Beginner Gardening: hostas, 0 by WENDYandWILL

WENDYandWILL wrote:
Hello Mindalina!
I was just searching our collection of gardening books and the PlantFiles here at Dave's Garden for the same info! http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/finder/index.php?sname=Host...
We have 3 varieties of Hostas here... "Francee", "June" and "Patriot"... and all have nearly tripled in size in the last 2 months! I want to split and relocate some of ours before we risk them choking out other plants... but I'm trying to hold out until they have finished blooming!
The books we have say to plant "established plants" in spring or fall... so I would think splitting established plants would follow the same guidelines. However... for as hearty as our plants are here (we live in Delaware - zone 7a)... I'd be more than willing to bet I could split them right now with no ill effects!!!
For the record... I give ours a light watering every 2 to 3 days unless they get a good 20 minutes of rain due to the other plants we have located near them.
To give you an idea of the growth rate we see here... I'll post a photo taken May 1st this year in a blanket of Cherry Blossom Tree "snow"... then I'll reply with a photo taken today for comparison. Hope this helps!
Blessings & 73!!!
Wendy & Will,