Puddin' Man wrote:

On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:20:09 -0500, Dan Espen wrote:


Puddin' Man writes:


Hi,

Densely populated urban residential area. Between my little brick
bungalow and the next house. There's some hasta and surprise lilies
out there, but I need ivy. Couldn't figger how to water the hasta
last season (without watering the house walls) with sprinkler, so
I spent way, way too much time standing out there with the garden
hose. Need ivy, willing to sacrifice hasta, etc to get it (if
necessary).

Around the corner is a little wooded easement with lots of ivy.
Can I just snip, say, 10" lengths from there and plant them
by my house? Would potting soil and/or fertilizer be a good idea?
Really need to get this off the ground. I am not knowledgable
re gardening.

Also timing. I am in midwest: avg. hi/lo is now 53/29 F.

I know all about invasive nature of ivy, no warnings necessary.
Maybe half the houses on the block have some ivy and apparently
aren't having difficulty controlling it.

Hasta

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The word Hasta may refer to one of the following:

* A Latin word meaning spear.
* A Sanskrit word meaning hand.
* A Nakshatra of Hindu Astrology.
* An Italian city currently known as Asti.

You probably mean Hosta.


Yup. Forgot the spelling.


Cut off any amount of ivy and stick it in the ground
and it will take off.


Reason I queried, young couple 2 doors down went to a
lot of trouble to start maybe 30 ivy snips last spring
under a shade tree. Didn't take off. Maybe 10 left.

If it grows up and around the trunk, it can kill the tree.

Hosta is perfect under a tree, and comes in lots of colors.