Moonlight: A pale yellow hosta edged in a triple layer of deep green, medium green and white, this hosta is another that really comes to life after the sun sets, when its leaves cast an eerie glow ...

Hostas with white margins tend to burn in sun, and those with white centers always do. There are more than 1,500 varieties to choose among.

Blue leafed hostas need shade while those that are predominantly gold, yellow or white will tolerate more light. They prefer slightly acid soil with plenty of organic matter.

The fragrant plantain lily (H. plantaginea) is often grown for its quilted leaves and sweet-scented white flowers in late summer. Fragrant hosta hybrids have also become more available. How to use it.

Hostas are a very low-maintenance perennial that you can grow in the shade. They require well-draining soil, but only need minimal fertilizing. Make sure to be patient when growing these plants ...

Minnesota Hosta Society‘s Kathy Heram arrived at Kim Sogaard’s Mankato home Friday to drop off refreshments for participants in a member’s bus tour of gardens.

But hostas are about a lot more than size. The leaves come in green, blue, chartreuse and yellow, and variegated hostas can mix all of those colors, along with white.

Native ferns, creamy woodland peonies, white Solomon’s seal, and yellow silphium mingle among the hostas, which self-propagate abundantly. A few paths, edged with granite and carpeted in moss and pine ...

Only one species, Hosta plantaginia, can boast of distinctly perfumed flowers and, unlike all of the others whose flowers are open around the clock, its four inch long, white bells, open in the ...

For a large hosta with variegated foliage, choose ‘Dream Weaver.’ Although not as large as some of the truly giant varieties, ...