GROWING HOSTA
There are many varieties of hostas to choose from, the versatility of choice rages from color, shades to size.

CLASSIFICATIONS OF HOSTAS / Funkia / plantain lily:
Hostas have spikes of thin blue or white, trumpet-shaped flowers that bloom for several weeks in summer. Glories of hostas are in their foliage. They may be oval, lance, heart, or nearly round shaped.
H. crispula / curled-leaf hosta-7 inch-long, dark green leaves with wavy, uneven margins and drooping, curly leaf tips. Lots of lavander flowers.
H. decorata / H. thomas hogg-foot high mound of 6-inch long, oval, dull green with silvery white margin leaves. Dark violet flowers.
H. fortunei-1 to 1.5 feet high, 1 foot leaves with lilac blooms.
H. hybrids-includes some widely grown hostas; antioch, august moon, blue angel, blue wedgwood, chartreuse wiggles, francee, frances williams, ginko craig, gold edger, gold standard, hadspen blue, halcyon, honeybells, krossa regal, piedmont gold, royal standard, shade fanfare, sum and substance,
H. lancifolia / H. japonica / narrow-leafed plantain lily-glossy, deep green, lance shaped, 6 inch long  foliage with pale lavender blooms.
H. nakaiana / golden tiara-heart shaped, light green with gold edge, 4 inch long foliage with purple blooms.
H. plantaginea / H. grandifora / H. subcordata / fragrant plantain lily-glossy, bright green, oval, quilted, 10 inch long foliage with fragrant large white blooms.
H. sieboldiana / H. glauca-heart-shaped, blue-green, puckered, 10 inch long foliage with lilac blooms.
H. siedoldii-wavy, lance shaped, chartreuse yellow, 5 inch foliage with white blooms.
H. tardiflora-lance-shaped, sun-tolerant, 6 inch foliage.
H. tokudama-slug resistant, heart-shaped, blue-green, puckered, crepe-like, 10 inch long foliage with white blooms.
H. undulata / H. media picta / H. variegata / wavy-leafed plantain lily-wavy-edged, narrow, oval, 6-8 inch long foliage with pale lavender blooms.
H. ventricosa / H. caerulea / blue plantain lily-glossy, deep-green,broad, heart-shaped, veined, 8 inch long foliage with violet-blue blooms.
Paul glory-1999 Hosta of the year by American Hosta Society

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HOW TO PLANT & CARE FOR HOSTAS:
Hostas are easy to plant and grow, they will grow bigger, look better and live longer with regular watering, especially when they are growing under thirsty trees during hot summer months. They are mostly shade lovers but will grow well under full sun in cool-summer region with plenty of regular watering. All hostas will go dormant and collapse almost to nothing in winter, even in mild winter climates. They will spring up to life in early spring.

HOW TO USE EARTHWORMS WITH THE ORGANIC MIX FOR THE CULTURE OF HOSTAS:
Hostas are perennials and grows well in both garden and container cultures. Start by preparing a porous, fibrous, moisture-holding planting mix by the following procedure:
1 part peat moss.
1 part other organic material such as earthworm castings, compost. Leaf mold or nitrogen stabilized bark. 
1 part builders’ sand.
Depending on the size of your pot, use the organic mix above to cover one to three inch of the bottom of pot, plant the hostas in and cover the root with above organic mix, water thoroughly immediately. Dig a small ½ inch hole beside the plant the next day and put a dozen live earthworms into it, then cover the earthworm with soil so that birds won’t fiesta on them right away.

HOW TO FIX PEST & PROBLEM OF HOSTAS:
Hostas normally have few problems, but where slugs is an occasional problem, sprinkle a little diatomaceous earth on the soil around your hostas. The tiny sharp diatomaceous earth particle pieces will poke holes in the slugs’ protective outer coating, causing them to dehydrate and eventually dry up and die. Crown rot is another problem, use sulfur power to dust.

HOW TO PROPAGATE HOSTAS:
Hostas can easily be propagated by division, lift the clump of hostas, complete with roots and growth buds, from the ground, carefully pulling, cutting, and separating each set of foliage together with each corresponding roots. Immediately replanting and water each separated pieces. Each individual piece will soon grow into new plants, identical to its parents.