Shady Hosta Garden

My hosta garden is in the shady Jelly Bean Garden between the Lemonwood and the forked Cabbage Tree. Things started slowly with a few tiny mail order hosta purchases, plus some dwarf white agapanthus (which have naturally never flowered).

hosta garden

In no time, the hostas bulked out. In early days of the Moosey Garden, new hostas were automatically planted in here (remembering to read their height). Unfortunately I then discarded their labesl!

hosta and pink rose - 2003

The pink rose in the above photograph is a cutting grown pink Flower Carpet rose, which I planted in here when there was less shade. I keep meaning to remove it, but I love the colour combination it makes as it sprawls over this lime green hosta.

My Hosta Garden - Summer 2005

The dappled shade of the Jelly Bean trees provide the perfect hosta location. Even on the hottest days of summer the soil doesn't dry out.

My Hosta Garden - Summer 2004

An orange-yellow flowering Ligularia appeared in here a few years ago - self seeded from somewhere else. In the distance you can see the pond decking and the Ballerina roses flowering in the pond garden.