants: |
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| They do make a statement that's for sure. I've decided to take the suggestions from all, and leave them and move the roses. Now where to put them? Hmmm Thanks so much! |
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| Are you just removing the roses altogether, or will you be replacing them with something? Maybe something tall and eye-catching but somewhat narrow, like rudbeckia Herbstonne, or a bit shorter, like rudbeckia Henry Eilers or heliopsis Summer Nights (sorry, I can only seem to recall yellow flowers at the moment!). Or some tall lilies, if you don't have a problem with red lily leaf beetle. Although lilies do truly have a narrow window of interest, I suppose; I love them but on second thought would not have them as a single aesthetic element. I have to say, I'm still thinking of some other kind of evergreen for winter interest.... I also wanted to say that I really love my deutzia, and just posted about it recently. I think you'll like it if you go with one! Dee |
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| Dee I will be moving them...to where..I'm not sure yet. I usually plant some kind of a tall grass with annuals in the pots behind the hostas for some height. This year I just put in my (surprisingly) over wintered Bougainvillea. They are getting ready to bloom soon :) I would really like to get a few deutzia, my beds are pretty much full now but I'm sure I could find a spot for them. Thanks! |
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