Hosta flower sizes range from about an inch long to more than 6 inches, from white to deep purple. Because hostas are shade tolerant, gardeners tend to plant them around trees. But take care.

Hostas that line the maple trees, as photographed last summer at the Potempa farm, have never been plagued by hungry deer foraging for food, despite the plants' inviting aroma.

Hostas thrive in total shade to nearly full sun which makes them ideal for planting under trees. I like to plant Hostas in a ring around a tree. It's much better for the tree than mounding mulch ...

Visually, crepe myrtles and hostas would make a lovely pair. Whether they're growing as large trees or smaller bushes, crepe myrtles offer your yard a pop of color with their clusters of blooms ...

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Use hostas as understory plants below trees or with taller shrubs. Line a pathway or driveway or nestle them in with other shade-loving perennials in a garden.

Dear Roger: Will hostas grow under scrub oaks and pine trees? I need something for a year-round ground cover. Will hostas live in sandy, dry soil?- Shady lady in Fayetteville Dear Shady lady: Hosta… ...

The garden has hostas of several sizes, from huge mounding, in-ground plants to tiny, 4-inch ones in pots. They can be found in the border beds along the backyard fence, around the pond, in the ...

How to protect trees, shrubs and perennials for winter Even hardy varieties can suffer injury during certain winters, if Mother Nature deals the wrong hand.

Lakowske does have one caveat about placing a hosta under a shade tree: “Don’t put them under maple trees. It’s tempting to do. They’ll slowly decline because the maple tree has such a ...

Hostas are not usually admired for their flowers. Yet, because these old-fashioned, dependable perennials bloom under trees, their trumpet-shaped flowers take the blue ribbon as the flowering ...

Hosta fanciers tend to mix them with other shade tolerant plants like Virginia bluebells, anemone, ferns and woodland primrose. “Plus, as you get older, hostas don’t require all that much work.