Who doesn't love hostas? These beautiful, versatile perennials can fill a garden with lush greenery, and they pair beautifully with many other plants. And while they're very low-maintenance, like ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A walk way surrounded by hostas - Mint Images/Getty Images The hosta is a fantastic foliage plant, adding texture and color to ...

Dividing herbaceous perennials in the fall is an easy way to create new plants for your garden. A herbaceous perennial overwinters as a fleshy underground mass that can be cut into smaller pieces to ...

While a hosta does not need to be divided, the best time is at spring emergence. If divided later, the new plant may not have the best form during its first year. Sagae hosta is shown at the Kandiyohi ...

Dear Master Gardener: I know I will need to divide my hostas in the spring. How do I do it? Answer: Since we seemed to have bypassed winter this year, gardeners are already thinking about springtime ...

Do you know why the flower went to the dentist? It needed a root canal. Flowers don’t need dentists, of course, but humans do come in handy for other flower tasks. For example, most perennials thrive ...

Dividing perennial plants such as hostas and daylilies is a way to get more plants for free. But there are two other reasons for dividing: to control size of vigorous perennials that grow so rapidly ...

Last week this column discussed when and how to divide overgrown perennials. This week we will go into more detail on the dividing process. New growth is emerging and it is easier to see what you are ...