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Variegated Hosta Mix
Hosta
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$15.99
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$15.99
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3-9
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Description
Hostas are shade lovers grown mostly for their beautiful foliage, and they're probably the very best plants for groundcover under trees in most parts of the U.S. Its simple: they're delighted to grow in shady spots where your grass will not. (They are super hardy in cold areas, but are somewhat difficult as far south as the Gulf Coast.)
Any gardener who lives in the huge area where Hostas are popular knows them. Now with over 1000 named cultivars, there are Hosta collectors everywhere. Just choose your favorites from the small, medium, and large sizes, and an endless choice of leaf designs. The plants, members of the lily family, are native to Korea, China and Japan, and gardeners there have used them for centuries for landscaping. The craze for Hostas is more recent in the U.S. And why not? They offer an endless variety of their wonderful fountain mound shape of handsome foliage--in lush shades of green, bluish-green, yellowish green, and all sorts of variegated types. Nothing is easier to grow; in fact, most gardeners simply ignore them, and they form their beautiful round shapes all by themselves, year after year.
Propagation is simple, too: If you've never divided a Hosta, let me tell you how simple and successful it can be. I once volunteered to help a friend divide three or four large, old Hosta clumps into smaller plants to line a shady walk. We began by digging them up, and then split the big fleshy root masses with a hatchet. Underground, Hostas are much like Daylilies, with fleshy, heavy masses of thick rootstocks. Once, we had the old clumps chopped into 8 or 10 equal-size pieces each, we simply dug a trench on both sides of the shady walk, and buried the pieces spaced evenly apart. They looked fine on through that summer, and the very next spring, each one was up, healthy, and already formed into a perfect circle! So don't think if you divide yours, you'll disturb that wonderful round fountain shape. They just recover and create a new whorled circle wherever you put the divided pieces. Today, that walk is edged with large, lush circles of Hosta foliage all season long.
The Flowers Yes, Hostas do flower, and some cultivars have quite beautiful blooms, mostly purplish, blue or white, on tall lily-like stems above the foliage. Hosta purists often nip off the flower stalks before they can bloom, preferring to throw all the growth into the all-important foliage of the plants.
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Overall rating: 4.133333 / 5 from 15 reviews.
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Not successful
"These plants arrived as bare root. I had not planted bare root before but followed instructions on the packaging. Unfortunately, none of the 3 plants grew. I had also purchased a few small hostas from a local nursery. They are alive and healthy. I'm not sure what happened to the bare root plants I purchased. I also purchased a combo of ferns from American Meadows at the same time and only had about 50/50 success. I don't think I would try the bare root option again."
Doing well under adverse conditions
"I bought these for a shaded garden around a window well where nothing had thrived before. We had a hard winter and I wasn't sure they'd live, but to my delight they did. Colorado has had very violent summer weather, but they are still thriving despite the multiple hail punctures in the leaves. I've had hostas before in a somewhat milder environment, and they were incredibly hardy. Hoping these guys continue the trend."
Slow to emerge but now very healthy!
"Love being in the dirt!"
Yes
"The Hostas are growing very well."
They have all lived and are doing fine. I would buy again.
"Love them."
Undecided
"Disappointed in th variety. . . . only 3 varieties out of 6 in assortment. All did come up 2 are doing well, 3 are struggling & 1 died within a few weeks of sprouting."
Great value!
"When the shipment first arrived, I was somewhat surprised -- I was expecting actual plants. What arrived were roots to be planted. I followed the instructions, and sure enough, the plants began to emerge within a few days. Very pleased with the results!"
Yes I would by again. Two out of three are still here.
"I've always wanted to grow hostas and we are by the coast and some shade. I knew they'd work out well here. I ordered a group of three hostas and it was nice that there was a variety sent. However, a little disappointed that one did not make it."
Not enough variety/variegation
"The plants are healthy, happy, and growing great (albeit small). Unfortunately I didn't get the variety I was expecting in two packages, and two out of six plants were not variegated at all."
Nice to have
"I love hostas and I really wanted more to accompany my large shade garden I was starting. They came in root form which the product description described so no surprise there. I pre planted them in small/med sized pots because just not comfortable putting bare root in the ground at this point. All of them sprouted except for one but the root was not really normal (?). So I ended up splitting on that was larger and potted that one. Once they sprouted and matured in the pot I put them in the ground. The rabbits were so happy to have a buffet spread! All of them got ravaged by the spring bunnies (I got a remedy for that) so hopefully next year they will have an opportunity to really grow and blossom. They did blossom this year but it was so pitiful. I do think I planted on too deep because the blossom was extremely short and the bottom of the leaves looked cramped."