Hi all. Long time member, long time absent.

I'm in hosta lust---lol and have acquired several this spring. Now I need to plant them.

I need a primer on which hostas can tolerate sun, and which can't, and if they like sun, for how long.

I'm in NW ARkansas. I was at a public garden in downtown Fayetteville a few weeks ago, and was stunned to see a HUGE bank of green hostas (and Japanese painted Ferns!!!) on the SW corner of the garden. I thought for sure they'd fry in that area, (the ferns, too) but they've obviously been there for years. A neighbor has a lovely west facing row of green & white hostas (maybe alba marginata?).

I apparanently need to rethink sun & hostas! & ferns!

I thought I had more shade than I apparantly have (first year in a rent house), so sun tolerance info is definitely needed. (Landlord says I can plant anything, and dig it up if we move.)

I remember a hosta vendor had a big list of which go in sun, which for shade, but don't remember the vendor's name.

Anyway, here's what I have:

Gold Standard,

Elegans,

Christmas Tree

Queen Josephine

Fragrant Bouquet

Great Expectations

Fire and Ice

Patriot

+ some Albo Marginata, and 2 or 3 brand new ones that have lost their names. I got most of the above at a 50% off sale at a local farm store! Hooray! But they just came w/ a generic plant tag --(Hostas are a nice ground cover, yada yada)--not what each one needs specifically.

I'll need their sizes, too. If you just want to refer me to a vendor who has this info, that's fine, too.

Thanks for your help.