African Hostas March 17, 2013

The African Hostas are beginning to emerge.  They have the cutest little spotted leaves.  They flower just as the leaves are beginning to emerge.  The flowers are insignificant, these bulbs are mostly admired for their foliage.  No matter how deep I plant the bulbs, they always work themselved to the surface.  They seem to want to rest on top of the ground with only their roots in the earth.  Unusual.

I have about 75 clusters of these hostas growing in a bed at the top of the Boardwalk.  Next year I will separate and divide the clumps.  These bulbs multiply on top of eachother, not next to eachother.  So they become a jumbled pile of bulbs if they aren't divided.  There is lots of space between each clump, so I will just plant them in the same bed.  They make a pretty picture when the leaves have fully emerged.