{"id":20353,"date":"2019-08-16T10:12:30","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T09:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20353"},"modified":"2019-08-16T10:12:30","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T09:12:30","slug":"diverse-use-of-hostas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/tips\/diverse-use-of-hostas\/","title":{"rendered":"Diverse Use of Hostas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-20354\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Newby-Hall-2019-265-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Newby-Hall-2019-265-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Newby-Hall-2019-265-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Newby-Hall-2019-265-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Newby-Hall-2019-265-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hostas can be used for in a variety of situations due to their diversity as a species. As basically known as foliage plants they prosper in the shade but have other uses.<\/p>\n<h3>Use of Hostas<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Available to the gardener as foliage plants from spring to the first frosts, hostas only miss out without a winter display.<\/li>\n<li>Used as <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/hostas-in-pots-containers\/\">pot plants<\/a> they can be moved around the garden and the right pot complements the colouring or leaf shape.<\/li>\n<li>Pots can be grown indoors and even cultivated during winter.<\/li>\n<li>Different varieties offer colour, size, shape, texture and form. This can be used to create architectural effects, ground cover\u00c2\u00a0 or lush tropical effects.<\/li>\n<li>Add to this the flowers, the reverse colours and bicolours and you have some great design opportunities.<\/li>\n<li>You can even grow your hostas in a window box.<\/li>\n<li>Hostas combine well with water locations and as companion planting.<\/li>\n<li>Hosta collecting can be an interesting pastime.<\/li>\n<li>Flower arranging using hostas is very popular in Japan where many plants originate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-20355\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Newby-Hall-2019-270-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Newby-Hall-2019-270-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Newby-Hall-2019-270-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Newby-Hall-2019-270-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Newby-Hall-2019-270-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hostas can be used for in a variety of situations due to their diversity as a species. As basically known as foliage plants they prosper in the shade but have other uses. Use of Hostas Available to the gardener as foliage plants from spring to the first frosts, hostas only miss out without a winter display. Used as pot plants they can be moved around the garden and the right pot complements the colouring or leaf shape. Pots can be&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/tips\/diverse-use-of-hostas\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[291,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-experiences","category-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20353"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20357,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20353\/revisions\/20357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}