Frequently asked questions
Bananas Care Quickly:
- Plenty of water in growing season
- Use a high nitrogen fertilizer such as 21-7-14
- Cut fertilizer back in August
- Best to avoid windy sites
- Allow frost to cut the foliage back
- Only protect during extended freezes
Ferns Quickly
- Most are not tolerant of full sun
- Generally not happy if allowed to dry out
- Are happiest in soils high in organics
- Tree ferns must be watered through the top of trunk
- Cut old fronds off in late winter to look the best
- Enjoy the use of organic fertilizer such as fish emulsion
Grasses Quickly
- Most of the deciduous ones (ex. Miscanthus) cut old foliage off in late winter before new growth, all can be cleaned up in late winter.
- Do well with application of regular lawn fertilizer twice a growing season. ,
- Sedges have edges
- Most of the sedges like pretty damp conditions but will tolerate somewhat drier ones.
Hostas Quickly
- Generally are not very tolerant of drying out
- Most are shade tolerant
- Gold to green handle more sun than blue
- Blue Hosta will be fairly green in fuller sun as the wax layer that creates the blue melts
- Appreciate frequent feeding with fairly high nitrogen fertilizer, we use 18-4-12
- Divide in spring
- Biggest problem: the garden thugs snails and slugs
- Choose Hosta with more "substance" to help with garden thugs
Palms Quickly
- Are generally happy with quite a lot of sun
- Are drought tolerant but will be better looking and happier with summer hater
- Fertilize with fertilizer high in minerals
- Small plants will have to be protected in very cold area at least for the first few years