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- noun Plural form of
hosta .
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Examples
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• For those perennials that prefer moist conditions, such as hostas, ligularias and rodgersias, aim to establish with their crowns 1in below the surface of the soil.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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"With small plants, such as hostas that are starting to pop, you can just put a pot over them with a rock on top," Montell said.
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Plant the bulbs among perennials that will hide the withering foliage, such as hostas, bergenia and
WN.com - Articles related to Protest in Bangkok calls for Thai PM to step down 2009
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Plant the bulbs among perennials that will hide the withering foliage, such as hostas, bergenia and
WN.com - Articles related to This Diwali, books and plants replace sweets 2009
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Try to keep each pot reasonably simple, giving stand-alone space to foliage specimens such as hostas and palms.
icNewcastle 2009
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There are many other ways of propagating plants, including dividing clumps of grasses, herbaceous perennials such as hostas and wild geraniums
icNewcastle 2009
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Large-leafed plants such as hostas have a course texture.
unknown title 2009
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There are many other ways of propagating plants, including dividing clumps of grasses, herbaceous perennials such as hostas and wild geraniums
icNewcastle 2009
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Put sun-loving palms and succulents in the hottest spots, and position shade-tolerant plants, such as hostas, beneath the canopies of large-leaved plants.
icNewcastle 2009
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Seeing, in April, hostas unfurl like arias, and tulips, white cups inscribed with licks of flame, gaze feverish, grown almost to my waist, and the oak raise new leaves for benediction,
Celebration 2009
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