Shade and sun working together
It's no secret that you need shade and moist soil to keep a Hosta happy. However, some sunlight is needed to encourage flowering. The best position for your Hosta therefore is one where it will just catch some weaker, morning sunlight.
In a generally cooler climate a hosta can tolerate more sun than in hotter regions.
Snails and slugs
Hosta is a favorite dish for snails and slugs, and as soon as they come out of their winter hiding place they will look for them. If these monsters find your Hostas early in the season, they can destroy or damage them for the rest of the year. Already damaged plants are even more noticable to snails and slugs and will be attacked.
Your Hostas must therefore be protected from snails and slugs right from the beginning of the growing season. Numerous preventative measures are known about, such as broken glass, coffee, metallic mats, shells, etc. However, the easiest and most effective way is to pick them out of their hiding places, in combination with the use of slug poison, preferably an organic one that is not harmful to other wildlife.
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