Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1   Report Post  
Old 12-11-2004, 04:02 AM
John Thomas
 
Posts: n/a
Default Normal Behavior for Hostas in PNW?

I have a container grown Hosta that's done very well this year, (thanks
to some slug eating Red Legged Frogs), but now that it's been cold
(freezing at night) and raining in the Pacific Northwest (Zone 8b), the
leaves on it have started to brown and yellow- supposedly this cultivar
is cold hardy. Is this normal for a Hosta when the days get short?

The other plants in the container are happier than ever, but I've moved
it to a warmer, drier, place for the time being.
  #2   Report Post  
Old 12-11-2004, 04:57 AM
paghat
 
Posts: n/a
Default

In article , wrote:

I have a container grown Hosta that's done very well this year, (thanks
to some slug eating Red Legged Frogs), but now that it's been cold
(freezing at night) and raining in the Pacific Northwest (Zone 8b), the
leaves on it have started to brown and yellow- supposedly this cultivar
is cold hardy. Is this normal for a Hosta when the days get short?

The other plants in the container are happier than ever, but I've moved
it to a warmer, drier, place for the time being.


Hostas are die-back perennials. Toss the dying leaves. The plant will
return good as new next spring.

-paghat the ratgirl

--
"Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher.
"Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature.
-from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers"
Visit the Garden of Paghat the Ratgirl: http://www.paghat.com
Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Replanting Poinsettias in the garden ? (PNW) -L. Gardening 9 09-12-2003 04:42 PM
PNW shade-loving perennials? Lyn Gardening 8 16-05-2003 06:08 PM
Supplement soil for hedge going near fir trees? PNW Bob Muir Gardening 2 26-03-2003 10:56 PM
Moving to PNW...how to move plants? Wendy B G Gardening 2 24-03-2003 07:44 PM
PNW help - Fuchsia procumbens and Jasminum nudiflorum sam Gardening 3 05-02-2003 07:29 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 11:10 PM.

Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 GardenBanter.co.uk.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about Gardening"

 

Copyright © 2017