Hosta ‘Drinking Gourd’

One of the biggest and the best with leaves almost 1ft across. Each plant can reach 2ft x 2ft. Little white flowers in summer. 'Drinking Gourd'? It seems the cup shaped leaves hold water.

Hostas are described as herbaceous perennials (they die down every winter and reappear the following spring) and come from China, Japan and Korea where - apparently - they're a popular part of some people's diet. Anyone who's grown them in the UK knows they're also on the grazing menu for rabbits, deer and - particularly - slugs. There are many methods used for dealing with slugs (mostly involving, salt, Guinness and lemons) but we use Sluxx HP slug pellets on the nursery where it poses no threat to other wildlife. You may or may not wish to use this in the garden. Going out with a torch and a penknife (the slug attacks at night) is also popular. It hardly needs me to point out that when beasts come out destroying your treasured plants, one can become quite vindictive... Control the slugs which are keen on destroying hostas! 'By division'

Dappled sun or shade. They like plenty of moisture.