Here’s when to tidy up your hostas in the garden. Best of all, hostas are low-maintenance plants that anyone can grow. For most of the season, you won’t have to do much to keep them looking good. They ...

Almost everyone in Georgia can identify a hosta in the spring and summer. These prized perennial plants are beloved for their size, colors and tolerance of shade in the garden. Though they send up ...

Prune hostas just before a killing frost in your zone for best results. Fall pruning keeps beds tidy, deters pests, and directs energy to spring growth. If missed, let foliage die back naturally and ...

Perhaps no plant brightens a shady area more than hosta, said University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein. The hardy perennial that thrives in shade is low-maintenance and easy to ...

With the rising popularity of naturalistic landscapes, many gardeners are choosing to leave the foliage on perennials to provide visual interest through the winter. Overwintering plant foliage can ...

Hostas (Hosta spp.), prized for their lush foliage and ability to brighten up a shady garden, are a plant you may want to consider adding to your landscape this fall. Although spring is another ...

One of the many things I love about spring is the reemergence of my favorite perennials. It is so satisfying to see them come back fresh, blemish free and often twice the size of the previous year.

Add hostas to the list of plants you may have your yard that serve double duty as both edible and ornamental. The entire plant can be eaten — from the young shoots that emerge from the ground in early ...