Hosta plants do have flowers but are usually grown for their foliage. The foliage color of hosta plants, as shown in the pictures provided, can be green, gold, or blue, and variegation is common.

Hosta Plants

These articles supply information on do-it-yourself landscape design. Homeowners can consult this information for tips on achieving low-cost yet attract landscape designs in their own yards.

Hostas for Sunny Areas

Ground cover plant and cover crop resource. Lighting and spacing requirements, individual plant characteristics, maintenance and propagation for ground covers, and use for specific problem areas.

Care of hostas is described in this article, from your About Landscaping Guide. Care of hostas includes slug control and measures against certain mammals.

Landscape planning involves wise plant selection, among other things. My landscape planning course provides examples of plant choices for shady, sunny, and wet spots in the yard.

Small shrubs with green foliage are the workhorses of many a beautiful landscape. Small shrubs and other plants grown for their green foliage are mainstays of a '4 seasons of landscaping' approach.

Shade-tolerant and shade-loving plants for lawns, including periwinkle flower (Vinca minor). Whether you want turf grass, ornamental grass or a ground cover lawn substitute, like periwinkle flower (Vinca minor), first ascertain the plant's growing re