Hahaha……..steve, I think you are the only one complaining of their hostas getting too big!!!

debra

I've stayed away from the giants for that very reason. I just need to plant them with the Maples and they'll be minis in no time.

I love it. I'm just worried about the poor little spruce succumbing to the Hosta bullies.

isn't gardening relentless? Lol..something always needs attention..too small?..too big?..find a better location and move it..

I've heard this from my husband so many times..

"why do you have to change everything?"..

I've explained but he doesn't really get it..

steve..I love big hosta..wish all of mine were doing as well..

I have some that are shrinking 🙁..some are under a maple..

Hostamaker, I love manicured hosta beds but always end up with crammed beds letting them do the fullness game. Must be lazy gardener in me...

Steve, those are nice "seedlings!"

I left some last year in full sun, they burned badly by midsummer...

I have a slightly different approach……plant the giants near the tree and you have an average size plant…..better to have A hosta than NO hosta.

Sherry

Those are so big and beautiful to try and move, Steve.

Do all gardeners have the plant moving gene? Today I am moving some rose bushes and I pointed out a hosta that needed moving to my husband and he said "I thought you planned out where to put them so we wouldn't have to dig them up." I told him I try to plan but they are so little when first planted and 5 yrs down the road look too crammed together. Such is the life of a gardener and a non gardener helper.

Try explaining if you don't move them, you'll just have to buy more.

My husband has long since given up trying to understand.

He's just the guy with the shovel for my bigger jobs, lol.

He's an invaluable part of the process though- I can't even tell you what a luxury it is for me to go around pruning and weeding and just tossing my debris onto a tarp knowing that he will deal with it for me. He drags it w-a-y out of my fenced area to the back end of our property where I try to provide habitat for wild things.

Wait a minute. I thought hostas kind of had to have shade. I think I only see them planted in shade. Is this thread telling me they can be more sun... and get even more plush? I got hostas under my maples. Dunno what kinds came with the house, a smaller green pointy leaf, a pretty varigated, and a huge solid green one. Like leaves bigger than dinner plates huge. If I divide that huge one and plant a chunk in the sun it will get even more huge?

The area is weedy and overgrown and I need to tear a lot up this summer anyway for cleaning up. Not sure when to do the dig up and divide on hostas, but if I can move a chunk of that huge one to get even more huge :)

beesneeds, hosta are shade tolerant and that's why you see a lot of them planted in shade. Many prefer some sun and some need the sun to bring out the color in them. Remember, if you plant in the sun, they will need more water. Best to move or divide a piece late summer, or early spring so the hosta can adjust to the sun.

What she said, plus Maple tree roots can suck the life out of Hostas underneath but you sound like you're doing well with yours. Leaves in the sun will be smaller and the plant may take a couple years to adjust but will eventually be bigger given enough water. We just got a ton more rain and sunshine so these may be busting down the terrace soon. I really like the flowers on these so planting in the sun helps that aspect.

I neglect mine, lol. Or rather, I clean up under the maples once in a while and have watched the old hostas fill back in for the last several years. But now there's enough for dividing up, so making a bigger cleanup and reset worth it. If hostas are better moved later summer or earlier spring, I'll clean up this summer and move some in later summer- maybe some more in the spring. Maybe if leaves get smaller in the sun, I'll leave the huge one under the maples. It is rather grand once it gets all plush.

But it would be nice if when I divided up the smaller ones I can reset some to a sunnier location. If I can get a full eating bed out of them, that would be fab. They are tasty.

The leaves aren't that much smaller. I probably shouldn't have even mentioned it. I'd say go for it. The plant will more than make up for it in growth once it gets established.