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Hostas 'Blue Mouse Ears' is the smaller one, 'Canadian Blue' in the brown pot.


Hostas 'Blue Mouse Ears' is the smaller one, 'Canadian Blue' in the brown pot.

Using grit and some coffee grounds on top of the soil seems to be a deterrent to the slugs and snails.



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Lovely pot :)

30 Jun, 2017

 

Ooh I like the little one. The flowers have a real punch to them for the size of it.

30 Jun, 2017

 

Hywel, the brown pot was in Mums garden for years and, possibly, at her Mums before that!

Jen, it's a cute little Hosta isn't it?

30 Jun, 2017

 

Oh that's nice Shirley. I love things that have a history to them.

30 Jun, 2017

 

I love Hostas potted, on their own...lovely

1 Jul, 2017

 

Thanks Motty ... I don't think I have ever put Hostas in the ground ... always kept them potted!

1 Jul, 2017

 

I like them both, but that brown pot is amazing.

2 Jul, 2017

 

Thanks Waddy, OH reckons it should be valued as an antique! I think not ... :o)

2 Jul, 2017

 

Hey, you never know...stranger things have happened... :0)

3 Jul, 2017

 

I shall keep it as the family heirloom ... ha ha!

3 Jul, 2017

 

Lol! Sounds like a plan :-)

3 Jul, 2017

 

They had mouse ears in B&Q for sale so thats a first ....

Be careful with Canadian blue as the shape of the pot how will you get it out ... I learnt the hard way with a £20.00 pot had to be smashed to get my shrub out ...

Gg

9 Jul, 2017

 

Gg, I rarely go to B&Q for anything but perhaps I should take a look at their plant sales area!

I may divide the Canadian Blue in the Autumn, with great care ... :o)

9 Jul, 2017

 

To be honest the choice is so much better if you havnt been for a while I bet you will be pleasantly surprised

Why dont you plant in a plastic pot and sit it inside the ceramic brown pot will make it easier for you ...

Gg

9 Jul, 2017

 

That's a great idea ... thanks for that! As OH is currently watching cricket on TV I may go out and do that soon ... :o)

9 Jul, 2017

 

Looking good.....love the Mouse ears, seems a lot larger than ours! that brown pot is a beautiful one
Good thinking GG!!

14 Jul, 2017

 

Dotty, the Mouse Ears started off small but has shot up in a couple of weeks! I still haven't taken the one out of the brown pot ... really must do so ... :o)

15 Jul, 2017



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