Hostas are so easy to grow that we rarely see a temperate shade garden without one. The dizzying selection of foliage means we never tire of them, either. A collection of blue, lime, creamy, and green ...

A simple rule is to check the plant tag for mature width (spread) and to space hostas at 70 to 80 per cent of their mature width from centre to centre. This provides for a full but not overcrowded ...

So versatile and ubiquitous are hostas that I have yet to visit a garden that doesn’t have at least one whether left by a previous gardener or selected by the present one. Hostas certainly are ...