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 ...

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 ...

It took me a long time to appreciate hostas. When I was a young gardener, I wanted bright flowers with lots of pizazz. Roses. Daffodils. Peonies. But over time I have come to appreciate the subtle ...

When building a hummingbird-friendly garden, you want plants blooming in both sun and shade. This plant, known for its ...

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 ...

One of my favorite projects so far has also been one of the easiest: a whimsical little fairy garden nestled in an old ...

) 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 ...

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 ...