When planted with the right companions, their large, vibrant leaves can somehow become even more of a showstopper.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A variety of hostas growing in a garden bed - Ludmila Kapustkina/Shutterstock You probably know that hostas are the ideal plant ...

Hostas are one of the most universally beloved foliage plants. Thanks to their versatility, they pair well with numerous ...

TINO CARNEVALE: If you've got a shady spot in the garden, then these may be the plants for you. They are hostas, and they're grown for their beautiful, lush foliage, with deep venation. They come in ...

Some plants ease their way into your heart and before you know it, you're suddenly collecting cultivars like they're stamps or baseball cards. If you have a woodland garden filled with hosta species, ...

) has registered about 5,000 hosta varieties, although hybridizer Mark Zilis, author of two books on these plants, estimates there may be as many as 8,000 identified cultivars. We’ve come a long way ...

Add hostas to the list of plants you may have your yard that serve double duty as both edible and ornamental. The entire plant can be eaten — from the young shoots that emerge from the ground in early ...

MAYNARDVILLE — Around the corner of Brian White's eclectic Maynardville cottage, past billowing purple coneflowers, White's personal hosta garden grows beneath shade canopies he erected to give the ...

Q: A friend gave me some starts of hosta last year, and where I planted them, this lovely surprise came up early this spring. I did not plant this so I’m guessing this came as a bonus with the hostas ...