Hosta - Plantain Lily
Garden Plants

• Hardy perennial

• Flowers June to August

Hostas or plantain lilies are a group of large leaved foliage plants that have been bred into hundreds of different varieties. Their habit is of a mound-forming plant with densely stacked over-lapping leaves. Trumpet shaped flowers in pink or white are borne on flower spikes from 12 to 24 inches tall, usually in mid summer.

Hostas can be grown as ground cover or as a part of a mixed herbaceous border, they look particularly good near water adding an air of lushness wherever they are grown. They like moist fertile soil and protection from wind, those large leaves are vulnerable to wind damage and also to being dried out easily. They tend to prefer shade or partial shade, the only exceptions being the yellow-leaved varieties that color up better in full sun, if they don't have sun, they will grow as a mid-shade of green instead. Hostas are good in heavy clay soils.

Mulching the plants well in spring helps to enrich the soil around them and also to conserve moisture, both of which are important. Propagation is by division in spring or autumn, they can be grown from seed, though the results are very variable, if you want guaranteed quality plants, then buy named varieties instead. Hostas are always susceptible to damage from slugs and snails. If this is a continuous problem, then growing in containers raised from the ground on feet smeared with Vaseline and/or ash will help keep the molluscs away.

Hosta T-Rex £ 12.99	Hosta Sum and Substance £ 18.99	Hosta sieboldiana var. elegans £ 18.99
Hosta sieboldiana var. elegans £ 44.99	Hosta Regal Splendor £ 8.99	Hosta Purple Heart £ 11.99
Hosta Prince of Wales £ 8.99	Hosta Praying Hands £ 8.99	Hosta Patriot £ 8.99
Hosta Orange Marmalade £ 9.99	Hosta Francee (fortunei) £ 18.99	Hosta fortunei var. albopicta £ 9.99
Hosta First Frost £ 11.99	Hosta Fire and Ice £ 9.99	Hosta Empress Wu (PBR) £ 11.99
Hosta Devon Green £ 8.99	Hosta collection £ 29.9	Hosta Collection £ 12.99
Hosta Collection £ 9.99	Hosta Blue Mouse Ears £ 8.99	Hosta (Tardiana Group) June £ 12.99
Hosta (Tardiana Group) Halcyon £ 9.99	Hosta 'Wide Brim' £ 24.99	Hosta 'Sum and Substance' £ 39.99
Hosta 'So Sweet' £ 19.99	Hosta 'Patriot' £ 24.99	Hosta 'Minuteman' £ 39.99
Hosta 'Guacamole' £ 24.99	Hosta 'Great Expectations' £ 24.99	Hosta 'Giant Leaved Mix' £ 9.99
Hosta 'Frances Williams' £ 9.99	Hosta 'Francee' £ 44.99	Hosta 'Fragrant Blue' £ 24.99
Hosta 'Blue Mouse Ears' £ 19.99	Hosta 'Blue Angel' £ 19.99