Hostas do not usually need dividing for their health. This is also a good time to move or transplant a hosta to a new site. Leave as much of the root attached as possible to each crown or plant. Plant the new hostas at the same soil level as they were previously.
Water well until established. Here are just a few:. I usually move and cover my hostas in the pots. If I move a pot against my house where it gets a little morning light in the winter will it survive? Zone is important but so is the microclimate and compass direction. If you are at altitude you might experience some more severe weather than lower areas.
South would be best, west, reasonable. Can you bring the pots indoors, say a dark basement, and give them some moisture through the deepest part of winter? But these are perennials so they have promise. I had a very large hosta trying to fall in the creek so I dug him up and divided him. I have the divisions in my greenhouse in pots waiting for next year to plant. Is this okay, or should I move them outside so they can have the effect of the winter weather?
Thank you! We would keep them in the greenhouse and check on them once in a while. I have grown Hostas for many years. After a few years, some plants seem to rise to the surface of the ground and the roots are just an inch or two in the ground. The leaves on these plants are very small. What may be the cause of this? Over a period of time, the crown may be too deeply set in the soil, what with mulch you may have applied. The general guidance is set the plants in a planting hole with the crown of the plant even with the surrounding soil and the growing tips visible at the soil surface.
Yes, hostas go dormant in our winter. The leaves fall off and the plant dies back. I am confused. Last year I took hosta blooms and seeds from the blooms black and planted them in the garden.
This Spring many plants came up and flowered. I read that you can't grow Hosta from seed. What did I do wrong or right? I live in Eastern PA.
For a long time the advice on growing hosta from seed had borne two caveats: 1 it can take a long time 2 to 3 years, according to some—but not all—reports and 2 seed propagation does not produce a plant identical to the parent. Division or tissue culture has long been the primary ways of propagating hosta but as you and a few others demonstrate, seeds will grow.
Sexual propagation is mostly limited to producing plants from seed resulting from selected crosses by hosta hybridizers. However, rarely does a good variegated hosta cultivar result from uncontrolled pollination. When seed has been produced, it can be directly planted or stored in a cool dry environment for a short term. This includes storage in a refrigerator, which allows storage for a longer amount of time.
However, hosta seed viability varies greatly. Seed are broadcast on a fine textured medium and kept moist and at o F in order to achieve good germination. When true leaves appear, light is needed. Both hybridizers and amateur gardeners alike must be diligent in culling out the unacceptable seedlings for planting. Congratulations on your success!
It is a shade-loving plant. In mid to late summer, it will have small bell-shaped flowers on a long stem, growing up from the middle of the plant. After it blooms, the leaves will turn brown. Hostas don't die in winter, but they go through a winter dieback also known as dormancy.
The leaves fall off, and the plant appears to have croaked, but it's really just conserving energy and waiting for temperatures to warm again. It will sprout again in the early spring. On day 1, the hosta sprouts were just coming through the soil. We were having a warm spring in Virginia, so it sprouted early this year. On day 2, the sprouts were growing taller. Don't blink, or they will have leaves unfurling! There were a few days of bad weather, and I didn't take pictures again until March On day 7, I started measuring the sprouts, and they were an average of 3.
There was a big growth spurt, probably due to the rain we'd been having. On the 8th day, the sprouts measured 4", and you can see some of the leaves starting to unfurl. On day 15, the hosta leaves were 7. I stopped measuring, except occasionally, until it finished growing. On day 25, I took a measurement, and it was at Day 28 was on April The longest leaves measured 12 inches. Is it finished? It seemed to be, but we'll see.
At day 35, the leaves were 14 inches long I'm sure some were longer , and the hosta spanned 2 feet wide. I think it was finished growing for this spring. I would love to have been able to set up a camera on a tripod to get the exact same view each day or to video the whole process. No matter how much I tried, I couldn't get the pictures exactly the same. Also, sometimes it was sunny, sometimes cloudy or rainy.
I usually took them at about the same time every day 3 pm. The video below shows what I would have liked to have done: a time lapse view from small sprouts to large leaves. Hostas grow long stems and have bell-like blooms. Mine are light purple, but the color will vary depending on the species.
I've seen them bloom as early as the first part of June, but mine doesn't start blooming until the end of June or early July. The following pictures were taken on July 4, After it blooms, the leaves will begin to turn yellow and die. It will be done for the year, but the following spring you will find those little sprouts, and you can watch it grow all over again.
I love the beautiful bell blooms, waving in the breeze. The video below shows how to plant a hosta in a container. Although most hostas are planted directly in the ground, you can pot them. The one I have is in a large pot. I just leave it outside all year and let nature take care of it. I may water it occasionally if the weather is dry.
I set it near the woods, in the shade, because it doesn't like too much sun. This year the deer ate my hosta plant! Sometimes this happens when you live in the woods. Mine started sprouting at the end of March, but it will depend on the area you live and and the weather that year.
It will sprout earlier and grow faster if it's a warm spring. I hope you've enjoyed your visit and have learned something, too. Question: Warm weather came early this spring, then a hard freeze bit off my hosta sprouts. Will the hosta sprouts come back? Answer: I think if you remove the dead buds, new buds will probably shoot up. I guess you will just have to wait and see.
Question: I have had 4 hostas in large planters for several years, each year coming back beautifully, except this year, one has only sprouted a few leaves and doesn't seem to be sprouting any more, as it's been over a couple weeks now. The others are growing normally. Any ideas? Answer: Are the 4 hostas in the same location? If the one that's not doing well is in a shady area, it may not grow as quickly as one in a sunny area. That's the only thing I can think of.
I would continue to keep an eye on it and see how it does. One started sprouting two to three weeks ago. However, the other has not started to sprout. Answer: I am in no way an expert on Hosta. However, if one has sprouted, I think the other won't be far behind. How about the location? If it's in a more shady area, it might take longer to sprout.
I am so excited to see what they will look like for this year. I used to look for information and not find what I was looking for but you have answered everything here. Thank-you from a fellow hosta lover. Your last paragraph in this post is the thing that has always gotten me about hostas.
They grow to a point during the summer and then they die back to the ground. Then the next summer they not only grow back as big as they were but they grow bigger! Hostas are amazing plants and I never get tired of them. Hi, Just wanted to thank you. I went through lots of websites to get answers about hostas plant. The images on this website what do hostas look like when they come out in spring worth a lot.
At least now I know how they look like when they emerge from soil Having said that. I still have some question. I noticed some roots on surface of soil. Decided to dig out the root. I covered the small roots which were out of soil. Did not see or can not recognize any shoots yet. Should I be concern about the worms or not seeing any shoots yet?
Thank you. Flo, you are very welcome. It depends on what they are and how many. I would wait a while and dig around the hostas to see if you have a lot of these in your soil. Heavy corrugation can also take a few years to show up. In general we have noticed that hostas start showing their true characteristics in their 3rd or 4th year. Our plants are grown in five different sized containers. See Chloe, P. Click here to see the different sizes we grow. As for how big the individual plants are, well, that's a tad harder to judge.
We try our best to ship 2 to 4 eyed plants for most hostas. Some of the slower and larger hostas are 1 eyed. Some plants are more vigorous than others and therefore can be larger.
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