Saturday, November 14, 2009

I live in Southern NJ. We have a flower bed with pansies in them. What is a good plant to go with them?

I like hostas and plants like that, but want something easy to care for and hearty. What is the best way to "feed" them?

I live in Southern NJ. We have a flower bed with pansies in them. What is a good plant to go with them?
If you like hostas you should plant them because nothing is easier care or hardier than a hosta, unless it's a daylily. You really don't have to feed them. In fact you don't really have to do anything to them, even the really fancy looking ones. They like a nice drink on a hot dry day as much as any plant but they will cheerfully thrive with no attention at all. They come in all sizes and many colors and textures. They spread rapidly so that you can soon divide them for more plants or just have whopping great specimens.They are hardy to zone 3 and most rodents don't care for them, though deer do. If your pansies are happy where you have them then the odds are that hosta will be too. You really can't go wrong with this plant.





Just for fun here's a link to page after page of images so that you can see the range of appearance available:





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I guess I've made it clear that I'm a hosta fan! I hope you join the club!
Reply:How about caladiums?


For feeding pansies? Pansies love blood meal.


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