Buy hostas online from Holland: every hosta we sell, from miniatures for pots to giants for large shady borders, in blue, green, gold, white, cream and variegated. Use the filters to choose by leaf colour, size or special feature, such as fragrant flowers or slug resistance.
All hostas
Not sure where to start? Our Hosta of the Year winners are proven, easy varieties.
Start with the place, not the plant. Four questions lead you to the right part of our range.
Green hostas cope best with deep shade, under trees or on the north side of a house, and blue ones keep their colour there longest. Light shade or a few hours of morning sun suit almost every hosta and bring out gold and variegated leaves. For a spot with afternoon sun, choose from our sun-tolerant hostas and keep the soil moist.
Plan for the mature plant, not for the size it arrives at: a hosta keeps widening for several years and usually ends up broader than it is tall. Miniature and small hostas belong at the front of a bed and in pots, medium hostas in the middle and as ground cover, and large and giant hostas at the back or on their own as a focal point.
Leaf colour sets the mood. Blue hostas look cool and calm and green hostas make a restful background, while yellow and gold and white and cream hostas bring light into dark corners. Variegated hostas combine two or more colours in one leaf.
If slugs are a problem, start with slug-resistant hostas. For a terrace or a bench where you sit on summer evenings, add fragrant hostas. And to see what has just joined our range, look at our new varieties.
Every pack holds two plants of one variety, which makes planning easy. Using the spacing we give on each product page:
Odd numbers are a border tradition, but with hostas a matching pair works just as well: one plant on each side of a path, a step or a gate frames the view.
Unpack them as soon as the parcel arrives and plant within a few days. If you have to wait, keep them somewhere cool and frost-free and make sure they do not dry out. Water well after planting, and keep the soil moist through the first summer while the roots settle in.
Spring is the best time to plant hostas, as soon as the soil can be worked. That is why we ship from 1 March to 1 July. You can order all year round: orders placed between 1 July and 1 March are shipped from 1 March.
We deliver to all EU countries, including Germany, Belgium, France, Ireland and Poland. Delivery takes 2–5 working days to the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Belgium, France and Luxembourg, and 3–6 working days elsewhere in the EU. Shipping costs €6.95 in the Netherlands (free on orders over €55) and €12.95 to other EU countries. We cannot deliver to the UK or Switzerland.
Every pack contains 2 plants of the same variety, so you can plant a small group straight away.
Every hosta comes with our 100% growing guarantee. If a plant does not grow even though you followed our planting and care instructions, we replace it or refund the price. See our guarantee and returns policy.
Yes. Hostas are hardy perennials: the leaves die back after the first autumn frosts, the plant rests underground through winter and new shoots appear in spring. A healthy clump can stay in the same spot for decades, getting fuller every year.
Most look established in their second or third summer. Small and medium varieties usually reach full size in about three years, while large and giant hostas keep growing for four or five years or more. Rich, moist soil speeds things up.
Yes. In summer most hostas send up stems with bell- or trumpet-shaped flowers in lavender, purple or white, well above the leaves. Some, like Royal Standard, have fragrant white flowers in late summer, and a few are real curiosities: Miracle Lemony has lemony-yellow flowers and Ki Ren Jyaku double pink ones.
Problems & pests
Crisp brown edges on hosta leaves are usually scorch: the leaf loses water faster than the roots can supply it, because of dry soil, hot afternoon sun, wind or competing roots. Check the soil moisture and the light first. If the brown streaks stop at the veins, or the stems collapse at the base, look for foliar nematodes or crown rot instead.
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Care & seasons
Hostas are not heavy feeders. On decent soil an annual layer of compost is often enough. If you do fertilise, use a slow-release fertiliser just as the shoots start to grow in spring, follow the pack rather than adding extra, and stop by midsummer so the leaves harden before autumn. Too much nitrogen can fade the pattern on variegated varieties.
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Care & seasons
Hostas are hardy and need a cold winter rest, so there is little to do. Let the leaves die back after the first frosts, clear them away once they have collapsed, mark the spot and keep the soil well drained, because a wet winter does more harm than a cold one. Potted hostas need a sheltered spot raised off the ground. Only new shoots that have already started to grow need frost cover.
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