Hosta species
H. Clausa A low-growing species (up to 8 inches high) that spreads extensively by stolons. This hosta has dark green leaves. The flowers never fully open. The species is seldom seen but the variety normalis is commonly grown.
Hosta 'White Feather'
The amazing white leaved Hosta 'White Feather' (originally featured in PLANTS Volume 6 Issue 3 (Issue 23) was a big hit on Anne and Roger Bowden Hostas display at the 2002 Chelsea Flower Show but I first spotted this at the ...
Hosta (Hosta)
These natives, mostly to prairies (some in woods) of China, Japan, and Korea, have been grown in America for over 150 years. Currently, there are over 6,000 cultivars, of which 500 are distinct and garden-worthy.
Hosta ‘Snowden'
Hostas, despite being prone to the ravages of slugs, are some of the most popular foliage plants. There are hundreds of hybrids to choose from, many bred in the USA where hostas are as popular as they are here.
Hosta montana
Oba-giboshi, Plantain Lily, Funkia
These are the most dramatic and versatile of all foliage herb perennials. Their leaves are green to yellow to blue-green in color and range from finger-length to large frisbee in size.
Hosta -- Planting
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Most hostas thrive in full shade, though a few can tolerate more sun, especially those with yellowish foliage. Blue and blue-green hostas should be planted in full shade.
Hosta 'Halcyon' AGM: Heart-shaped, grey-blue leaves on a plant to 20cm (8in), lavender-grey flowers.
Hosta 'Sum and Substance' AGM: Very large and dramatic golden leaves up to 1.2m (4ft) long, white flowers.
Hosta hybrids
Hostas come in a virtual wardrobe of shapes, textures, and colors. Depending on variety, their leaves may be heart-shaped, round, oval, or lance-shaped; glossy or dull; smooth or quilted; blue, green, or yellow.
Hosta undulata var. 'Albo-marginata' Hosta, 'Albo-marginata'
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Hosta sieboldiana var. elegans is the classic big blue plant, growing 2 to 2 ½ feet tall by 4 feet wide. Blue-grey leaves are puckered. Lilac flowers, which emerge in midsummer, are rarely higher than the leaves.
HOSTA--PLANTING
Most hostas thrive in full shade, though a few can tolerate more sun, especially those with yellowish foliage. Blue and blue-green hostas should be planted in full shade. Variegated plants can tolerate partial shade.
Hosta 'Ginko Craig'
Hosta
I'm not a real fan of hostas, but this one is pretty tolerable. It has thin, elongated leaves with white borders and bears deep lilac-colored flowers in summer.
Hosta 'June' (Plantain lily)
Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of Christine DuRoss
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Hosta
( Argentea Variegata Hosta )
This cultivar has twisted, lance-shaped to narrowly oval, mid-green leaves; they are thin and wavy-margined, with white or light yellow markings.
Hosta with all it's variety of colors and leaf shapes draws one close to the earth and increases wonder and appreciation for all of nature.
Hosta Colors for Dry Shade
Hostas seem tropical and exotic, but they are hard-working perennials that come back year after year with little maintenance. They come in a variety of colors, from yellow to blue to purple, and can… ...
Hostas perform best in a fertile garden soil that doesn't stay too wet during the winter, but they are remarkably tolerant of less than perfect conditions.
Common name: Hosta, Plantain Lily, Funkiay
Design Characteristics
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Hosta
June 9, 1999
The Hosta, or Plantain Lily, is a very useful long lived perennial for the shade garden.
Hosta Hybrids
'Sum & Substance' has large, glossy chartreuse leaves so thick that they resist slug damage. Best color is achieved in sun. Grows 30 inches tall by 60 inches wide. Blooms white.
Hostas 101
Cultivation: prefer rich, moist, well-drained soil, but very tolerant of various soil types, humidity and hot and cold temperature extremes
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Hosta 'Sieboldiana'
Hostas are grown mainly for their attractive, often striking, foliage that grows in mounds of overlapping leaves, all of which originate from a single basal tuft.
Hostas are among the most popular of shade loving plants. There are legions of Hosta lovers and groups. And rightfully so. Along with their shade loving nature, there are hundreds of varieties to choose from.
Hosta 'Maui Buttercups' is one of the best yellow hostas on the market! The bright, rounded leaves are deeply cupped, corrugated, and have a thick, leathery substance that demonstrates good slug resistance.
Hosta gracillima 'Sugar Plum Fairy' was developed for market right here on Puget Sound, at the Briggs Nursery in Olympia, Washington, & introduced to gardeners in 1987.
Keeping slugs and snails off your hostas
One way to keep slugs and snails off your hostas is to grow them in containers.
Put gravel around the base of the container and another layer around the plants.
Hosta
Hosta is an easy-to-grow, long-lived, shade-loving perennial that is prized for its colorful leaves. Other common names are plantain lily and funkia.
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Hosta species
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Sow outdoors in a cold frame or other protected location, immediately when ripe, or anytime from October to February, just covered; keep moist.
Hosta Plant Profile
Hostas are popular shade perennials because of their lovely form, foliage and colors. See how to care for hostas, use them in the garden and select popular choices.
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Hostas, also known as plantain lily, are moisture-loving and shade-tolerant perennial plants grown from. More
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Color in the Shade
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Tough, evergreen and tolerant of the deepest shade, Tiarellas are finding a home next to Hostas in many a garden. Ever since my romance with plants began 25 years ago, I have been driven to collect and breed hardy plants with gorgeous leaves.
Japanese painted ferns light up the shade with colorful foliage that combines well with other shade tolerant plants such as hostas, dicentras and epimediums.
'Evergold' is a superb companion plant to hostas, and, like the hostas is somewhat tolerant of neglect. This plant is superb for potting whilst also making a fantastic ground cover.
As far as placement in the garden goes, they are wonderful companions to hostas, hellebores, erythroniums and woodland lillies. These all share the same cultural requirements, which makes group plantings that much easier to maintain.
Impact: It has been found several times in U.S. nurseries, usually in hosta plants imported from Europe (the roots of Inula britannica look very similar to hosta roots). So far it has not become established in the wild.
After a couple of weeks sun loving plants may be moved to full sun, while others from fresh and shaded spots in nature (woodland plants such as Hosta, Jeffersonia, Polygonatum, as well as many Primroses from Asia) shall always be in a shaded spot as ...
The plant lacks the luxurious effect of many ferns and is therefore a good form to use as a contrast to them, or perhaps as a foil to the rugged amplitude of large hostas.
The happy return to popularity of hardy ferns which can be grown in an otherwise difficult and almost uninhabitable shady garden corner where they can make such wonderful foils to hostas and other broad-leaved neighbours, ...
Goes well with: Sorbus 'Joseph Rock' Chaenomeles x superba 'Pink Lady' Viburnum plicatum 'Pink Beauty' Philadelphus 'Virginal' Hosta 'Blue Wedgewood'
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Clematis armandii
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A Seiju elm bonsai on display with a shitakusa of miniature hosta and a hanging scroll.
'Mood Indigo' is a hybrid involving Agapanthus inapertus, so it also is winter deciduous. Like many of the Hostas this Agapanthus will come back stronger with more stalks after going dormant.
The name day lily is occasionally used for the Oriental plantain lily genus (Hosta) because it too has short-lived flowers.
Hosta
Iris sibirica - ensata
Kniphofia - The Red Hot Poker
Ligularia. Happy at water's edge so damp conditions no problem.
Lobelia cardinalis types. Have photographed these, year after year in boggy conditions.
Lysimachia nummularia.
The common name is somewhat deceiving because asparagus fern is not a fern at all, it merely resembles a fern. In fact, asparagus fern is a member of the Liliaceae, or Lily family, which includes plants such as amaryllis, daylilies, hosta, ...
Outdoors as a perennial, plant alongside cannas, interspersed with ferns and hostas, or near a water feature. Use as a house plant in zones where the ground freezes.
 See also: Green, May, Rose, Pink, Hemerocallis
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