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Hi! Midnight Reiter. I have some sunny borders. I live in zone 5a. Some plants that you haven't mentioned that I like a lot, are the following: Ibiris/Candytuft: spring/white and evergreen Arabis: spring, white or mauve. There is also a variegated form that I bought last summer Aubrietia/Rockcress: ...

Hi calliloo! I'm new to Hallson Gardensforums. I have about 11 mature clumps of Bergenia cordifolia (pink) because of their versatility. I have them growing in sun and shade. Information that I gathered about them indicated that they are drought tolerant and so they are. The ones I started in dry sh...

Thanks for your patience ,Chris. I followed your instructions to the end. My file of H. 'Risky Business' was moved to my desktop. I copied "img" from above and tried to insert the jpg file in the spot where the cursor was flashing. I previewed my reply but no image showed up. therefore, I'm trying t...

Thank you for your warm welcome, 'New to Hostas'. I happened onto this Hallson site as well as Dave's Garden several times while researching hostas and HVX. I started my hosta garden about three years ago (2007) at my husband's suggestion because he was having trouble cutting the grass around expose...

Thanks for your reply, Chris. I think the reason that I'm having difficulty downloading my pictures is that their pixel size is too big. I have not been able to find a way to reduce the file size, either on IPhoto or on Photobucket. If ViolaAnn is viewing this thread, perhaps she may have a suggesti...

It's a beautiful fall day and I thought I would try my hand at downloading some pictures from my garden. Here,goes! Sorry, I'm having trouble finding that browse button I'm supposed to click. I have an IMac. As you can clearly see I'm not too computer literate!!!

My Hosta List Alex Summers 2007 Aristocrat July 24/07 August Moon x2 June 6/07 Baby Bunting June /09 Big Daddy 2005 Blue Angel June 8/07 Blue Ivory 2009 Blue Jay July 24/07 Blue Mouse Ears July 24/07 Blue Umbrellas June 2007 Blue Wedgewood x3 2008 Bressingham Blue June 07 Bridegroom July 2010 Bright...

I read somewhere that to control nematodes, you have to increase the numbers of your beneficial microbes in the soil and that you can do this by spreading corn meal around your plants. I applied corn meal last summer and again this summer, because I've been using aluminum sulphate to kill slug eggs ...

I was doing fall clean-up chores today and noticed that the following plants were showing no deteoration in my zone 5a garden: 'Halcyon', 'June', 'Pewterware, 'Captain Kirk', 'St. Paul', 'Yellow River', 'Brother Stephan', 'Dream Queen', 'Aristocrat' , 'Blue Jay', 'Nancy', 'Queen Josephine', 'Rhino H...