Most gardeners choose hostas not for their flowers but for their foliage, a tidy tuft of leaves that lasts all season.

It's easy to understand how so many people can fall in love with hosta plants. Not only do they provide lush foliage in gardens, but they are also easy to care for. This makes them a preferred, ...

If you're looking for shady bed alternatives to traditional hostas, consider this striking plant with deep purple blooms and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A hosta flowering in a garden. - Jon Rehg/Getty Images Known for their elegantly textured leaves, shade-loving hostas (Hostaceae) ...

Shade gardeners have a wonderful ally for creating a dynamic garden when they use Hostas as the basic "foundation" for their garden plan. Hostas originally came from Japan, China, and Korea. They were ...

Native to Turkey and the Caucasus, Siberian bugloss (Brunnera macrophylla) emerges in spring with dark green, heart-shaped leaves and blue flowers in April and May. This low-mounding shade perennial ...

What day lilies are to the sunny perennial garden, hostas are to the shade garden, with their adaptability, few maintenance requirements, long life and neat, symmetrical mounds of leaves with varying ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shady woodland garden with primroses. - Aimintang/Getty Images If you have a woodland garden with shady spots, creating an ...

Hosta is a perennial foliage plant so well-known and widely planted that many gardeners take it for granted. There are over 3000 named varieties, all of them easy to grow and very trouble-free. They ...

Gerke said she names her gardens to help remember where the various hostas are located. Gerke is the president of Rochester's Shades of Green Hosta Society, so it makes sense that ...

Grow this easy-care, lush plant in a shady garden. Hostas prefer shady locations with well-draining, slightly acidic soil and require regular watering for best growth. Plant hostas in spring after the ...