http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/the-hostas-in-my-gardens/ About finding balance in your life, connecting with who you are, and creating a lifestyle where you wake up each morning eagerly anticipating the day ahead. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:29:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/the-hostas-in-my-gardens/#comment-77046 Skip http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=44#comment-77046 I just wanted to write in and say that I think your hostas and your hosta gardens look beautiful. I live in an apartment right now so I can't have a garden any bigger than my windowbox but I am saving up for a move more into the country and one of the first things I want to do there is to start my own garden with hostas being one of the plants. You have really inspired me with your articles. I just wanted you to know that. I just wanted to write in and say that I think your hostas and your hosta gardens look beautiful. I live in an apartment right now so I can’t have a garden any bigger than my windowbox but I am saving up for a move more into the country and one of the first things I want to do there is to start my own garden with hostas being one of the plants. You have really inspired me with your articles. I just wanted you to know that.

]]> http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/the-hostas-in-my-gardens/#comment-1570 Shirley http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=44#comment-1570 Phyllis, it depends on the hosta. Some hostas produce flowers but not seeds, and some hostas produce seeds one year and not the next. If your particular hosta is going to produce seeds, you will be able to see small seed pods forming almost as soon as the flower petals fall off. The seed pods grow quickly after that. If the flowers fall off and you can't see any sign of a seed pod where each flower used to be, your hosta is not producing any seeds this year. Phyllis, it depends on the hosta. Some hostas produce flowers but not seeds, and some hostas produce seeds one year and not the next. If your particular hosta is going to produce seeds, you will be able to see small seed pods forming almost as soon as the flower petals fall off. The seed pods grow quickly after that. If the flowers fall off and you can’t see any sign of a seed pod where each flower used to be, your hosta is not producing any seeds this year.

]]> http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/the-hostas-in-my-gardens/#comment-1564 phyllis http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=44#comment-1564 For quite a few years I have been cutting the long shoots of flowers off my very large hosta plants mainly because they hang over our side walk and people have to walk through them. Are the seeds in those flowers? For quite a few years I have been cutting the long shoots of flowers off my very large hosta plants mainly because they hang over our side walk and people have to walk through them. Are the seeds in those flowers?

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