Hostas - Eye Candy Shade Perennial
Hostas remain very popular. Not only an easy care, low maintenance perennial, but perfect in pots and planters. The shear variety of hosta sizes, leaf color and leaf shapes makes it easy to find just the right one to fit any landscaping design including rock, sun or shade gardens. Plant a fragrant hosta near borders, walkways or on porches, decks patios or on apartment balconies.
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Top Questions about Hostas
Hostas are one of the most popular perennials of all time. Here at Sunset Hosta Farm.com, we get a lot of questions about hostas. Following is a list of the ten top questions we are asked about hostas and their care. Number 2, How much sun can a hosta take? Are they sun tolerant?
Hosta! Calendar of Care.
One of the reasons that hostas continue to be so popular is the fact that they're a very low maintenance perennial. That being said, if you follow a few basic steps to care for them, you can keep your hostas looking healthy and beautiful throughout the season, whether they're snug in the ground or in pots.
Sun's Effect on Blue Hostas
What's the sun's effect on the blue-leafed hostas? Blue hostas require the most protection from the sun because the blue color is actually a waxy coating on the top and bottom sides of the leaves. Learn how you can keep that beautiful blue leaf color longer. Gardening tips fresh from the farm. SunsetHostaFarm.com
Learn to Multi-Sow Seeds!
Multi-sowing refers to sowing several seeds, usually four to ten seeds depending on what you're growing, in the same seed-starting cell and allowing them to mature into small clumps. Then, rather than thinning them or planting them out one plant per space, the entire clump is planted together.
Growing Hostas 101
Hostas (plantain lilies) are hardy herbaceous perennials that grow well in Zones 3 through 8, with some that can tolerate the heat of Zone 9. It's no surprise they continue to be one of the most popular perennials for shade gardens. Their beauty, toughness, and ease of care make them well suited for a shady or partly shady area and they will quickly become even a new gardener's favorite plant!
Hosta! Calendar of Care.
One of the reasons that hostas continue to be so popular is the fact that they're a very low maintenance perennial. That being said, if you follow a few basic steps to care for them, you can keep your hostas looking healthy and beautiful throughout the season, whether they're snug in the ground or in pots.
Epsom Salt for Hostas!
Since the real beauty of hostas lies in those gorgeous colorful leaves, it is only natural to seek out an organic soil amendment that will enhance leaf color and help the plant grow bushier and healthier. That's where Epsom Salt comes in. The idea of using Epsom Salt in the garden is not a new concept. It's been around for generations because it works.
Signs Your Hosta are Water Stressed
Hostas are well known as easy-care perennials. The fact that they come in such a variety of sizes, colors and leaf shapes is just one more reason why hostas remain one of the most popular perennials for shady and part sunny gardens. One of the most important ways, if not THE most important way, of keeping your hostas healthy and beautiful is simple -- water.
Sun's Effect on Blue Hosta Leaves
Blue hostas require the most protection from the sun because the blue color is actually a waxy coating on the top and or bottom side of the leaves. The leaves are actually a shade of green, but the waxy coating makes them appear those great shades of blue. Too much sun can cause the waxy coating on blue hosta leaves to melt off and expose the green leaf underneath. This is the reason it is recommended that blue hostas are planted in more shade than other hostas.
Hosta! Calendar of Care.
One of the reasons that hostas continue to be so popular is the fact that they're a very low maintenance perennial. That being said, if you follow a few basic steps to care for them, you can keep your hostas looking healthy and beautiful throughout the season, whether they're snug in the ground or in pots.
Comfrey - Homesteaders' Best Friend!
One of the most popular plants to grow in an organic vegetable garden is the Russian Variety of Comfrey specifically Bocking 14. This type of Comfrey is smaller than Common Comfrey, about two feet by two feet, and has sterile seeds so it's not invasive. Bocking 14 must be produced by root cuttings or crown divisions.