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

Filling your shade garden with healthy hostas doesn't have to break the bank. You can grow your own from seed using this method.

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.

Hosta plants come in such a variety that the choices are only limited by your pocketbook. The size, foliage color and leaf shape offer so many opportunities to fill out ...

) 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 cultivars. We’ve come a long ...

First Blush: It's known as a red hosta, but gardeners shouldn’t expect a bright red hosta, Janowski said. First Blush gets about 12 inches high and about 24 inches in diameter and does best with ...

Others he will hybridize from seed. He said you can try this yourself, as hosta seeds, if formed, germinate easily. This year, Solberg has introduced 15 new varieties.

Q: In years past I have waited to harvest hosta and Siberian iris seed until after the pods have opened. How do you recommend saving them? -- Annette Wade, email A: There are lots of easy-to ...

Bob Clark didn't know what a hosta was until his wife brought two of the plants home. Thirty years later, the Clio resident grows, cross-pollinates and sells thousands of hosta varieties to ...

Brian White knows hostas. He's been growing and selling them for 20 years, and has even propagated and named 10 new varieties of the plants.