Plant Hosta Minuteman near other shade loving plants such asCoral Bells, ferns,astilbe, andbleeding heart Hostas are very popular perennials. They are very versatile and their foliage really stands out in a shade garden. Give Hosta Minuteman the right light and water it when the weather is real...
Plants green, glabrous. Rhizome 1.5--2 cm thick, stout. Petiole 20--40 cm; leaf blade ovate-cordate, -orbicular, or ovate, 14--25 × 8--16 cm, glabrous, veins in 6--10 pairs, base cordate, margin slightly undulate, apex abruptly acute. Scape 40--80 cm. Raceme several to more...
Hosta experts tell me it is the biggest specimen they have ever seen at 52″ wide. 6/7/2019 . All the way at the bottom of the yard where it is actually consistently moist are our Production Beds where we grow shade plants to sell at Carolyn’s Shade Gardens. Pictured are ‘Old ...
This online catalogue will be updated regularly to indicate when plants sell out or are in short supply. In most cases, the mini/little hostas are in 3.5-4.5″ wide pots, and the bigger hostas are in 6-8″ wide pots. Please read the pickup and order information carefully. Pickup Detail...
Little did I know that the plants that I tried to destroy as a kid would become my lifelong addiction. Finally in the fall of 1997, I was able to bring my addiction full circle by spending a month trekking around Korea, observing Hosta in their native habitat....
Hosta ‘Guacamole’ Hosta ‘Guacamole’ was named the 2002 Hosta of the Year, and it definitely is near the top of the list of hostas with the most fragrant flowers. Guacamole produces large, trumpet-shaped, pale lavender flowers and leaves with chartreuse centers and darker green margins. I...
Many years ago, I learned all about growing hosta from the late great plantsman, Allen Haskell, who ran a fabulous nursery in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Allen taught me that gardens in the shade don’t have to be dull or boring. They can actually be rat
hosta: Any of various perennial plants of the genus Hosta, native to East Asia and widely cultivated for their attractive shade-tolerant foliage and tall racemes of white, blue, or lilac flowers.
Before I get to the plants, however, I want to explain something that took me a while to figure out. Larger leaf hostas do not look like themselves in a nursery pot because they take one to two years to mature and reach their full size and coloration. Immature plants will have different...