Hostas prefer shady locations with well-draining, slightly acidic soil and require regular watering for best growth. Plant ...

Add big-foliage energy to your shady corners with colorful, easy-growing hosta varieties for garden beds and container plantings. Hostas consistently rank in the top three best-selling perennials in ...

Anyone can grow a hosta, but the most eye-catching ones need the right spot to reach their full potential.

Answer: Blue hostas need to be in shadier areas in order to retain their blue color. They do best in locations where they receive filtered or dappled sunlight for most of the day. If they do receive ...

Hostas have been popular in gardens for decades because they’re reliable, unfussy perennials that come in every size from tiny to 8 feet across! Their colors range from chartreuse to deep blue to ...

A large container of leafy hostas makes a welcome addition to any patio or other seating area. Alternatively if you learn how to grow hostas in the ground their heart-shaped leaves will add structure, ...

The star of many a shade garden, hostas are adored for their diverse leaves not their blooms. "Most people grow them strictly for the foliage," said Michael Laico, president of the Greater Carolinas ...

Hosta is a perennial foliage plant so well-known and widely planted that many gardeners take it for granted. There are over 3000 named varieties, all of them easy to grow and very trouble-free. They ...

As a lover of hosta, I was curious to find out what the 2025 hosta of the year was. Not only does the American Hosta Growers Association have a yearly winner, so does Proven Winners — a well known ...

There is a grand lady who has been gracing my garden the past couple of years, in fact I would say she is definitely Miss America. You know ‘The Garden Guy’ is having fun, as I am talking about ...

Hosta is a popular plant in the shade garden due to its versatility. This genus of plants includes species and hybrids adapted to the colder areas of the United States, like Minnesota (USDA Hardiness ...

Many who love hostas know about Shady Oaks Nursery in Waseca, Minn. As seemingly everything does, that nursery has changed. It has become a wholesale-only nursery and the owners have turned the retail ...