I need to thin out my front of my house decorative plants...how do I do it?

Lining the outside front of my home and the steps leading up to my front door we have mulch incased with decorative bricks. In the mulch I have a lot of hostas, daffidill plants and some other type of plant. The problem is that my hostas are OUT OF CONTROL. They are freaking ginormous! They are overgrowing my steps and other plants. My mulch area looks way too busy because of my hostas. I think I need to thin them out, but how do I do it? Any other suggestions?

I need to thin out my front of my house decorative plants...how do I do it?
You should split your hostas. I have to do that from time to time (usually every 3 years). It is best to split hostas in the spring when the emerging foliage is about an inch tall.



Take a spade and split the plant in half. Center the half that you keep in its present location and move the other half to another part of your yard. Make sure you keep them well watered at this time to mitigate the shock on the plant. Hope this helps and good luck!
Reply:The fall or early spring is the best time to do this. Using a pitchfork or shovel, you can easily reduce the size of your plants. Just dig right down the middle and remove half and remove one section with the roots. The part remaining will be smaller and your neighbours would probabley be grateful to receceive the sections that you have pulled out to plant in their gardens.

If you really want to thin things out, then remove some of the plants and share them with other gardeners. Since they range dramatically in size, try removing the larger ones and see if that offers you the desired effect you are looking for. If you pull out too many, you can always replant them.

Keep in mind things will look a little rough when you first do this, but don't be alarmed, come spring everything will grow back beautifully.
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Reply:Get rid of them. The front of your home should look inviting. The only thing Hostas are good for is if you have a very very wet patch in your garden as they need plenty of water. Dig them up and replace with miniture evergreens that will look good all year round. In the summer you can plant bedding out plants for colour and put bulbs in for spring. Every shrub in my front and back garden are evergreen all different shades of green and yellow most of which flower, they look great. And the best thing they don't drop many leaves so no mess. Check it out at your local garden centre or on the web you can get some great plants. Happy gardening