Simply..FAQ's....

20/6/2018

How come your hostas are not eaten by slugs?

I do use pellets, sparingly, from when the first snouts show till the shoots are about 4 inches high and especially in wet weather.

What is the name of the one with the dark purple flower?

The hosta is Devon Green (lovely glossy leaves) but the flower is an orchid -dactyllorhiza elata - which seeded itself from another pot!

What is the name of this plant?

It is euphorbia 'Silver Mist'. Quite tender and it's leaves droop when it gets too cold or wet - it looked better during the hot spell recently. Very dainty.

What's in the bag?

Perfumed soap. The deer rubbed some of the lovely white bark from this betula 'Jaquemontii'. The smell deters them (and I painted over the damaged part with Dulux Brilliant White emulsion!)

12 Comments

Julia

21/6/2018 01:49:46 am

Not sure why it has taken me all this time, ever since i found your blog 8 years ago, to fully understand how far your creativity goes beyond the studio, when it comes to paint!!...i’m envisioning you at the hardware store asking for the brilliant white: “ to paint my tree.”

Freda

21/6/2018 02:19:45 pm

Trees do get whitewashed in places to deter moths I believe but probably not with Dulux Brilliant White which was all I happened to have! (I hope it doesn't kill it.)

lucille link

21/6/2018 06:44:52 am

One of my favourite 'jobs' is peeling the old shedding bark from the Jacquemontii. I hope I'm not harming them. It comes away in such a satisfactory manner like paper.

Freda

21/6/2018 02:21:48 pm

Irresistible! At Anglesey Abbey I believe they also wash them.

cathy

21/6/2018 07:08:20 am

so we're not all as different as we think we are...we all ask the same questions! wouldn't never have thought to paint a tree!

Freda

21/6/2018 02:22:34 pm

It was my friend Lynne who thought of it!

Grace

21/6/2018 12:54:09 pm

Now I know what to do with my hosta plant next year. Thank you!

Freda

21/6/2018 02:23:24 pm

I hope it works for you Grace.

Linda

21/6/2018 02:16:16 pm

We've tried a few times to get a hosta bed going, but the slugs get the upper hand. They don't seem to affect anything else, so it's been easier to leave them and just avoid hostas!

Freda

21/6/2018 02:25:00 pm

I wonder how they know you have hostas? Bergenias have nice big leaves which are pretty slugproof...

Mary

22/6/2018 03:01:01 am

My hostas are looking brilliant this year-no thanks to me. All flowering with pale pink/lavender buds. Probably due to the 18 inches of rain we had in May.

Freda

22/6/2018 03:27:46 am

They do like moisture but it's surprising they didn't drown. Must look lovely!

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