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Hostesses are the main dishes of the shade garden

 Find the best hosts for your garden



Hostesses shade garden classic. These easy-to-grow perennials come in a variety of colors, sizes, and shapes, but how do you choose the best host? We can help!


Excellent Hosta growing conditions


Zones 3 to 8 are tolerant of unwanted and cold, and hosts are best when grown in well-drained soil and partial shade, although some exceptions do not tolerate too much sun. Make sure the hosts get 1 inch of water per week by shower or hose to get the best-looking greenery without the sharp edges. Two inches of organic mulch, like small bark chips, can help retain water but should be kept a few inches away from the crown to prevent rotting.


The Hosta foliage is beautiful


Although the hosts bloom from late spring to late summer with pale lavender or white flowers, the foliage is their main attraction with blue, gold, or green leaves and multi-colored leaves.


At your leisure backyard retreat, try pairing the Cool Blue Hosta with burgundy coral beads (Heuchera hybrids). Or replace the blue Hosta with chartreuse for eye-catching results. The colorful leaves are vibrant, but the leaf shape and size are also a plus. Most hosts have heart-shaped or rounded leaves, but you can also find some that are very narrow, others cup-shaped and others with wavy edges. So even hosts of the same color keep the garden lively. You may notice that the younger hosts are a little different than the "big ones". For example, a young '‘Halcyon' has spear-shaped leaves, but in a few years, they will be heart-shaped.


Big Hosta or Small Hosta?


Hostesses come in large quantities to help with any shady garden environment. Huge genres like ‘sum and object’ stop people from saying, “Damn!” They make a great backdrop for small plants or a beautiful model. Medium to small hosts creates a beautiful edge on borders and paths, while miniature hosts, like the 'Blue Mouse Years', attract attention in a container. To choose all these types, where do you start? Start with a great host. Hundreds are available, and most are good choices. But the ones you can see below are solid artists and the best hosts we consider our favorites!


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‘Amount and Item’ Hosta


This large Hosta can hold its own, even with shade-garden shrubs such as the Bigleaf Hydrangeas (Hydrangea Arborescens). The leaves with deep veins start light green and turn into sartruz and turn golden yellow when the weather warms. The more the morning sun can give your ‘sum and substance’, the brighter the gold will be. In shady gardens, the leaves are evergreen.


Hosta tip


Slow-growing large hosts such as 'Sum and Material' may take 5 years or more to reach maturity. Light lavender blooms in late summer 2 to 4 hours Shade size 30 inches Height 5 to 6 feet wide


'June' Hosta



You will never get bored with this cute Hosta. In spring, the leaf centers are short-stemmed, then turn creamy yellow in summer. You will get the best color by growing ‘June’ in the morning sun and afternoon shade. The center of the full shade will be shorts and the blue edges will fade.


Hosta tip


Snails seem to pass by hosts like June with thick leaves and look for dinner somewhere else. Flowering white in mid-summer 4 to 5 hours Shade size 15 inches high 30 inches wide.


‘Halcyon’ Hosta



'Halcyon' is one of the best blue hosts you can grow. The heart-shaped leaves have prominent veins that form a simply sophisticated Hosta from stem to apex.


Hosta tip


Rub the blue Hosta leaf with your thumb and forefinger to make some of the blues disappear - this is called a "bloom". This wax coating washes off with heavy rain or burns in high heat, leaving a green leaf. However, next year the leaves will be blue again. That’s why blue hosts need more shade than green or gold.

Flowering white in mid-summer 4 to 5 hours Shade size 15 inches high 2 feet wide

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