| Black vine weevil adults chew irregular notches on the edges of hosta leaves. |
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| Some gardeners swear that coffee grounds will even keep slugs away from ultra-vulnerable hosta plants. |
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| This three-toed box turtle was wandering through the backyard and took shelter under a big hosta when I arrived with the camera. |
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| All fragrant hosta flowers are hybridized from Hosta plantaginea, which has 6-inch long, beautiful, white fragrant flowers. |
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| Plants like hosta, fern, sweet woodruff and columbine feel more at easy in the shadow. |
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| Inter-planting with quickly-growing leafy ground covers such as hosta, leadwort, ferns and heuchera can be the answer. |
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| The maplelike leaves on this three-to-four-foot perennial contrast handsomely with hosta foliage. |
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| Although the plants bear tall spikes of white or lavender flowers in midsummer, hosta are planted primarily for the season-long show of their striking foliage. |
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| For a bit of added interest and color, plant a few bright colored impatiens mixed with English ivy to trail over the edges of your hosta containers. |
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| Wild geranium, hosta and coneflower are just a few that will do well near a black walnut tree. |
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| Bright gold Japanese forest grass with 'Blue Panda' corydalis and a chartreuse and blue hosta. |
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| Then they added lush beds of astilbe, bear's breech, hellebore, and hosta. |
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| They were called funkias decades ago but in 1905 the name was changed to Hosta. |
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| I'm going for Astilbe, Hosta, Iris and Primula, with a small acer to add dappled shade. |
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| Blue Hosta 'Halcyon' adds contrasting color, and Japanese maple and variegated fatshedera give a sense of volume. |
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| Buddleia, Ceanothus, Cotoneaster, Hosta, Holly, Lavetera, Honeysuckle, Daffodils, Philadelphus, Potentilla, Rhododendron, Skimmia, Spiraea, Viburnum. |
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