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      <image:title>Hosta varieties: a guide by size, colour and leaf</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hosta Guacamole plants in a bed: heart-shaped leaves with bright light green centres and darker green edges</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://funckia.com/blogs/guides/hostas-in-pots</loc>
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      <image:title>Hostas in pots: how to plant, water and overwinter them</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hosta White Feather™ in a dark speckled pot on pale paving, its creamy white leaves veined with pale green</image:caption>
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      <image:title>When to plant hostas: spring, summer or autumn?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hosta Fragrant Bouquet, a wide clump of light green leaves with creamy-yellow edges on bark mulch</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://funckia.com/blogs/guides/bare-root-hostas</loc>
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      <image:title>Bare-root hostas: what arrives and how to plant it</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hosta Hadspen Blue, a young plant with blue-grey leaves and pale lavender flowers on bark mulch</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Slugs and snails on hostas: what really works</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hosta First Frost, a large clump of blue-green leaves with broad creamy-yellow edges, in a container on a lawn</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Sun or shade: where to plant hostas</image:title>
      <image:caption>Rows of Hosta Liberty in a planted bed, each leaf green in the centre with a wide gold edge</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Your hosta&apos;s first year: what to expect after planting</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hosta Hi-Class in a grey striped pot on brick paving: a full clump of green leaves with wide creamy-white edges</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://funckia.com/blogs/guides/what-to-plant-with-hostas</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-10-30T05:15:14+01:00</lastmod>
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      <image:title>What to plant with hostas: companion plants for shade</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hosta Francee, a rounded clump of green leaves with thin white edges, beside a brick path with purple flower spikes, ivy and a tree trunk behind</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Dividing hostas: when and how to split a clump</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hosta Atlantis, a large clump of dark green leaves with wide yellow edges and many lilac flower stems, at the edge of a lawn</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Hostas under trees: how to grow them in dry shade</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hosta Tokudama Flavocircinalis spreading beneath white-barked trees beside a brick path: puckered blue-green leaves with wide yellow-green edges</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Hosta not coming up? What to check in spring</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hosta Minuteman in a bed of dark, freshly dug soil: dark green leaves with broad white edges and lilac flower spikes</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Hostas and ferns: the best pairings for shade</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hosta Kingsize, a large clump of broad, plain green leaves with spikes of white flowers, growing at the foot of a tree trunk beside a lawn</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Shade border ideas: four planting plans with hostas</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hosta Stained Glass, broad yellow-centred leaves with dark green margins and white flowers, in a bark-mulched bed among other hostas</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Hostas as ground cover: best varieties and spacing</image:title>
      <image:caption>A bed of Hosta Guacamole: many heart-shaped leaves with light green centres and darker green edges growing close together</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The best soil for hostas and how to improve it</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hosta Christmas Tree in a mulched woodland bed: puckered dark green leaves with creamy-yellow edges and lavender flower spikes</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Watering hostas: how much, how often and when</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hosta Halcyon, a clump of pointed blue-grey leaves at the edge of a brick path, with purple flower spikes behind</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Hosta Virus X (HVX): symptoms and what to do</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hosta Francee, a rounded clump of green leaves with thin white edges beside a brick path</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://funckia.com/blogs/guides/hostas-in-winter</loc>
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      <image:title>Hostas in winter: should you cut them back, and how to protect them</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hosta Patriot in a pale grey pot on a cobbled path: dark green leaves with broad white edges</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Feeding hostas: when to fertilise and how much they need</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hosta Aphrodite, one clump in a border among grasses, glossy light green leaves and a spike of white flowers</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Can hostas grow in full sun? The varieties that cope best</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hosta Sum and Substance with large chartreuse leaves in a terracotta pot by a door, a small boy beside it for scale</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://funckia.com/blogs/guides/hostas-deer-rabbits-voles</loc>
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      <image:title>Deer, rabbits and voles: how to protect hostas from animals</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hosta Big Daddy, a clump of rounded, puckered blue leaves at the foot of a stone wall</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Brown edges on hosta leaves: scorch, drought or something else?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hosta Bullet Proof in a white pot on a doorstep: a full clump of heart-shaped blue-grey leaves</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The best blue hostas: 12 varieties and how to keep their colour</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hosta Canadian Blue, one clump in a bed before a conifer hedge, powder-blue leaves, red flowers in front</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Bare-Root or Potted Hostas: Which Should You Buy?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hosta Anne beside a brick path, green leaves with wide yellow edges</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://funckia.com/blogs/guides/pre-order-hostas-how-it-works</loc>
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      <image:title>Pre-Ordering Hostas: How It Works, When We Ship and What to Expect</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hosta bare-root plants from Holland, 2 bare-root plants per package</image:caption>
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