Container gardening changes what hostas need to stay healthy. Understanding how conditions differ in pots helps keep those ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hosta with purple flower spikes growing in a concrete container - Artem Stepanov/Getty Images Hostas (Hosta spp.), with 22 species ...

While hostas can be planted in any season, planting hostas in spring or fall gives them time to establish roots. Here's how and when to plant them in your shade garden.

Hosta plants, otherwise known as Hosta plantaginea, are a hardy perennial that love to be in shady spots where other plants struggle to thrive. There are lots of different varieties of hosta plant and ...

Hostas benefit from division every few years to keep them healthy and reach their full potential. Here's which time of year ...

A patch of multiple hosta sprouts coming out of the soil - kmarina/Shutterstock If you have a bare shady patch in your yard and a tight budget, have you considered growing hostas from seed? Although ...

Q: My Empress Wu hosta has seed pods on the flower stems (see reader's photo). I would like to plant some of the seeds just to see if I can get them to germinate. I realize that the Empress Wu is most ...

Hostas (Hosta spp.), with 22 species and more than 2,000 cultivars, are popular with gardeners who need a long-lived herbaceous perennial that thrives in shady spots. Foliage variations in color and ...