Dividing Equals More

Bob and I dug up 6 very large clumps of hostas in our backyard on Saturday morning. I think I planted them 18 years ago. They are tucked in a corner bordered by the porch and the house under the shade of a mature maple tree.

I cut each clump into 6ths and returned one to the original location. The other 6ths were carried to the front yard.

Under an ash tree near the drive is a bed that was once full of astilbe. Astilbes are gentle bloomers. Evidently I am not a good gardener of astilbes although I planted a dozen of them over the last 12 years under that tree.

Saturday we planted that entire bed with the extra hostas. We spaced them far apart from one another by about 3 feet. These hostas are called Big Blues. They will span the separation and fill that bed with large deep blue green leaves getting sun briefly in the mornings.

So in dividing, which will allow more room for the originals to thrive, we increased our front bed with new life from old plants. It cost us nothing but time and some sore muscles.

'til later