It was quite a score to bring home a batch of decorative hostas to add to my gardens. I had to do the work and dig them up, with help from my Hubby of course, but I didn’t mind because I love transplanting flowers.

Transplanting is one of the easiest ways to add floral variety to your garden, without breaking the bank!

I separated the two large hostas at the roots and was able to divide it into 10 plants! After I had the newbies snug in their new homes, I went to put away the bin that I brought them home in and I noticed what looked like a clump of weeds. I picked it up and saw that there were two tiny hostas tangled in with the weeds. They were too small for direct planting in the ground like the other hostas, which were a lot older. So, I decided to let them spend some time in water and have an opportunity to develop stronger roots before I planted them.

I let them stay in cups, on the window sill for about 6 weeks. The only thing did was eyeball it to make sure that the water stayed at a certain level in the cup and if the water started to appear murky, I changed it altogether. From here, it was a waiting watching game, with the sun and hostas doing the rest of the work on their own.

A few weeks later and their root systems look pretty beefy and I’m a lot more confident with putting them in the ground now that thy are more developed. I was a little bummed though, because as I started to get them prepped for transplanting, it started to rain and I didn’t get to spend as much time capturing photos as I normally would.

Thinking how nice it would be for them to get a nice shower after I planted them and with only a few minutes to get them in ground before the clouds opened up, the mad dash was on. I find a good spot for them in my Backyard Oasis and dig two holes deep enough so that the roots can live below ground and the base of the leaves sit just atop the surface of the dirt (about 3-4 inches deep).

I add water before I insert the babies into their new homes. This will help to ensure that their roots stay moist until they can “take” to the ground. Then, collapse the dirt in around them from all sides. I gently pressed them down and added more dirt to make it level. It might sound crazy that I watered them even though it was getting ready to storm, but I didn’t know how much it was going to rain and if it would be enough to soak down into the ground and make a nice moist environment for the newly transplanted hostas.

I take a step back and smile, feeling good that they were able to be saved and now they’ll thrive, instead of being thrown away with the weeds.

It was just then that a few more raindrops hit down on my shoulders and I hurried up and high tailed it into the house before the full pour started.