About this podcast
A Hosta and shade gardening podcast for growing beautiful, low-light landscapes. Sisters Betsy Peterson and Mandy Olson explore Hosta varieties, care, shade garden design, and companion plants that thrive where the sun doesn’t. Get practical tips on shade perennials, Hosta cultivation, slug and deer resistance, plus the joy of building a Hosta garden. Featuring weekly interviews with top hybridizers, nurseries, and collectors across the country. New episodes every Saturday during the growing season.
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Hosta La Vista
About this podcast
A Hosta and shade gardening podcast for growing beautiful, low-light landscapes. Sisters Betsy Peterson and Mandy Olson explore Hosta varieties, care, shade garden design, and companion plants that thrive where the sun doesn’t. Get practical tips on shade perennials, Hosta cultivation, slug and deer resistance, plus the joy of building a Hosta garden. Featuring weekly interviews with top hybridizers, nurseries, and collectors across the country. New episodes every Saturday during the growing season.
Recent episodes
- Inside a Hosta Tissue Culture Lab: Rob Mortko Shares Secrets of TC, Sports & Future Introductions29 Aug · 1 h 02 min
- Inside The Hosta Stop: Award-Winning Seedlings, Streaked Hostas & Family-Powered Hybridizing22 Aug · 1 h 00 min
- Our First Hosta Convention: Midwest Regional Hosta Society 50th Anniversary Recap from Madison, Wisconsin18 Aug · 26 min
- Nick Ternes of Botanophilia: Hostas, Shade Gardening, Trees & Plant Hybridizing15 Aug · 1 h 04 min
- Lonna Engel of The Painted Leaf Hosta Garden: Building a 900+ Hosta Collection in Pennsylvania8 Aug · 51 min
- Jonathan Hogarth: Chelsea Flower Show GOLD Medal Winner, Miniature Hostas & the UK's National Collection1 Aug · 1 h 03 min
- Native, Non-Native, or Invasive? Making Sense of the Garden Debate with Neil Diboll of Prairie Nursery25 Jul · 53 min
- Shade Garden Secrets with Stacy Ling of Bricks 'n Blooms: Companion Plants, Pollinators & Season-Long Color17 Jul · 55 min
- Hosta Hybridizing 101: A 'Best of' Season 1 with David Teager, Olga Petryszyn, Don Rawson & David Bowe11 Jul · 1 h 10 min
- Horticultural Therapy and the Healing Power of Plants4 Jul · 1 h 00 min
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