I love my Hostas! These plants are an easy no-fuss type of plant and that works real well for me! I definitely recommend them, especially if you are a no-fuss in the garden type, like I am. I don't spend hours working the garden, I want instant gratification most of the time and little fuss, you know? I like plants that almost take care of themselves. And, this is one of them!
There was a time I'd spend hours on end in my back yard gardening and such, but now I find I like to spend more time enjoying it, rather than working it! I learned along the way to choose more plants and flowers that require less of me, but still give me something I can enjoy.
One of my favorite no-fuss plants are Hostas, because for one they are a perennial (comes back every year) and they really are an easy care plant. And, I also think they are beautiful, plus they just get better and bigger every year! They are ideal for the low maintenance gardener like myself!
These plants are very easy to divide and replant around your garden. They are a shade loving plant, but mine get ample sun and still do well. Hostas can be planted in the ground or in pots. They make a nice potted plant too, either big or small. Whether planting in the Spring, Summer or Fall, these plants will be ones to enjoy, and to look forward to the next year and those to follow!
Hostas flower late in the summer with tall shoots and trumpet-like flowers on the top, mine are white and purple. The flowers change the look, they can be left alone or trimming them works well if you like, and you can use those cuttings as arrangements indoors, although trimming them is not necessary.
My Hostas were looking like this a few days ago.
By winter they look like a dead plant, but not to worry, they will be back next year! I get excited when I see them popping through the ground, because I know they are going to be beautiful in no time at all!
Early in the spring they start popping up through the ground.
Within just days they come in fast.
This is a good time to divide them, but you can divide them almost anytime once they emerge.
In no time they fill out nicely. I like that they get bigger every year. I was given these three Hosta plants from a neighbor years ago who divided some of her Hosta plants. I have divided these and used them on the other side of our deck, and in another planting bed. And, I took some of the divides to Indiana years ago to share with my Mom, back when she still lived there. These serve as a nice base plant and I can fill in around them with annuals, either in the ground or in pots.
These Hostas are on the other side of the deck which I mentioned, and were divides from the original three plants given to me by my neighbor. I don't have to fuss with these at all and they look this beautiful! I love that!
And, I love my beautiful Hostas!...
