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[baymule]

And #7 Bay, just to meet your landscape criteria, Hostas are edible!

Pick and toss in salad? Stir fry? Roll them up with wacky tabakky?
Just what recipe do you use?

 

[baymule]

Bay they are so easly. PM your address and I will start you off with them.

Done. Ya'll got me wanting these!

 

[thistlebloom]

Pick and toss in salad? Stir fry? Roll them up with wacky tabakky?
Just what recipe do you use?

I don't eat them. You're on your own there sistuh!

 

[baymule]

OK, got my address PM'd to @Nyboy. Now I need some education on these pretty edible plants that @thistlebloom doesn't eat! Shade only or partial sun? Morning sun, then shady afternoon? Keep damp, dry, or swamp?

 

[thistlebloom]

I can't tell you how to grow them in Texas, Bay, but since you have such a prolonged hot season, you should most definitely keep them in all day shade. Maybe a little filtered sun in the morning but full shade in the afternoons. Keep the soil moist and mulched for the best results.
They are tough plants, for all their pretty looks, and the clumps expand nicely. They never need to be divided no matter how large they get, but if you want to share, or make more clumps then it's certainly an option.
There are probably certain varieties that will grow better than others in your climate, but somebody else will know more about that than I do.

 

[canesisters]

I've got some blue I can share if you'd like.
And just ordered some of these :

I can't WAIT to get these babies in amongst the blues!

 

[Carol Dee]

I've got some blue I can share if you'd like.
And just ordered some of these :
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I can't WAIT to get these babies in amongst the blues!

WOW those are really cool!

 

[Smart Red]

I am just a beginner. I have only 35 varieties in my hosta bed. I have seen one variety that was 9 feet tall with huge leaves. (haven't ordered it yet) My smallest is Blue Mouse Ears, a wee miniature hosta.

@canesisters, is that White Feather hosta?

I find it hard to believe anyone hasn't heard of hostas, but then I live in the woods and shade loving plants are my weakness.

 

[ninnymary]

Smart Red, with 35 varieties of hostas, I wouldn't call you a beginner. I only have 2 varieties for a total of 5. They are all in pots. For some reason that's the only way I can grow them.

I never knew there was a white hosta.

Mary

 

[Smart Red]

White Feather hosta is only white when it first comes up. In about a month it will turn plain green. Still it is an interesting variety.

I just picked out three new-to-me varieties. Red October is one I've wanted for a long time. I also ordered Flemish Sky and Fire Island.