Propagating my Favorite Perennial, the Hosta
Hostas are perennials. Hostas are my favorite type of perennial, because they are showy, large, beautiful and very hardy plants. I also love hostas because they can be propagated easily. I propagate hostas anytime of the spring, summer or fall, and always have success doing so. I’m always amazed at how many people do not know how hardy these plants are. The hosta comes in over 300 varieties. There are small, medium and large sizes. Hostas come in many different colors and styles. There are light green, dark green, green blue hostas. Also there are solid colors and variegated colors of many types. You will see by the picture in this blog that I have a variegated variety at the base of the water feature. The outside edge of the beautiful leaves are white while the center of the leaves are dark green. That would be my most favorite hosta variety. Find the style or styles of hostas you like, plant and enjoy their beauty. Remember these plants are shade plants which prefer shade most of the day. The leaves of a hosta plant tend to burn in the direct sunlight.

Instead of going to the nursery and purchasing new hosta plants and spending plenty of money that you don‘t need to. I always take a piece or chunk of another existing hosta in my yard. Sometimes, I will cut the hosta in half and dig up one half and replanted in another area of my garden or yard. Sometimes I will use a large knife or machete to cut the plant as if I were cutting a piece out of a pie. I then will replant the smaller piece of the hosta in my new section of garden. This is a great way of propagating the hostas because the hosta plant will quickly fill in where I took out the small piece and within a few weeks you will not be able to tell where the plant was cut. No need to do anything special with the plants, just water and they will take root. If you want to ensure they are going to do well, some fertilizer would help also.

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