Hostas aren't hard to grow, but mistakes like bad watering practices and accidentally triggering pests and resource ...

Hostas are known for their lush foliage and easy care, but do hostas spread more than you’d like? Learn how to manage hosta growth while avoiding common planting and maintenance mistakes.

As beautiful as hostas are, there's one unexpected spot in your garden you should avoid planting them if you want to avoid faded, weak leaves.

Hosta plants are popular in Midwest yards because most are easy-to-grow and low maintenance. The plants also live for many years. All hostas need is enough water and the right amount of light.

For a large hosta with variegated foliage, choose ‘Dream Weaver.’ Although not as large as some of the truly giant varieties, it will grow about 30 inches (0.8 m) tall and five feet (1.5 m) wide.

Dan Cummings, a master gardener volunteer who lives in Pewaukee, has one each of more than 500 named cultivars along with an additional 800 to 1,000 other hostas in his garden. Some of the plants ...

Bill Starlng/Press-Register The hosta cultivar Royal Standard is proving to be the most reliable hosta for the Gulf Coast climate. Local wholesale nurseryman Bobby Green thought I'd been too hard ...

americanhostasociety.org ) 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 ...

Another of his hosta varieties, named "Runt," is a dwarf hosta with long, curly leaves. His rarest development is a gold-edged form of the Candy Dish hosta he calls "Golden Dish." "I grew it from ...

When hosta shoots are about this size, before the leaves have unfurled, you can harvest them for cooking. (Photo: pearlphoto/Shutterstock) It may seem odd to eat these shoots, but in Japan it's a ...

Q: We had a rather strong line of storms go through our area accompanied by nickel-sized hail for about 20 minutes or so. Most plants survived surprisingly well, although there were lots of leaf ...

Diane McGee stands among hosta plants in her shade garden Monday, July 27, 2015 in Flower Mound, Texas. (G.J. McCarthy/The Dallas Morning News) Photos by G.J. McCarthy - The Dallas Morning News ...