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Cheryl Isaak · 14-04-2009, 11:24 AM posted to rec.gardens

On 4/13/09 1:20 PM, in article ,
" wrote:

Greeting all.....

Picked up a package of Elegans Hostas ( thanks to Bill's recommendations for
giant
hostas).

Picked a nice place in the yard.... the first two hostas went in nice and
neat. Dug the
holes, amended the soil...it was. loam/ clay to mostly clay further down.

Hole number three... nicely spaced apart from the other two... shovel went
in and
hit something hard, moved a few inches, shovel went in and hit something
hard...
tried this again and again and again. No luck.... finally decided to
excavate.

There is a boulder, about 3 feet x 2 1/2 feet by xxx feet located about
5 - 6" down.
Made a few half hearted attempts to dig around it... wayyyy beyond my
capability.

So the monster is right in the area where the hosta should be planted..... a
few feet
left or right will disrupt the pattern of hostas and intrude into another
part of the
garden.... Not a good option.

Removing the boulder is NOT going to happen... not by hand anyway.... the
thing
is kinda large sized and heavy. I'm not.

So, question is... Will a giant hosta be able to grow in 6" of soil......
most of my
other hostas are within the top 4 - 6" of soil. Anyone have direct
experience with
this?? Planting in this location is preferable, right amount of sun, right
amount of
shade, right amount of moisture.

Or I can move the hosta to another location and forget trying to get a
symeterical
pattern in this location....

Your thoughts are welcome

Peter

You've gotten good advice. And leaving the boulder exactly were it is and
putting the hosta somewhere else is what I would do and have done many times
before.

In my younger, more energetic days, I would move that rock, it wasn't were I
wanted it and I put it were it would do me some good. But not any more

C