How to Landscape: Ideas with Hosta Perennials

Indigenous to Asia, hostas were introduced to Europe in the late 18th century and arrived in the U.S. in the late 19th century. Hostas are available in more than 2,500 varieties, growing a few inches high to several feet high, and spreading just a few inches to as much as several feet wide. Grown primarily for their foliage, hostas show a wide range of leaf colors, from deep green to blue-green to golden-green, including variegated specimens.

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Instructions

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  Choose a spot to feature hostas in your landscape that is in full to partial shade. Hostas prefer morning sun and protection from the sun during the afternoon hours.
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  Plant shorter varieties of hosts as borders in perennial bed or in front of shade-loving shrubs.
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  Create a hosta-only garden bed in a shady corner of your yard. Choose taller varieties for the background and plant successively shorter varieties toward the front. Include a few unusually colored hostas as featured plants.
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  Line a partially sunny walkway with golden hostas, as they tolerate more sun than those with greenish or blue-green leaves.
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  Interplant cultivated hosta varieties among the plants and trees growing in a natural woodland garden. Hostas are right at home in the rich soil and dappled shade of a woodland setting.

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