Hosta Help for Louisiana Garden!!

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bcurry1 Plaquemine, LA Mar 31, 2015

This will be my first year planting hostas so you could say that I am a Hosta newbie… and Ive read that basically Hostas just don't work down here in LA…. but i need to learn it for myself.. lol… I was hoping any of you southern gardeners could help me out with which hostas to invest in.. and some general tips to keep them alive and healthy in the LA weather…

These are the Hostas that i narrowed it down to and was going to pick my favorite ones … (my bed under the tree is completely empty) planning on mixing in Ferns/coralbells and what not with them…

any opinions on these hostas? and what to plant around them?

Sum & Substance
sieboldiana Elegans
Empress wu
Tenryu
Nigrescens
Royal Splendor
Sagae
Paul's Glory
So Sweet

thanks for help!

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Terry Murfreesboro, TN(Zone 7a) Mar 31, 2015

Tony Avent over at Plants Delight has put together a rather extensive (and perhaps optimistic) list of hostas that are supposedly heat-tolerant:

http://www.plantdelights.com/Article/Summer-Perennials

And I'm positive that our hosta forum regulars would be happy to help you narrow that list down to those that are not just heat-tolerant but will perform better-than-average in your neck of the woods: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/f/hostas/all/#b

Looking on the bright side, you can always grow Aspidistras, which those of us in the more temperate zones can't :-)

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davedigsdirt Yellville, AR(Zone 6b) Mar 31, 2015

Agree that you will find lots of good reading/advice over on the Hosta forum here that Terry linked. But a word of caution if I may. Many of the older, tried and true varieties like Gold Standard and Blue are much more tolerant of your environment as they have had decades to adapt than are some of the hybrid newer development types on your list. Not to mention they are less expensive too. :)
Why not try a couple of them first rather than invest lots of $$ into a project that may prove to be marginal at best?

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