Heres when to tidy up your hostas in the garden.
Best of all,hostasare low-maintenance plants that anyone can grow.
For most of the season, you wont have to do much to keep them looking good.
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They like well-draining soils but can adapt to most types, except super-soggy clay.
A little supplemental water during droughts helps keep them vigorous.
Hostas also develop attractive fall colors, ranging from bright yellow to muted browns.
Removing spent hosta foliage tidies up the garden.
But, more importantly, it removes dead leaves which harbor slug eggs that can attack next years planting.
You should never cut back hostas when they are green because the plant still is growing.
Dispose of foliage, rather than composting.
After trimming the plants back, keep falling leaves from piling up on the stems.
Accumulated leaves can keep the crown too wet, causing the plants to rot over the winter.
