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The hostas are hardy and of the easiest culture. Their dense stools or clumps of foliage are in place along walks or drives and in the angles against buildings. A continuous row along a walk gives a strong and pleasing character. Make the soil rich and deep. The clumps improve with age. The large-leaved kinds grow vigorously in moist, shady places. Of some varieties the leaves are strikingly variegated. They bloom in summer. Foliage is killed by frost. Propagation is by dividing the clumps; some species produce seeds freely, and seedlings can be grown readily if seed is sown as soon as ripe. | The hostas are hardy and of the easiest culture. Their dense stools or clumps of foliage are in place along walks or drives and in the angles against buildings. A continuous row along a walk gives a strong and pleasing character. Make the soil rich and deep. The clumps improve with age. The large-leaved kinds grow vigorously in moist, shady places. Of some varieties the leaves are strikingly variegated. They bloom in summer. Foliage is killed by frost. Propagation is by dividing the clumps; some species produce seeds freely, and seedlings can be grown readily if seed is sown as soon as ripe. | ||
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+ | H. aoki, with "large glaucous-green lvs." is advertised. It has been offered in this country from European sources, and is said to be apparently identical with Hoata sieboldiana, except in time of blooming.—H. aurea, Hort., variegated forms of various species.— H. elata, Hort., "bears tall scapes of pale blue fls."—H. gigantia, Hort., has "long spikes of blue Ms."—H. variegata, Hort.=variegated forms of various species, usually of H. caerulea or H. lancifolia.—H. viridis-marginata, Hort., is probably a form of H. caerulea. | ||
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Read about Hosta in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
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Origin: | ✈ | ? |
Exposure: | ☼ | ?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property. |
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Water: | ◍ | ?"?" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property. |
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Species
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- Hosta albofarinosa
- Hosta capitata
- Hosta cathayana
- Hosta clausa
- Hosta fluctuans
- Hosta gracillima
- Hosta hypoleuca
- Hosta ibukiensis
- Hosta jonesii
- Hosta kikutii
- Hosta kiyosumiensis
- Hosta longipes
- Hosta longissima
- Hosta minor
- Hosta montana
- Hosta nakaiana
- Hosta nigrescens
- Hosta plantaginea
- Hosta pulchella
- Hosta pycnophylla
- Hosta rectifolia
- Hosta rupifraga
- Hosta shikokiana
- Hosta siberiana
- Hosta sieboldiana
- Hosta sieboldii
- Hosta tardiva
- Hosta tibae
- Hosta tortifrons
- Hosta tsushimensis
- Hosta ventricosa
- Hosta venusta
- Hosta yingeri
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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