Type - Perennial

Sun – Shade, partial shade

Water – Water when soil begins to dry

Hostas are a popular garden perennial that don’t require much sun and are easy to care for. They come in a variety of blue and greens as well as small leaf and large leaf. Variegated hostas need some sun to bring out their white highlights. Hostas are good candidates for containers. They are a clump forming plant that grows flowers on long stalks. Being a perennial they die off after a hard freeze and come back in the spring. They need 6 weeks of temperatures below 42 degrees to reset their growth cycle. Hostas are not fussy about soil as long as it is well drained and can withstand dry conditions but not a prolonged drought. Once the plant gets too big for its britches it may be divided to make more plants.