Neff's hosta garden, which includes about 125 varieties shaded by large shade trees, will be featured in this year's WesterFlora garden tour for the first time. "My gardening style is anything but ...

Bob Clark didn't know what a hosta was until his wife brought two of the plants home. Thirty years later, the Clio resident grows, cross-pollinates and sells thousands of hosta varieties to ...

Hosta varieties are available with foliage in various shades of greens, yellows, blue and even white (White Feather). Although touted as shade lovers, sunlight requirements vary widely among the ...

After four years of attempting to trace hosta ancestry through DNA fingerprinting, Dave Koetje has come to a conclusion: “Hostas are weird,” he says.Since 2002 Koetje, a Calvin College biology ...

) has registered about 5,000 hosta varieties, although hybridizer Mark Zilis, author of two books on these plants, estimates there may be as many as 8,000 identified cultivars. We’ve come a long ...

When she talks about Fried Bananas, Spilt Milk, Guacamole and Pineapple Upside-down Cake it sounds more like Fran Haupt is cooking than gardening. But those are the names of hostas that the Cape ...

Related: 21 Hosta Varieties With Beautiful Foliage and Blooms. The Right Amount of Sunlight. For hostas, too much or too little sunlight can affect the quality of the plant.

Fragrant hosta sweet-smelling treat. Sep 10, 2005. Hosta plantaginea ...

WASECA, Minn. - Gordy Oslund is a botanical version of Mr. Goodwrench. He raises plants that do well in problem growing areas, particularly areas that are sun-deprived. Most of the ...