
Big Leaves, Big Personality—Hostas Are the Superstars of the Shade!
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Types
Once you start exploring hostas, you’ll find they get rather addictive! From 4-inch miniature hostas to 6-foot-wide giant hostas, there’s a hosta variety to fit any situation from large borders to tiny rock gardens. Here are just a few:
- H. fotunei ‘Aureo Marginata’: Deep-green oval leaves accented by a golden edge.
- H. x ‘Blue Cadet’: A small hosta with heart-shaped, bluish leaves. It makes for a nice edging plant. In mid-summer it blooms with mauve-blue flowers.
- For sunnier spots, select plants from the Hosta plantaginea group. These plants also tend to have fragrant flowers in late summer. ‘August Moon’, ‘Honeybells’, and ‘Sum and Substance’ are a few of the varieties in this category.
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I have had beautiful hostas up until this spring, we had very dry winter and up until 2 2 weeks ago a very dry spring and warmer than usual. They are so slow at coming back. Usually by this time they are up and the ones I have planted around my tree are just pushing through. When is the best time to fertilize them?
Thank you for detailed information. It was very helpful.
My hostas were doing splendidly until very recently. They are all turning yellow and the leaves are falling off the plants. We have had a lot of spiders this summer and I wondered if it was spider damage.
I was having a large ongoing problem with slugs and snails. Then one day last year I noticed a small frog on my Hosta leaves. Then later on I noticed a small garter snake sunning himself on the Hosta leaves. As a result I have noticed a vast reduction of slugs and snails!
You can put egg shells on the soil. Slugs don't like them.
Thank you. I will definitely try this.
Thank you. This article was very helpful.
Contact : Americanhostasociety.org
They know best. Great website. Ask them anything.
During the summer my large leaf hostas get leaf burn around the edges they are not in heavy sun on the north side of a building possibly get a little when the sun is fully overhead what should I do about the burn
Unless I missed it, you didn't state what to do about slugs. I have a bunch of hostas every year and every year they get eaten up by slugs. What is the remedy to stop slugs?
Thanks, Phil