Sentences with phrase «with hostas»

I also had a flower garden area below the window boxes filled with hostas and lots of other perennials.

Wherever your shade is most dense, you can't go wrong with hostas or hydrangeas.

I also had a flower garden area below the window boxes filled with hostas and lots of other perennials.

Not exact matches

But it's the deer that many residents wanted help with, pointing out worthless fences and destroyed hostas near the candidates» feet.

But I'm dreaming of creating some garden beds with peonies, hydrangea and hostas!

She loves walks, naps in the sunshine, snuggling next to you, playing with her bouncy ball, rolling on the grass, and diving sidelong into the hosta garden.

We've set up a white card and our trusty photography assistant Spawn out in the garden on a weathered bench, framed against a backdrop of green hosta leaves and an old fence — with the goal of this arrangement to show the white as a true reference point and the rest of the photo to show how a shifting white balance can really affect the overall color balance of your photos.

The Brazilian plume flower combines well with ferns, hostas or other blooming plants like impatiens.

But a giant carpet of hostas — especially those with solid green leaves — can be boring.

I like it with variegated knotweed (Persicaria virginiana «Painter's Palette») and hostas.

It sectioned by hosta break, with a «nibble» space as my daughters call it with black berries and raspberries, leading into a strawberry patch.

The winding brick path in this Middlesex garden is lined with allium, hostas, euphorbia and daylilies.

I would not have gone with the yellow hostas just because I don't like yellow flowers but, I must say it looked awesome.

We planted hostas, azaleas, lilies, and other plants along with some contaniers of peppers, celery, spinach, lettuce, and herbs.

If you want perennials, you can't go wrong with low - maintenance, shade - loving hostas.

I love the look of gravel and we did put a couple of loads in where it is very shady along with a large selection of hostas.

The downside to growing hostas is that slugs and snails love them, and unless they are dealt with firmly, these pests can reduce a fine crown of leaves to a garden doily overnight.

Hostas can be the gardener's best friend, with their shimmering multi-hued leaves, ranging from white through yellow to green and and onto the bluest of blues.

Roger Bowden, holder of the National Collection of Modern Hybrid Hostas, explains why the variety is his favourite: «The «Halcyon» - type leaf is very definitely blue, but in shady conditions it appears to be splashed with gold; and seen in the light, the foliage is brighter and more green.

For maximum effect in the garden, plant hostas in multiples, mixing a selection of specimens with contrasting colours, textures and shapes.

Grown and loved for their glorious foliage, hostas can be petite (H. «Tiny Tears» is one of the smallest, its leaves about the size of a dessert spoon) or enormous (H. «Empress Wu» is apparently the largest, with leaves measuring 45 cm wide and likely to grow more than a metre high).