If you want to add a bit of show-stopping splendor to a shaded flower bed that's just a little underwhelming at present, there's an outstanding hosta variety that you'll want to consider. It's known ...

Q: My Empress Wu hosta has seed pods on the flower stems (see reader's photo). I would like to plant some of the seeds just to see if I can get them to germinate. I realize that the Empress Wu is most ...

Q: I know that this is going to sound weird. Does color have anything to do with how attractive plants are to critters? I have a number of hostas in my yard including "Sum & Substance" (chartreuse) ...

I bought a start of the hosta Empress Wu a few years ago after I’d heard about it at the American Hosta Association convention in 2008, the year of its introduction. It was hyped to be the largest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Crepe myrtles in a landscaped space - Igaguri_1/Getty Images Visually, crepe myrtles and hostas would make a lovely pair. Whether ...

Etched Glass may just be the most beautiful hosta I have ever seen or grown. Not only do I find it mesmerizing, but as a horticulturist I find it intriguing to know that it comes from a lineage of ...

1 hour, 48 minutes ago by Janet B. Carson Special to the Democrat-Gazette Q: I know that this is going to sound weird. Does color have anything to do with how attractive plants are to critters? I have ...