Hostas are actively growing if their foliage is alive. Cutting back plants before the foliage is killed by a freeze limits valuable root growth that sustains the plant through winter and prepares ...

It’s best to leave your hostas alone during their first year, to settle in. Once they’re growing strongly, you can harvest them every spring. Hostas disappear over winter, as the old leaves die away.

But hostas need all kinds of special care to ensure that they are happy and healthy through fall and winter. Mulching for winter serves a number of practical purposes for plenty of perennials ...