Hostas

By Tonya Barnett

Low-maintenance hostas don’t require much, but fertilizer is a good idea for several reasons. Learn the best way to fertilize hostas and how it can help plants.

By Mary H. Dyer

Brighten up your shade garden with these 18 colorful hosta varieties, plus a few extras we couldn't resist throwing in, too.

By Bonnie L. Grant

Go big or go home. Plant these giant hosta varieties to have the biggest garden on the block.

By Mary Ellen Ellis

Are hostas edible? Amazingly, they are not only edible but highly nutritious. But they are poisonous to pets, so be sure to follow directions carefully.

By Bonnie L. Grant

Preparing hostas for winter partly depends on your climate and, if you don’t worry about hungry mollusks and voles, it might be fine to let the foliage stay in place.

By Amy Grant

Hostas have become extremely popular in the last few years, with good reason. Gardeners love hostas for their colorful foliage, versatility, toughness, easy growth, and ability to thrive without bright sunlight. They also have many companions. Learn more here.

By Mary H. Dyer

Hostas are most often considered shade plants. It’s true that most hosta plants should grow in a partial shade or dappled sun area to keep leaves from burning, but there are now many sun loving hostas available for the garden. Learn more about them in this article.

By Becca Badgett

Have you ever thought about growing hosta indoors? Typically, hostas are grown outdoors, either in the ground or in containers. However, just because growing hosta as an indoor plant isn't the norm, that doesn't mean it can't be done. Learn more here.

By Mary H. Dyer

Do hosta plants have flowers? Yes, they do. But hosta plants are known for their gorgeous overlapping leaves, not for flowers. Click this article for information about flowers on hosta plants and if you should let hosta grow flowers in the first place.

By Teo Spengler

Hostas are relatively trouble-free, but they can be affected by various diseases just like any other plant. Learn more about a few of the most common hosta plant diseases and treatments in this article. Click here for more information.

By Mary H. Dyer

Dividing hosta plants is an easy way to maintain their size and shape, to propagate new plants for other areas of the garden, and to remove dead portions of the plant and to make it look nicer. Dividing is easy, once you know how to do it. This article will help.

By Mary Ellen Ellis

Pests can attack hostage foliage and make it ragged. And come winter, the foliage of these perennials wilt and die back. These are the times to sanitize your pruners and get to cutting back hosta plants. Click here for information on how to prune hostas.

By Teo Spengler

Hostas tend to grow large, but if your space is limited, growing the adorable mouse-ear hosta may be for you. If you want to know how to grow mouse-ear hosta in the garden, here?s what you need to know.

By Mary Ellen Ellis

By Mary H. Dyer