What started as a post-retirement job turned into a full-fledged business that drew hosta enthusiasts from around the state ...

Once you are done planting all of your hostas, Martha says to mulch around each plant for a tidy garden bed. Enjoy watching your hostas thrive and spread throughout your garden with age.

Jun. 24—Minnesota Hosta Society's Kathy Heram arrived at Kim Sogaard's Mankato home Friday to drop off refreshments for participants in a member's bus tour of gardens. Before heading home to ...

It’s a Hosta Takeover! On a wooded Orono plot, a “hosta-holic” nurtures her habit. By Virginia M. Wright Photos by Kelsey Kobik From our July 2023 issue ...

If you are working with a large hosta bed it may be more efficient to rake out dead leaves. Do this after the final frost but before new leaves form so you don't damage tender, young foliage.

While perusing through the rummage sale ads in the Action Advertiser (our local shopper that sadly no longer exists), I came ...

Nearly 15 years ago, Jan Harvey was tending the extensive shade garden behind her Menomonie home when she discovered a tiny streaked leaf at the edge of one of her hosta beds. Struck by its unique ...

Kathy Pedersen was in awe of the hosta gardens cultivated by Hideko Gowen, a hybridizer and grower in Excelsior. About three decades ago, Pedersen was working at the Gowens' perennial greenhouses ...

Do Hostas have a chance? If not, what does?" - Carter. Answer: I agree with the landscaper. If you plant Hostas, in that teeny little bed under your Japanese maple, it's gonna be Hosta-la-vista, baby.

Hostas are a gardener's go-to plant for the shade garden with good reason: they are hardy, perennial, foliage plants easy to establish and maintain—but they aren't evergreen. Leaves die back ...