Hostas - can you grow in pots?

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I like using them in arrangements, they add a nice look and seem to last well too. I'd like to be able to use some in winter. I have asked in-person florist pals and they were like :confused::confused::confused::confused:
So I'm asking you guys. Have you ever seen them grown indoors?
 
I don't know about Hosta inside, but we have used Chinese Evergreen, Spath, Arbicola, Variegated Ginger, Croton, Calathea ... all with good results. I would think Hosta would need lots of sun inside, and I don't thing you would get quite the profusion of leaves like you do outside. Just a guess, tho.
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Yes, you can grow them in pots.

However, they are sensitive to municipal water. I grow them in the greenhouse, but the leaves sometime get a burn. I believe it is from the chlorine, fluorine etc. Your water chemical makeup will be different from mine so you may have better results.

Joe
 
Hostas are bulbs and need to rest, my guess is you could keep them a little longer in pots indoors but probally not all winter. we place ours in a cool greenhouse at the end of the season and they still go dormant, even in there.
 
Most outdoor perennials need that rest time during the winter. As they die down in the fall, their bulbs, tubers, roots or corms (depending on plant) rejuvenate. They store all the nutrition they can get from the sun, go into a dormant stage and then re-bloom. I doubt a hosta would survive indoors. I would suggest like above some indoor green plants like dieffenbacchia and chinese evergreen. Gudrun
 
For anyone....

Is it possible to allow them dormant time in the cooler during the summer and "force" them to bloom indoors in winter? We have sold greenhouse plants for years and I have successfully forced flower bulbs but never tried hostas.
 
BOSS<<<<< Hosta Collector... 35 or so varieties and counting....

Yes, as Joe said, they can be grown in pots, however they will not grow as large as they would in the ground, as Hosta spread and increase by growing more tubers under ground...and they do need to be "split" every other year or three depending on variety, some of mine range from 3" tall to 35-40" tall with leaves from 1-2" to the size of Turkey Platters....

They last, cut in open water for a week or more...not so good in Oasis...
 
ivygreen said:
I'm jealous of your collection. I love hosta.
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Awe...don't be...just catch up :)

I have thought about posting pics of our gardens, but did not want to come off as boastful... they are my and Cherie's treasure...this fall will be rough...we **have** to dislodge and move many things, from Butterfly Bushes that have stopped dying back to the ground each year and have started to "tree out", a 20 foot tall Dawn Redwood that must be moved for the new addition of a dining/great room, Ming Pines that have grown, many Hosta and her fav, day lilies in maybe 20-25 varieties and colors...

It **will** be traumatic...(for me, not the plants)....
 
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