2007-10-08 05:49:11 · 14 answers · asked by Wendy M 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
The best time to replant hosta plants, as with many other perennials, is in the early spring or fall. They are very hardy plants (able to handle sun, shade and a variety of precipitation levels) and will survive over winter.
Good luck!
2007-10-08 05:59:51 · answer #1 · answered by gam 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hosta can stay in the ground over the winter. I just let them die back in the fall and let the dried leaves stay in place for the winter as a ground cover. In the spring, just lightly rake over the spot before the new shoots emerge to get the dead leaves off.
2007-10-09 17:11:09 · answer #2 · answered by Hallon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can leave them in the ground for the winter and next spring 2008 it will be back, my neighbour has hostas and hers come back every year.
2007-10-08 15:23:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can leave them in the ground. It should get yellow and die down before the winter comes(Mark the spot, so you won't forget!), but they are just going into dormant and will be fine in the ground. They will come back next spring, bigger than this year. Give them a good mulch, if you live in the cold region. If you leave them in the ground year after year, it'll become a huge clump in a few year.
2007-10-08 16:32:33 · answer #4 · answered by Cosmos 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leave them out and they will return in the Spring. Hotas re very esy todivide and get more plants. We purchased 6 plants several years ago and we now have about 20 nice size hostas.
2007-10-08 14:17:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no need to... leave them in the ground. cut them down about 2 inches above the ground. when they start to sprout, you can thin them in the Spring as they will mutiply. If it is a really COLD climate, you can put straw or mulch on them over the winter. Hostas are pretty hardy though.
2007-10-08 13:10:35 · answer #6 · answered by pandy37050 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I leave mine in their hosta beds. They started out just a few plants and now their huge and spreading out. They die off after the 1st frost and come back each spring!
2007-10-08 14:53:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You do not need to dig them up for the winter. If you want to move them, I would wait until spring (well depending on where you live - give them a few weeks of good weather to take)
2007-10-08 12:57:46 · answer #8 · answered by marystoy_2000 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just leave them in the ground. They'll die back in winter, but they will reemerge in Spring when the weather warms.
In other words; You don't have to bring them in for the winter.
Good Luck
2007-10-08 13:16:57 · answer #9 · answered by Sptfyr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
leave them in the ground over winter. they are a very hardy perennial. dig up in spring and divide and replant wherever you would like new plants...
2007-10-08 14:37:33 · answer #10 · answered by wanda 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋