Care
Hosts are rather unpretentious plants. Nevertheless, if you want her to take root well, grow and develop, she needs to be looked after.
Watering. Hosts love moisture, so the plant should be watered regularly. The hosts respond especially well to evening showers. At the same time, do not allow waterlogging, as in a substrate that is too wet, the roots begin to rot.
Top dressing. Hybrid hosts should be fertilized 3 times per season, while it is desirable to alternate mineral and organic fertilizing
They need to be brought in in early spring, immediately after the snow melts, then during the flowering period and the last time after its end.
Loosening
It is very important to provide the plant with air flow to the roots, so special attention should be paid to loosening. Keep in mind - the shovel does not need to be buried too deep, otherwise you will damage the root system.
Fight against parasites
Perhaps the hosts are the only garden culture that never gets sick with anything.
But there is a pest for them - this is a slug, it feeds on young juicy leaves. To protect the plant from its attack, you can go for a little trick - to mulch the ground around the hosta with coniferous needles.
Preparing for winter. Preparation of hybrid plants for cold weather deserves special attention. Work should begin at the beginning of August - during this period, fertilizer is applied under the bush, it is not recommended to feed the plant later. Immediately after this, mulching is performed - it is designed to protect the roots from freezing. Some gardeners recommend trimming the leaf plates, but experts differ on this issue. Therefore, if you do not have sufficient experience, then it is better to refrain from such actions, so as not to harm the entire plant. Before the onset of frost, the hosts can be covered with agrofibre, roofing felt or natural material.
Use in landscape design
Due to its shade tolerance, the White Feather host is ideal for places where most ornamental plants will feel uncomfortable. It is impossible to imagine a composition in which their beautiful leaves would be out of place.
Hosta is able to show her best qualities in any corner of the garden, decorate borders and ridges, mixborders, plantings along the paths with beautiful wide leaves. Perfect for planting along the shore of a reservoir and for rocky gardens.
As an element of decor, the White Feather variety is especially popular with gardeners and landscape designers. The self-sufficiency of the White Feather hosts determines its use in solitary plantings. Also, the function will perfectly fit into the color palette of any other plants. An excellent option would be to combine it with flowering garden crops. For example, contrasting compositions of hosta leaves with blooming peonies, heucheras, lungwort and gladioli. Its tandem with coniferous perennials is beautiful.
For a quick overview of the hosts of the hybrid White Feather, see the video below.
Hosta White Feather— Leaves are narrow, wavy, white in spring, then change to green with white stripes. The flowers are light lavender.
Host Description White Feather. Large, fast growing host. The bush is up to 60 cm high. The width of the bush is up to 65 cm. The flowering period is July-August. Winter hardiness zone: 3 (-40 ° С)
Hosta, or funkiya, is a perennial herb of the Liliaceae family. The hosts are home to China and Japan. It is an ornamental deciduous perennial. Hosta leaves are about 20 cm long, up to 10 cm wide, located on petioles and form a large basal rosette.They can have various shapes and colors, be monochromatic or with edging, with or without a wax coating, with a straight or wavy edge. The flowering stems are glabrous, from 20 to 100 cm high. The flowers are bell-shaped or funnel-shaped, blue, lilac or white, collected in racemose inflorescences. Hosta blooms in July-August.
Place for the landing of the Host White Feather. Hosts can grow in both shade and sun, but most of them prefer slightly shaded areas. Variegated species are more light-loving. Plants need protection from drafts and strong winds. The soil for the host is suitable for fertile, moist enough, but without stagnant water.
Landing Host White Feather. Before landing, the hosts dig up a plot of 1 sq.m. add a bucket of humus and a complete mineral fertilizer. Small holes are dug at a distance of 30-50 cm from each other, corresponding to the size of the root system. Drainage is laid at the bottom, garden soil is poured, rhizomes are placed, spreading the roots, and covered with garden soil on top. The soil is compacted, well watered, planting is mulched.
Host White Feather care. The hosts do not need special care. Plants must be watered in a timely manner, weed out, fed with organic matter or mineral fertilizers. An excellent technique is the surface mulching of the soil with humus, it allows you to retain moisture and creates favorable soil conditions for the plant. In autumn, the hosts are not pruned, only the peduncles are removed. They also do not need shelter for the winter, the culture tolerates frosts down to -40 ° C.
Reproduction of the Host White Feather. Propagated by host separation of the bush and cuttings. Adult shrubs are divided in early spring (before early May) or autumn (in September). To do this, the plant is abundantly watered, dug up and divided into several parts, so that each of them has 1-2 leaf sockets. The resulting cuttings are immediately planted in a permanent place. Hosta cuttings can be carried out throughout the summer. To do this, young shoots with a heel are separated from the plant, the leaves are cut by a third, planted in a shady place, covered with a plastic bottle. In the first days, the leaves will lie on the ground - the turgor is lost, but after a couple of weeks the cuttings will take root.
Using the White Feather Host in your garden design. Hosta is great for landing along the shore of a reservoir, for rocky gardens, mixborders, planting along paths. It looks impressively planted in groups against the background of an emerald lawn. Ornamental hosta leaves are widely used to create bouquets.
It is difficult to imagine a personal plot without colorful flower beds and cozy, green recreation areas. A bright plant will revive even the darkest location - for example, the unusual hosta variety "White Feather".
Hosta June (June): description, sports, boarding and care
Hosta June– Leaves are tricolor, middle from golden yellow to cream, edging light green, along the edge - blue. The flowers are pale bluish lavender. The leaf plates are cordate, slightly wavy.
Host Description June. It is growing well. The width of the leaves is 25-30 cm. The height of the bush is 40-60 cm. The width of the bush is up to 90 cm. The flowering period is July-August. Winter hardiness zone: 3 (-40 ° С)
Hosta, or funkiya, is a perennial herb of the Liliaceae family. The hosts are home to China and Japan. It is an ornamental deciduous perennial. Hosta leaves are about 20 cm long, up to 10 cm wide, located on petioles and form a large basal rosette. They can have various shapes and colors, be monochromatic or with edging, with or without a wax coating, with a straight or wavy edge. The flowering stems are glabrous, from 20 to 100 cm high. The flowers are bell-shaped or funnel-shaped, blue, lilac or white, collected in racemose inflorescences. Hosta blooms in July-August.
Landing site for Host June. Hosts can grow in both shade and sun, but most of them prefer slightly shaded areas. Variegated species are more light-loving. Plants need protection from drafts and strong winds.The soil for the host is suitable for fertile, moist enough, but without stagnant water.
Host Landing June. Before landing, the hosts dig up a plot of 1 sq.m. add a bucket of humus and a complete mineral fertilizer. Small holes are dug at a distance of 30-50 cm from each other, corresponding to the size of the root system. Drainage is laid at the bottom, garden soil is poured, rhizomes are placed, spreading the roots, and covered with garden soil on top. The soil is compacted, well watered, planting is mulched.
Host June care. The hosts do not need special care. Plants must be watered in a timely manner, weed out, fed with organic matter or mineral fertilizers. An excellent technique is the surface mulching of the soil with humus, it allows you to retain moisture and creates favorable soil conditions for the plant. In autumn, the hosts are not pruned, only the peduncles are removed. They also do not need shelter for the winter, the culture tolerates frosts down to -40 ° C.
Reproduction of the Host June. Propagated by host separation of the bush and cuttings. Adult shrubs are divided in early spring (before early May) or autumn (in September). To do this, the plant is abundantly watered, dug up and divided into several parts, so that each of them has 1-2 leaf sockets. The resulting cuttings are immediately planted in a permanent place. Hosta cuttings can be carried out throughout the summer. To do this, young shoots with a heel are separated from the plant, the leaves are cut by a third, planted in a shady place, covered with a plastic bottle. In the first days, the leaves will lie on the ground - the turgor is lost, but after a couple of weeks the cuttings will take root.
Using Host June in garden design. Hosta is great for landing along the shore of a reservoir, for rocky gardens, mixborders, planting along paths. It looks impressively planted in groups against the background of an emerald lawn. Ornamental hosta leaves are widely used to create bouquets.
Features of agricultural technology in the open field
Before landing, the Blue Angel hosts in the open ground are determined with a place, the choice of suitable conditions. For the normal development and reproduction of hosts, adherence to the planting technology, the rules for the implementation of agrotechnical measures is required.
Choosing a landing site
Suitable host soil - slightly acidic, nutritious, drained
An important condition is the permeability and aeration of the earth. Sandy and loamy soils are not suitable
Hosts do not grow in pots at home, as the plant needs a dormant period at low outdoor temperatures to develop, bloom and reproduce.
Illumination requirements
Hosta Blue Angel belongs to shade-loving varieties. When exposed to direct sunlight, the leaf plates lose their distinctive color and merge with neighboring greenery, so an open sunny area is not suitable for the variety. The ideal place is partial shade under the crowns of trees.
Reproduction
There are 3 known methods of reproduction of the Blue Angel - by seeds, cuttings, dividing the bush. The last option is the most effective and does not take much time.
Seed germination is average, but there is no guarantee of preservation of varietal characteristics.
- before sowing, the planting material is kept in a growth stimulator;
- the earth is calcined or disinfected with a manganese solution;
- a drainage layer is laid on the bottom of the container;
- moisturize the nutrient substrate;
- seeds are scattered superficially, sprinkled with a thin layer of earth.
The process of growing from seed to full bloom of the bush takes 4 years.
Cuttings are carried out during the summer period. A young shoot is separated with a leaf, which is cut off by 1/3. Further, the cutting is planted in partial shade, regularly moistening. To create a greenhouse effect and fast rooting, a plastic bottle with a cut bottom is placed on top.
The bush is divided in late August after bud formation or in early spring. The rhizome is cut with a shovel so that 2 sockets remain in each section.The cut points are treated with crushed activated carbon or wood ash, and immediately planted in a permanent place.
How to plant
Blue angel hosta bushes grow up to 1.2 m wide. Based on this, the distance between plantings is maintained at least 1.5–2 m. When planting plants in autumn, it is taken into account that the culture takes root for 2 weeks in warm weather.
Before the event, the soil is dug onto a shovel bayonet, complex fertilizers are applied. Provide for the width of the planting pit twice the volume of the roots, lay drainage.
When planting, the roots are straightened, covered with earth so that the root collar is located at the same level with the soil surface. The earth is lightly tamped, watered and mulched with sawdust and bark.
Hosta "First frost": description, planting, care and reproduction
Flowers are one of the important ingredients in creating a cozy green space. It is they who make the flower beds and the area near private houses bright, beautiful and attractive.
Thanks to the painstaking work of breeders and botanists, at the moment, a huge number of ornamental plants have been bred, which differ in appearance, method of care and color scheme.
Landscape design specialists recommend that novice summer residents choose unpretentious plants, the care of which will not cause difficulty. It is to such a group of colors that the First Frost host belongs.
Adding an article to a new collection
Hosta is an irreplaceable ornamental plant for shady areas of the garden. These perennials are ideal for growing in curbs and mixborders, at the foot of alpine slides and in tree trunks.
If this year you decide to settle hosts in your garden, we offer a selection of 7 worthy varieties of this beautiful plant.
Wide Brim
Wide Brim is a hybrid, dome-shaped foliage host. The color of the leaves is gray, almost blue with a light green border. This hosta blooms lilac in July-August.
Wide Brim shrubs prefer shade and partial shade, rich, loose soil. Plants are winter-hardy and courageously endure frosts without shelter.
Leaf color
Height (cm)
Bush diameter (cm)
Distance between plants (cm)
Gray with light green border
30-60
60-100
100
Hosta June grows luxuriantly both in the sun and in the shade, is not afraid of frost and does not require special care.
Leaf color
Height (cm)
Bush diameter (cm)
Distance between plants (cm)
Light green in the center, gray at the edges
35-40
70
75-90
Patriot
Hosta Patriot is one of the most popular among its “sisters”. The bushes of this variety are famous for their rich green foliage with a pale yellow edging. In addition, at the end of summer, the hosta blooms with adorable lavender flowers.
Leaf color
Height (cm)
Bush diameter (cm)
Distance between plants (cm)
Green, light yellow around the edges
35-40
60-75
60-90
Read more: Hosta fortune "Patriot": description, landing and care
Royal Standard
Royal Standard is a hybrid host with rich green foliage. The bush is wide and tall enough. This hosta blooms with lilac flowers, which emit a strong, pleasant aroma.
Unlike most other host varieties, it prefers good sunlight, although the leaves do not fade even in the shade. Royal Standard bushes do not require shelter for the winter, but it is advisable to mulch them in the spring.
Leaf color
Height (cm)
Bush diameter (cm)
Distance between plants (cm)
Green
60-90
90-110
120
First Frost
Hosta First Frost is the complete opposite of June in terms of foliage coloration. If June leaves have a yellow-lime center, and the edge of the leaves is bluish-blue, then First Frost has exactly the opposite.
The name of the variety, which in English means “first frost”, hints at the peculiarity of this variety's hosts: the bushes remain beautiful and “elegant” until the very first frosts.
During flowering, the plants are covered with delicate lavender flowers on tall peduncles.
Leaf color
Height (cm)
Bush diameter (cm)
Distance between plants (cm)
Gray with a yellow border around the edges
40
60-70
60-90
Francis Williams
The leaves of the hosta Francis Williams are notable for their heart-shaped shape, they reach 30 cm in length. The color of the foliage is gray, green-blue. The yellow-green edging of the leaves acquires a yellowish-cream shade over time.
This beautiful host can grow in tree trunks, mixborders and even containers.
Leaf color
Height (cm)
Bush diameter (cm)
Distance between plants (cm)
Gray with a yellow-green border around the edges
80
90-130
120
Elegans
Elegance can rightfully be considered one of the most delicious host varieties. The bush is striking in its size: its height is on average 65 cm, and even more during flowering due to flowers on high stems. The bush of an adult plant grows up to 130 cm wide!
The elegans hosts are especially proud of the large heart-shaped leaves of a jade shade, the length of which can reach 37 cm. But these hosts are no less attractive during flowering. At the end of summer, beautiful snow-white flowers, shaped like tubular lilies, bloom on tall peduncles.
Leaf color
Height (cm)
Bush diameter (cm)
Distance between plants (cm)
Jade
65-90
90-130
90-120
If you love beautiful plants and do not want to spend a lot of time caring for them, plant in your flower garden not only hosts, but also other unpretentious perennials for the garden.
