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10-02-2020 09:49 AM
There are hosta plants around my lamp post that never look right since they get way too much sun. I would like to dig them out and rethink about planting some perennials that would enjoy the sunshine in the spring. I have daffodils that come up every spring around the lamp post. If I dig up the hosta the bulbs will be disturbed. Can I just replant these bulbs back in the ground?
10-02-2020 10:10 AM - edited 10-02-2020 10:10 AM
@Biftu wrote:There are hosta plants around my lamp post that never look right since they get way too much sun. I would like to dig them out and rethink about planting some perennials that would enjoy the sunshine in the spring. I have daffodils that come up every spring around the lamp post. If I dig up the hosta the bulbs will be disturbed. Can I just replant these bulbs back in the ground?
@Biftu I'm no gardener but many years ago I dug up huge hostas from my brothers house. I wasn't gentle I think I used a grub ax they were so big. When I got them home I took a big knife and just chopped each up into four hostas. Planted them and as each grew bigger I dug them up and used knife again. I now have so many hostas all from a few giant ones. Mine have done fine with no special care. Only problem is the deer find them to be tasty for their lunch.
10-02-2020 10:22 AM
If you have to disturb the daffodil bulbs to remove the hosta, yes you can easily rearrange and replant the daffodil bulbs.
10-02-2020 11:13 AM
Of course you can. That's how growers do it. Your bulbs have likely reproduced smaller bulbs. You should separate them when you replant and give them some bone meal for fertilizer. I usually add some compost to the dirt because we have clay soil.
10-02-2020 05:16 PM
@Biftu wrote:There are hosta plants around my lamp post that never look right since they get way too much sun. I would like to dig them out and rethink about planting some perennials that would enjoy the sunshine in the spring. I have daffodils that come up every spring around the lamp post. If I dig up the hosta the bulbs will be disturbed. Can I just replant these bulbs back in the ground?
I would remove the hostas to a shady area and use something that blooms in the summer such as daylilies. That is what I use around my lamp post planter. My daylilies are 'Mardi Gras Parade' & 'Daring Deception'.
If you remove any bulbs during the hosta transplant, just separate them and replant in the planter at the proper depth. As long as the ground isn't frozen you can replant your perennials and bulbs.
10-11-2020 08:07 PM
You're lucky that people don't walk their dogs and let them lift their legs on your lamp post.
I don't have a lamp post, but watch my neighbors get targeted all the time. It's sad, to be honest.
10-12-2020 04:28 PM - edited 10-12-2020 04:30 PM
Yes, you can dig up your hostas and the bulbs will be ok...just make sure they are all back in the ground.
I have flowers around my mailbox and caught a neighbor from one street over letting her dogs pee on my flowers, grrr..I tapped on the window so she knew I saw her. Now she walks the dog on the other side of he street.
10-17-2020 03:00 PM
@Biftu An 8-10' type of Clematis would be nice, can be trimmed if it gets too high.
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