Paul2032 said:Thanks everyone for your kind comments.........many of us gardeners want everything to be just perfect. Many parts of my yard are a nightmare while other area look nice.....
Join the club!
Gardens are always a work in progress! As such you have to balance between a "finished product" look and a trashy pile of pots...
I hide my staging area and pot mountain best I can... Still looks junky!
In my experience, if your really careful with the leaves, ( the crown is the important part, and it's easy to dig around) and take reasonable care of the uprooted plants, they won't look so bad when you replant them, and I doubt they miss a beat next year, you might even have nicer looking plants... I'm sure after 10 years they could stand to be divided and some fresh soil might help too.
They do look great, I'd be bummed about it too, but I can't think of any other garden plant that will handle this better than a hosta!
If it wasn't raining I'd go pull up one of the hunks of hosta I tossed on the ground, they really couldn't look much better...
