Warm weather makes the hostas go pop, plus plant sale date!

Our recent warm weather has really made the hostas pop!  The picture below were taken over a two day period of time.  It's amazing how fast they grow.

Also, we have set a date for the plant sale.  Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 21st in Appleton!  More details will be posted closer to the date of the sale.

Erin and I are also working on a new episode of Cheesehead Gardening too!

Hosta 'Borsch #1'

I can't wait for this one to bloom.  It has the most beautiful flowers.

Best early color hostas

The hostas are emerging!  The hostas are finally emerging!  Here are my favorite hostas in my garden for spring early color.

Sagae

Fire Island

St Elmo's Fire

Montana Moonshine

Montana Aureomarginata, First Frost, and Rainbow's End

Liberty

Dancing Queen

June Fever

Wat Paint

Eskimo Pie

Ice Storms and Spring

This week the Cheesehead Garden was hit with an ice storm.  We lost power for for about 11 hours but luckily there was no damage.  I did manage to get some cool shots of my crocuses encased in ice.  

Then this weekend when we surveying the damage to the trees in our yard, I happen to notice my first hosta nubs of the season!  Might be time to think about setting up the greenhouse.

Ice on crocuses

Ice on last year's brown eyed susans.

Alliums coming up.

First hosta nubs of the season.

Lack of Hosta Seeds this Year

It just hit me this week as I was walking through the garden, and I can't believe that I did not notice it sooner.  Very few of my hostas have seed pods this year.  I know it's not a lack of bees; I have bees a plenty in my garden.  I'm guessing the lack of rain and the extremely hot temperatures are to blame.  Hostas that bloom very early like Elegans and Borsch #1 have seed pods but those mid-summer bloomers just have dried up scapes.  Hosta 'Dragon Lady' is one that usually a prolific seeder, and look at it this year....so sad with it's dried up scapes.

I also have noticed that I only have one daylily with seedpods, and I even went out and tried to hand pollinate them myself.

Cheesehead Gardens 8/7/2012

It's been a rough summer with the lack of rain, cutworm damage, and high temperatures, but here is a peak at my garden right now.

Hosta 'Ginsu Knife'

Hosta 'Ventricosa' sport

Hosta 'Velvet Moon' & 'Borsch #1'

Hosta 'Gumdrop' & 'Liberty'

Hosta 'Night Before Christmas'

Hosta 'Pilgrim'

Hosta 'Golden Gate'

Hosta 'Striptease'

Hosta 'Satisfaction'

Hosta 'nigrescens'

Hosta 'Sum it Up' my largest leaf hosta

hosta 'nigrescens'

Hosta 'Dream Queen'

Hosta 'Lakeside Surf Rider'

Hosta 'Parhelion'