| This three-toed box turtle was wandering through the backyard and took shelter under a big hosta when I arrived with the camera. |
| Some gardeners swear that coffee grounds will even keep slugs away from ultra-vulnerable hosta plants. |
| Plants like hosta, fern, sweet woodruff and columbine feel more at easy in the shadow. |
| Black vine weevil adults chew irregular notches on the edges of hosta leaves. |
| All fragrant hosta flowers are hybridized from Hosta plantaginea, which has 6-inch long, beautiful, white fragrant flowers. |
| Inter-planting with quickly-growing leafy ground covers such as hosta, leadwort, ferns and heuchera can be the answer. |
