Hosta Garden Tips

Having a hosta garden can be very rewarding and a beautiful sight to watch as it matures year after year.  Hosta plants can take awhile to reach full maturity, so it is a garden that will take patients to maintain and watch as it grows.  However, many hostas are very hardy plants and come in a large variety of sizes, shapes, and colors.  Some bloom flowers as well.  With so many choices there is a wide range of options when beginning a hosta garden and a creativity that is available with this unique plant.

Hosta Gardening Plants

 

Many of the hostas do prefer shade however there are some that can thrive in both sun and shade, so depending on your climate and the area that you plan to grow them in you do have a few options when it comes to which hostas to plant.  Since, most do prefer shade; their watering needs are minimal as long as the soil stays moist at all times, but not soggy by any means.  Also, using a very nutrient rich soil that is comprised of organic materials is best as well.

Hosta plants can be grown under trees and other larger bushes and even along perimeters.  They work well together also.  So mixing the plants together say with giant hostas and dwarfs hostas does work.  You always want to make sure you leave enough room when it comes to the giant hostas though.  They can grow as tall as six feet in height and width and if they bloom flowers these can be as tall as three feet tall.  Planting the smaller dwarf and miniature hostas underneath the giant hostas will add depth to your garden.  Even the thumbnail hostas, these have leaves the size of a thumbnail, work well because they are smaller and can be planted so that their a subtle color change and variations by placing hostas together to create patterns.

Furthermore, many breeds of hostas are hybrids.  These can still be fertile and can again be further hybridized.  Hostas are actually very easy to hybridize, but it will still take quite some time to see the mature results.  Hybridization goes along with allowing the plant pods to mature and grow properly so that fertile seeds are produced.  Creating hybrids is a common practice with hostas because of the many unique characteristics that already exist within these plants and then being able to create further hostas that match a garden or that develop particular color variations.  Blending the colors can actually add additional colors to your garden and create color that you did not even know were possible especially, when it comes to two toned breeds that have a stripe of color through the center or color around the edges. 

Hosta plants have a much larger array of color choices and designs compared to so many other plants that are out there.  With two tones leaves, large plants and extremely small ones, flowers that bloom in lavenders and whites, and plants that are shaped like hearts or round leaves you with an unlimited amount choices and styles.  Choosing carefully and planning ahead will mean you will an amazing garden that will get better and better year after year.

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