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Why my hosta never grow in 6 months?
In June I purchased a hosta from IL Hosta Society during their show & sale event in Chicago Botanic Garden. It is labeled "cloud burst". It has 2 plants with 3 leaves each. I transfered them to a 6" pot with all purpose potting soil. I keep it indoor. I water them once in 1-2 days. They look healthy. However it has been 6 months now and they never grow any new leaf. Are they not supposed to have more than 3 leaves per plant? Recently 2 of the leaves started to have yellow spots starting from the edge and one leave withered.
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- 8 years agoFavorite Answer
Your plant is most probably a cultivar of Hosta plantaginea, also known as H. subcordata, "Fragrant plantain lily."
These plaintain-lilies (not daylily which are hemerocallis) do best in partial shade and in moist sites. They are quite easy to maintain, so the yellowing and leaf drop is probably caused by too high of a pH. Purchase and slowly add some "cymbidium orchid mix" or equivalent (which is mostly sand and acidic compounds) to your existing soil and water it in. Too much water and too little light with this plant should not be the cause. Alternatively feed with an acidic-based fertilizer. NOTE: foliage goes dormant in winter!
Named after Nicolaus T. Host, Austrian botanist.
10 known species, all from China & Japan. Sometimes under the genus Funkia and Niobe.
Source(s): My two favorite books: Taylor's Encyclopedia of Gardening 1961 (fifth printing) and Exotic Plant Manual by Alfred Byrd Graf, 1974 (3rd edition).
