Regal Splendor placement?
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Regal Splendor placement?
Hi all! I'm happy to say that ONLY my Fragrant Bouquet got eaten by the hard frost here last night -- not that I wanted to lose that, but it got uncovered by something (probably a cat) during the night.
My question regards the placement of my Regal Splendor... I've grown it in a pot for many years w/ a southern exposure (in upstate NY!) on a covered deck with some dappled tree shade. Hence, it's used to some strong sunlight and seems to really like it there. It's getting too big for a pot and needs to go into the ground though and I'm thinking of placing it in a full eastern exposure. Will it like that?
I also wanted to tell you about my Great Expectations... it was also grown for many years in a gallon size pot on that same deck. I was trying to keep it cramped because of what I had read here. Last year I decided I had the perfect location for it -- in the same eastern exposure I mentioned above. It started coming up the other day and I think it likes the location because it has twice as many eyes! BTW: that perlite mix is just some excess potting mix I dumped there the other day, and that rogue ox-eye daisy next to it is gone! lol!
My question regards the placement of my Regal Splendor... I've grown it in a pot for many years w/ a southern exposure (in upstate NY!) on a covered deck with some dappled tree shade. Hence, it's used to some strong sunlight and seems to really like it there. It's getting too big for a pot and needs to go into the ground though and I'm thinking of placing it in a full eastern exposure. Will it like that?
I also wanted to tell you about my Great Expectations... it was also grown for many years in a gallon size pot on that same deck. I was trying to keep it cramped because of what I had read here. Last year I decided I had the perfect location for it -- in the same eastern exposure I mentioned above. It started coming up the other day and I think it likes the location because it has twice as many eyes! BTW: that perlite mix is just some excess potting mix I dumped there the other day, and that rogue ox-eye daisy next to it is gone! lol!
~~~ Audrey ~~~
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Re: Regal Splendor placement?
My 'Regal Splendor' has grown like gangbusters in a pretty significant amount of shade. It gets mostly dappled light, with a (very) brief period of direct sun in the late afternoon. It's gone from 8 eyes in 2011 to 16 in 2012, and looks like it has 26 this season. I'm not complaining.
The only thing I think you might experience is maybe a period of sulking over the change in location as the hosta reacclimates. But 'Regal Splendor' is such a good grower, my guess is that it wouldn't pout very dramatically.
The only thing I think you might experience is maybe a period of sulking over the change in location as the hosta reacclimates. But 'Regal Splendor' is such a good grower, my guess is that it wouldn't pout very dramatically.
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Re: Regal Splendor placement?
My Regal Splendor did very well in its original location, but when I expanded the garden, I moved it to be (I thought at the time) the centrepiece of the new garden. It sulked for a couple of years, even though the soil was better, before it finally decided it liked the new location.
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Re: Regal Splendor placement?
yikes. I didn't expect to hear that! It is still potted and the eyes are up only enough to be *starting* to unfurl, so it is just starting to grow for the season. Maybe I'll leave it in the pot again afterall...
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Re: Regal Splendor placement?
I think it will be fine if you plant it in its new location. Dig a big hole!
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Re: Regal Splendor placement?
If its going from a pot to the ground I don't see it pouting much. I would go for it. Sad to hear that moving it makes it pout. I just moved mine a couple days ago to a better location. (at least for me to appreciate its beauty)
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Let's all hope that mine pouting was an exception.
Ann
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Re: Regal Splendor placement?
Thanks for the input, everyone! It sounds like RS doesn't care where you put it as long as you leave it once it's in the ground.
~~~ Audrey ~~~
“If you never did you should. These things are fun and fun is good”
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Re: Regal Splendor placement?
I moved one of my RS on a hot summer day a few years ago. Took me like an hour to wrestle it out of the ground. It didn't miss a beat. I used to have another RS that never seemed to do as well as the other two I have. It was in pretty deep shade, and the ones I replaced it with haven't really thrived there either. My other two get more dappled light but almost no direct sun and they have done great. I think it is a super easy one to grow.
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How is your soil ?
No hostas like to go from loose and airy potting mix to heavy clay
I have mine in Danish full sun and have never seen it burn, not even in weather changing summers
Pia
No hostas like to go from loose and airy potting mix to heavy clay
I have mine in Danish full sun and have never seen it burn, not even in weather changing summers
Pia
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Re: Regal Splendor placement?
Pia, I'm very lucky to have naturally good soil -- my 1938 house was built on OLD farm land and I am the the first owner who gardens! I remember digging out my first garden and thinking I could have used a spoon. Not a stone in sight and perfectly loamy soil. In fact, stuff grows TOO well for me. :p
~~~ Audrey ~~~
“If you never did you should. These things are fun and fun is good”
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Then it will love to spread out it's roots
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