Our Hosta this year.  We love it.  Great plant for your shade garden:  perennial, drought tolerant, attractive to hummingbirds, and beautiful!!
 

On a trip to Asheville in 2004, I collected seeds from the hostas at The Balsam Mountain Inn.  I planted them when we got home, and they've been living in this spot ever since.  Of course, when they bloom we have to protect them from the deer.  They'll come right onto the deck and eat the flowers.  That's ok, we just set up a barrier every night, for as long as they bloom.  
 

We have a friend who is a retired Army Ranger, and he calls them "hostages."  Makes me laugh, but that's how he remembers the name.  And another old man friend who travelled a lot, calls them "hostels."  Whatever works, right?  
 

Anyway, hostas are lovely plants for those of us with shade gardens.  Most gardeners are happy to share when they divide theirs;  or just plant the seeds, it can't be any easier than that.   Let me share with you some of Momma's garden wisdom:  She said, "If you plant it, it might not grow.  But if you don't plant it, it surely won't grow."  So just give them a try.  You've got nothing to lose.

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!