Any gardeners? Question Re; Hosta's

[puddinburner]

Know this plant is perenial, what does this mean?

Are they supposed to disappear over winter? asking this as had loads last year but just realised they are not there now....how come?

Have the slugs had a field day or will they come back?

 

Any answers...serious ones:hihi:would be appreciated.

[Heyesey]

Perennial means re-occurring every year, yes.

 

As to the particular plant, I never heard of it. Whether it normally disappears in winter, why it hasn't reappeared, and whether it's just late, or missing, or been eaten by the Orongo migrating greenfly which grows up to six feet in length, I could not say.

[rubydazzler]

Know this plant is perenial, what does this mean?

Are they supposed to disappear over winter? asking this as had loads last year but just realised they are not there now....how come?

Have the slugs had a field day or will they come back?

 

Any answers...serious ones:hihi:would be appreciated.

Yes they disappear in the winter, you can usually just see the crowns peeking above the soil though. Slugs lurve them!

[shaznay]

i've had one for about 5 years and it does disappear over winter, however every year it has come back it gets bigger and bigger, it's nearly taking over the garden, it got too big for the pot so we put in the border last year,cant wait to see what size it wil be this year.

By the way the shoots are just coming through.

[puddinburner]

Oh Thanks for that:hihi: I dare say the plants will reappear at some stage if this is the case.

 

Just could'nt figure why they had disappeared as can't remember when they did. It's like one day you look out of the window and it's spring, the next you look out and it's winter?

Just bought a new one, on E-bay then wondered where all it's potential mates had gone.

[Heyesey]

A poke about on Google or Wikipedia would probably bring more information about when you can expect them to be back in flower. Perhaps it's usual for them to be invisible until June, or even August; at least you wouldn't then waste months by continually looking for something that shouldn't even be there yet.

[Guest]

I was thinking about growing some of these in a shady spot a while back, but I was put off by the fact that slugs regard them in the same way that I regard Green & Black's chocolate.

 

They do die back to ground level each year, and should start to re-emerge come spring (around now, in fact). They like dampness, but they can be unhappy if the soil gets water-logged, so if they're in a bit of the garden where rain water tends to pool, then they could be killed off.

[puddinburner]

Thankyou all, for those answers...know the foxglove, ornamental poppies and comphrey are just coming back but knew about these. Thought to be honest, as the Hosta had big Green leaves that maybe it was evergreen and had been eaten by some mysterious giant slug.

[hazel]

I had one for years as an indoor plant in a hanging basket in the bathroom

pink waxy flower in a round ball wth a tremendously strong perfume.

It flowered twice a year, did not need much attention and the flowers looked artificial

hazel

[e barker]

I love Hostas, but they ARE a salad bar for slugs, for years i used to put down pellets, but for the last 6 years all iv'e done is carpet the areas around them with a good layer of bark chips, the blackbirds love searching through the chips to get the slugs, it really works ! I even have Delfiniums without a single nibble hole!