Free Plants

Category: Pianolady's Gardens | Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:38 pm

I cleared out the areas next to the house last year, knowing the contractors would trample anything that was there installing the siding. Luckily, I have so many varieties of hosta that I just took some baby starts, and cut out a piece of a few others to transplant into this shady area along the house. With the cool weather and regular rain, I'm sure they will be fine. Now I must ask my husband if the septic cleanout stack really needs to be that tall! The hosta I put around it will get quite large, so hopefully they'll hide it even if we don't cut it down.

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toni wrote on Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:55 pm:

I love free plants like that. How long before they settled in for you?
Mine are finally getting mature enough to start giving me more and it is so much fun.

I am going to try my hand at dividing a couple of Hosta next Spring...or Fall before they go dormant.

Mrs. Galeassi wrote on Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:59 pm:

You can always glue some moss or bamboo to it :) Then it would blend right in. Or a roll of moss tulle to wrap around it. Can't wait to see how the hosta look big. :)

eileen wrote on Tue Jun 04, 2013 5:52 pm:

I'm sure it won't take too long for your hostas to cover the septic cleanout stack. You could always paint it green so that it won't be noticed among the plants.

Pianolady wrote on Tue Jun 04, 2013 7:18 pm:

Hey, I could paint the tube! How about an Iowa State Cyclone theme? I could paint it red & yellow and put a football helmet over the top. I'm kidding, but my husband and son would probably love that. Hostas grow like weeds here, I just keep cutting them up and they just keep growing. I continue to divide because they get so huge, then they just come back bigger. I'll take a photo again in the fall, this area will probably be covered.