Discover how to use hostas to prevent weeds, with professional tips for why hostas make great ground cover plants, and how to ...

Almost everyone in Georgia can identify a hosta in the spring and summer. These prized perennial plants are beloved for their size, colors and tolerance of shade in the garden. Though they send up ...

Dear Master Gardener: I bought a Hosta and on the tag it says it’s lutescent. What does that mean? Answer: Hostas with chartreuse, yellow, or gold coloring can be lutescent or viridescent. Those that ...

In pocketed garden plots dotting five hilly acres, leafy clumps of decorative plants poke through new mulch. Deep green Pacific Sunrise hostas, with leaves rimmed in neon hues, grow in one section of ...

Who doesn’t love hostas? This herbaceous perennial with its lush foliage is versatile, adaptable, requires little maintenance and is a favorite of every shade gardener. But this native of Asia, also ...

HOSTAS ARE GREAT plants for a moist, shady location. These long-lived, amazingly hardy (-35 degrees) natives of Japan and China come in a mind-boggling array of sizes, shapes and colors. There are ...

Hostas are one of the most popular perennials in the United States. Hostas are one of the most popular perennials in the United States. Jackie Froemming of Brainerd explains why they are such a great ...

A British gardener says one humble shade plant, tucked in during a mild spell this February, can turn bare borders into a sweep of green. Which hosta, and how? Many British gardeners look at their ...

MAYNARDVILLE — Around the corner of Brian White's eclectic Maynardville cottage, past billowing purple coneflowers, White's personal hosta garden grows beneath shade canopies he erected to give the ...

Q. I have tried pulling the weeds out of my hostas, but they break off. Any solutions for removing weeds without losing my hostas? — S.W., Springfield, Mo. Answer by Master Gardener Mark Bernskoetter ...