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 ...

Q: I have recently moved house and have acquired a small courtyard that doesn't get much sunshine. I have heard that hostas are well-suited to shade, so would like to grow some in pots to add color ...

'Planning my shady border now and have a few of these on the list,' said one gardener.

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 ...

What: Hosta “Krossa Regal” is a stately large hosta with a unique and distinctive upright mounding form. The rigid blue leaves have a wonderful architectural quality that makes it easy to add to the ...

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 ...

One of the many things I love about spring is the reemergence of my favorite perennials. It is so satisfying to see them come back fresh, blemish free and often twice the size of the previous year.

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 ...

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 ...