The Hosta

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Author: Bonnie Carrier

Article source: http://www.dibdabdoo.com/. Used with author's permission.

My first introductions to Hostas were four small green and white clumps edging a small section of my mother- in- laws driveway.

I was not terribly impressed, they looked more like scraggly lettuce plants with a few sticks growing out of the middle plus their size never seemed to change from year to year.

Fast forward a few years, I now had my own home with visions of gorgeous gardens blooming in my head. The property was surrounded by trees, which we loved not only for the privacy but the house was kept quite cool during the hot summer months.

I soon discovered that all that shade may have been good for keeping our home and family cool it wasn