Hosta belongs to the group of the most popular plants among flower growers, garden designers, landscape decorators. She is often referred to as the queen of the shadow. Today, one can disagree with such a comparison. Modern varieties of this ornamental plant have such a variety and so many advantages that the head is spinning.
Instructions
Step 1
One of the main advantages of decorative hosts is their simplicity and minimal plant care. They bring maximum pleasure and minimum attention to care. The hosts are extremely hardy and resilient and will grow on any soil in the garden. They can be planted in any corner of the garden: under trees, in shady places, in the sun, and near water bodies.
Step 2
"Blooming Leaves" are presented in such a color scheme that they amaze the imagination. More than 3000 varieties have been created by breeders. And they all have a different color, shape, texture.
Leaves come in all shades of green, blue, yellow, two or three colors, with different shades of border around the leaves. The most fashionable are leaves with a pattern in the form of stripes, spots, nets.
Leaves can be heart-shaped, round, oval, elongated, narrow-linear. They can look straight up in the outlet, they can lie down horizontally. Very popular hosts with wavy edges and frills.
There are leaves with a leathery texture, with a waxy coating, with a metallic sheen.
Step 3
The varieties have a wide selection of plant heights.
They range from 5-10cm to 1 meter. Among them are dwarfs that can be grown in flower pots. And there are very large varieties that are planted as tapeworms - single plants.
Step 4
In addition to the "blooming" leaves, modern hosta varieties are famous for their flowers, which rise above the rosette of leaves.
They also come in various colors: from pure white, blue, purple to dark blue. There are even flowers of a double shape and with the scent of jasmine.
Step 5
Decorative hosts are irreplaceable in garden compositions.
In shady places, they go well with ferns, periwinkles, lungwort, brunners.
On a sunny flowerbed, they will keep company with daylilies, cinquefoil.
Near ponds, next to astilbe, Siberian and Japanese irises, they will fit into any composition.
