Hostas are a mainstay in shade gardens. They are easy to grow, drought tolerant once established and multiply rapidly, so you'll have additional plants for your own garden or to share with friends.

Anyone who has visited my garden knows you have to hunt to find a hosta. So when the Minnesota Hosta Society asked to tour my garden June 30, my puzzled response was, “Whatever for?” “We don’t live in ...

Like every gardener, that's been my reaction to the girth of hostas that began beefing up in March and now are practically the size of bushel baskets. The only hosta in my garden that is just ...

It's easy to see why, from a slug's point of view, hostas are top of the menu. Their succulent, ribbed, fleshy leaves seem to have "salad" written all over them. Even in the mid- to late-summer garden ...