How to Grow and Care for Hosta Flower
If you are searching for low maintenance, perennial plant for your garden, Hosta is a good option. Many animals love this plant-like deer, snails, butterflies, and bees.
Hosta is popular for its foliages and perfect for a shady garden. The beautifully shaped leaves attract attention, and they are found in different heights and fragrant flowers. The Hosta plant is perennial and blooms mostly in summer.
Young Hosta leaves are edible. They are called Urui in Japan. The leaves are commonly boiled or fried or even ate raw.
Things To Know About Hosta
- Botanical name: Hosta spp.
- Flower colors: Blue, purple, pink, white, lavender
- Soil required: Moist soil.
- Sunlight suitable: Shade
- Bloom season: Summer
- Height/spread: Miniature Hosta of 4- inches and giant Hosta plant up to 6 feet wide.
When to Plant?
When planting the new plant in your garden, do it in the spring season. The climate and soil are perfect in spring for Hosta planting.
If you wish to divide or transplant the Hosta plant, do it in early spring. The Hosta plant requires shade. The soil is best to the moist and not wet.
The Hosta gives beautiful flowers in summer, having a sweet fragrance that attracts snails, deer, rabbit, and butterflies.
How to Plant?
For quick flowering Hosta plant, buy the dormant Hosta plant from the nursery. Buy the pot in the spring season for a healthy plant.
Make the soil on the ground loose and dig a pit a bit larger than the pot size. Now put the plant along with the crown and roots. Make sure the plant is buried in the ground at the same level as it was in the pot. Sprinkle some water and make the soil moist.
Mix compost in the soil to add the nutrient to the plant. Keep the soil moist and not wet. Plant the Hosta in the shade. You will soon notice the plant growing and flowering.
Care Tips
The Hosta plant is deer-attracting, so if you live in a place where seers visit the garden often, protect the plant and be aware. Rabbits and snails also attack the plant. So keep an eye to protect it from the animals.
Hosta plant being shade-loving, make sure it is not in direct sunlight. Also, maintain the soil moist. Not let water collect at the roots of the Hosta plant.
To promote the growth of Hosta plant, add a well-balanced amount of fertilizer to the plant. You can place mulch around the plant to maintain the moisture of the soil.
Keep the surrounding clean. Remove the brown leaves to avoid any disease or slugs. It is better to transplant or divide the plant in spring when new leaves start growing.
Yes. You can eat the young leaves of the Hosta plant. They are commonly boiled or fried. You can eat them raw. Their flavor is similar to lettuce and asparagus.
No. Deer, as well as humans, love the flowers of Hosta. It is better to guard the plant against the deer. Even Rabbits, snails, bees also love them. This is because the leaves are edible.
No. You will need to transplant the Hosta plant for other plants. It is advised to transplant the plant in spring.
