Hostas Brighten Shade
Hostas, likewise known equally Plantain Lilies, are part- shade-loving plants that are grown for their beautiful leaves rather than their flowers. 
Fall is the ideal fourth dimension to split in addition to constitute to a greater extent than inward your garden. After excavation a clump of roots alongside a shovel or trowel, soak the root ball long plenty to clit apart the multiple plants that conduct maintain developed in addition to cash inward one's chips entwined. There is a video at https://bit.ly/2Po4sYm that illustrates how.
Hosta varieties conduct maintain leaves from 6-inches to 6-feet across in addition to foliage colors from blueish to gold. Mail monastic enjoin plants commonly instruct inward in 4-inch pots in addition to tin accept a few years to mature to their amount size. Hosta roots create non grow during the wintertime similar other perennials then they should travel divided in addition to planted soon.
Gold foliage varieties: Midas Touch in addition to Good equally Gold. Blue foliage Hostas: Blue Heaven, Blue Angel in addition to H. sieboldiana Elegans. There are likewise to a greater extent than or less varieties alongside regal flowers in addition to cream tipped leaves,
All Hostas are vulnerable to deer, snail in addition to slug damage. They withdraw regular H2O to hold off their best exactly their roots volition deteriorate if they stand upwards inward water. An application of mulch volition save wet in addition to trim weeding. Usually Hostas are planted alongside ferns, Astilbe, Columbine, Oxalis, Coral Bells, etc.
Tulsa Hosta Connection’s annual Hosta sale is Sat, September xv from nine am to two pm. at the Tulsa Garden Center, 2435 South Peoria. Publicist Carol Puckett said gild members split Hostas in addition to other perennial plants from their gardens in addition to position them into containers for the sale. The cost for named Hostas hit from $5 to $8 in addition to un-named Hostas tin travel equally depression equally $2 to $4 each.
Hostas are native to Japan, Korea, Red People's Republic of China in addition to Russia. They are inward the Asparagaceae family, along alongside other familiar plants such equally Agave, Asparagus, Chionodoxa, Hyacinth in addition to Scilla. They were named inward 1812 for the Dr. in addition to botanist, Dr. Nicholas Thomas Host.