How to Grow Hostas Indoors | Hosta Houseplant Care

Hostas are popular for their lush and variegated foliage that can add tonnes of beauty indoors. If you have always wanted to flaunt these plants in your rooms, then the wait is over! Here’s all you need to know about How to Grow Hostas Indoors!

Native to Asia, Hostas are famous for their beautiful foliage. The plant features ovate, variegated leaves in blue, green, yellow, and white.

The flower stalks arise from the mounds holding bell-shaped blossoms in white, purple, or lavender shades. Hostas are shade-loving plants and can be grown indoors in patios or pots.

Division is the easiest and cheapest way to propagate Hostas. The best time to do it is spring.

The key to growing hostas indoors is picking the right pot size, which depends on your growing variety. For dwarf varieties, a pot size between 10-12 inches is good.

However, for most other hostas, you will have to grow them in 12-18 inches large containers with a drainage hole at the bottom.

Hostas are famous for their size and large leaves, so it is not possible to grow all of them indoors, keeping the space in mind. For rooms, you can go for small varieties like  ‘Sunshine Glory,’ ‘Sum and Substance,’ ‘Frosted Mouse Ears,’ ‘Gold-Edged Plantain Lily,’ and ‘Blue Cadet’—all these grow between 8-12 inches high and wide.

If you have a bigger room and space, you can try growing ‘Sum and Substance’ and ‘Sunshine Glory’—both of them can reach 16-24 inches tall and wide.

Hostas are not ideally houseplants but can be grown indoors if certain conditions are considered. The trick to growing Hostas indoors is to provide the plant with temperatures at or below 42F (5 C) to mimic winter-like conditions for 8-12 weeks.

The best way to make the plant thrive indoors is to keep it at a spot