Hello there,
I'm not sure when to expect hostas to break dormancy.
This is the first time that I'm growing a hosta and am hoping that someone can help.
In the Fall, I purchased 'Halcyon' and it is still dormant. There is no sign of new growth......at least, not yet.
Am not sure if it didn't make it through the winter or is it still dormant?
We've had an unseasonably cold winter this year (Zone 10) and I think that it should've aided in the cold period.
Can anyone please let me know, when hostas break dormancy?
Very much appreciated,
Loulou
Help-When do hostas break dormancy?
Depends on the temperature and to some extent the particular Hosta species. Some are late to come up. I would think in your area you can expect to see nubs any day now.
I.m with oz, should be pretty soon in your area. They will look like bullets coming up out of the ground. Hostas need 40 days below 40º to stay dormant, once that is achieved, they will start coming.
In my zone 7b area, mine broke dormancy first week of April last year. I would guess early March in your area. What are your temps this week?
Mine are not up yet, but we have had a warm winter so I expect to see the nubs sprouting sooner than usual. The first signs of hostas are one of my favorite garden sights. It is always exciting to see those clusters of spear points pushing upward.
Beth
Mine here were in the second week in April.
Oh man, My first ones don't even start to poke their noses up until the very end of April.....It feels like an eternity
Mine have been coming up daily for about a week. It's a beautiful thing!
Thank you everyone, for your response.
I'm growing so anxious!
In response to largosmom, the temps this week have been 60°-66° in the highs and 45°-50° in the lows, with light rain.
Hopefully, it's been cold enough.
Will keep my eyes peeled and fingers crossed!
Thank you again,
Loulou
Your temps are warm enough for the hostas to grow. That is about the same temperatures we have when mine start to grow, so I bet this is the time for yours to grow.
Laura
I got some of the older more established ones that are early risers trying to break it now in central Mo.
Still no sign.......not yet....
Just an empty patch covered in mulch.
Could it have been ravaged by pests over winter?
:(
The plant might be very late because it is developing a root system. I say maybe. It is a guess since you put it out in the fall.
My earliest ones are just beginning to break out now although Plantiginea is about 2-3" high but no sign of most of them. Hang in there.
I've been out peeking at mine, any day now on the pots which now look a bit root bound, including Plantaginea. I'll be watching the weather pretty close and doing some transplanting the first warm weekend. I'm amazed at how many roots Plantaginea put out in one growing season, I got it as a trade last spring, and it was a one-eye hosta. It'll be going into a pot with lots of room to grow. If this keeps up I may need to go buy more large pots.
Laura
Oh stop it will you. Do you have any idea how long Sandy, Kelly, Marie and I have to wait till ours will poke up? ;-(
Please just promise you will show us some pics to get us through!
Sandy
I brought my potted hosta up onto the sun room yeasterday. We are going to be gone this weekend and I heat the place up because the cat has to stay out there while we are gone. There are a lot of nubs at the top of the soil level so I should have hosta leafs maybe by St Patricks Day. I also have have a Northern Exposure and two Touch of Class out there I bought last fall as replacements for the two patriots and Striptease setting I took out because of Virus X last summer. I hope they will get a jump start on the seadon as well.
I'm so glad to hear Some people are having hostas come up, but I'm with Ann,,,as we have a couple months yet, at least 1 1/2 months anyway, but also agree with Sandy, we need our hosta poking through fix,,,,We NEED pictures!!! We just got another I'm guessing 6-8 inches of the white stuff so now we'll be even longer.
Kelly
It would be so nice for someone to refresh our memories of that day when the first tender nibs begin pushing up, reaching for the sky. Some are bright green, others almost black, and still others look like the swirl on mixed chocolate and vanilla cone at the Dairy Queen. With the weather like it is today, it's hard to think that we'll ever get to see it for ourselves.
I can try and take some pictures and post em, but I'm going to feel like I'm rubbing it in. Mine are greening up and feel really bad for ya'll up there in the freezer.
No, no, no! All you lovely southern hosta people, don't hesitate to post. Please. I want to see those DQ swirls!
Sandy
We need to see green, please give us a hosta fix! :)
Are we pathetic or what? Don't make us go looking for last years pics of emerging hostas, just to get a fix. We want to see em fresh.
Here are some from last year for you:
The first one was Sagae. This one is Kabitan.
These I have no idea on the variety.
Again, no idea, but the muscari are cute! I planted lots of these last year.
Maybe H. Golden Tiara
Do your daffys bloom at the same time as the hostas are shooting?
You did need some blooms too, right?
Tulip 'Lady Jane' with some pansies.
Laura......now that's what I'm talking about! And thanks for the inclusion of some spring blooms. The Lady Jane with pansies looks so good I can almost smell the sunshine.
Have a little snail bait with your plantiganea!
If you are looking for spring color though here it is. Hope that this cheers everyone up. You'll be here within a month!
Nice!
One more, H. 'Lemon Lime' under my little Japanese Maple 'Crimson Queen'
Or here's Magnolia 'Galaxy'. She's the first thing to bloom here in the spring and comes just before the tulips.
Everything else is just new growth on the hydrangeas, japanese maples, clematis etc.
Beautiful combo of the lemon lime against the japanese maple. You're quite a bit ahead of us there in Virginia. Must be more southernly. :-)
Laura,
Wow, that Kabitan is brilliant, isn't it... I don't have that one. I especially liked how you framed those trio of daffys.
Doss,
"have some slug bait with your plantaginea" guffaw, choke, splutter, hahahahahahaha.
Your garden is so beautiful, I think I would have palpitations each time I looked out my window.
Sandy
Krossa Regal, late riser... less than two months to go according to last year's photo date!
