Texas Gardening: I know, I know, hostas are not supposed to do well here..., 1 by htop

htop wrote:
Mine were slow to come up because of the cool weather we had in the spring, but are doing great (the ones the big old dog did not trample, that is). I have no idea why yours would have come up so late. Each year mine have grown larger and the blooms are really large this year. The only ones I have are 'So Sweet' that I bought at Home Depot. Some are in the ground under an oak tree and 2 are in large containers and were all planted at the same time. Mine receive sun for just a short period of time.

I just happened to take a photo of one of the ones in a half-moon shaped container that is 2 feet wide (side to side), a little over 1 foot from front to back and 2.4 feet tall. It has filled in the whole container. Compared to the ones in the ground, it has grown a lot more. I think it is because I have a hanging basket that has bloodmeal mixed with the potting soil. The water flows from the hanging basket into the container in which the hosta is situated. Also, the soil mixture in the hosta's container has about 1/3 part rose soil mix to 2 parts of potting soil. The soil in the ground where the other hostas are located does not contain any rose soil nor bloodmeal. I have never fertilized them because I don't know what kind of fertilizer to use for one and because they have been doing very well without it.