There are plants that I like and plants that I don't like. I am not sure I can write off a whole species, but I do struggle sometimes to find a variety that I like.
So - hostas - I admit I am just not keen. I think they are slug food, but I am being inconsistent as I love other plants I also regard as slug food and will put in the effort to ensure they survive.
The issue about being glaucous. Ok, not all hostas are glaucous, and I am not opposed fundamentally to glaucous and yet I look around my garden and see many shades none of which are glaucous. What's the best thing about being glaucus? The word, it is a great word.
Which brings me to the point of this (at last I hear you sigh) At the weekend I moved some hostas, from there to over here. Well, from the weird non-bog garden bit that I still struggle to find a use for, to the pond-side border. I nearly composted them, very nearly. Not sure why I didn't. That sentimental part of me tries not to blame them for their kind. I try not to blame them for them being planted in my garden against my express wishes. I try to think it is not their fault.
But it is - and they have a few brief months to prove me wrong - or they are out!
So - hostas - I admit I am just not keen. I think they are slug food, but I am being inconsistent as I love other plants I also regard as slug food and will put in the effort to ensure they survive.
The issue about being glaucous. Ok, not all hostas are glaucous, and I am not opposed fundamentally to glaucous and yet I look around my garden and see many shades none of which are glaucous. What's the best thing about being glaucus? The word, it is a great word.
Which brings me to the point of this (at last I hear you sigh) At the weekend I moved some hostas, from there to over here. Well, from the weird non-bog garden bit that I still struggle to find a use for, to the pond-side border. I nearly composted them, very nearly. Not sure why I didn't. That sentimental part of me tries not to blame them for their kind. I try not to blame them for them being planted in my garden against my express wishes. I try to think it is not their fault.
But it is - and they have a few brief months to prove me wrong - or they are out!
I am not too keen on hostas but I still grow them. I think I see it as a challenge me v the slugs.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to stick up for the hostas. In fact I feel a post coming on.....
ReplyDeleteI have a friend moved to a flat in Glasgow with a small garden. It was full of...hostas! She didn't like them either. So they are probably in some compost bin in the sky.
@janet I know I am being unfair - but I have a real issue with them - big-leaved glossy pillocks that they are :-)
ReplyDelete