Linda you sound just like me. I hated hostas. I had a house that had 90% shade and when I moved in all they had was green hostas. I thought they were ugly and dug most of them out and planted flowers. Most of the flowers did not do well because of the shade. I started on the forums 20 yrs ago and saw all the people showing pictures of their Hosta gardens and I got hooked.
As if the colors were not pretty enough I discovered some had fragrant flowers. I traveled a lot and would return home in the evening and when the cab driver would walk me to the door with my luggage he would ask me what was that beautiful fragrance around my property. When I told him it was hostas he did not believe. After setting my luggage down I walked him around the back and showed him and told him to smell. He said he was going home and tell his wife to plant Hostas. It was Sept and he said he did not smell that fragrance around his house unless it was July and the Oriental Liles were in bloom.
I have deer problems. Even if the deer eat them and she is still willing to give them to you take them. They only eat the leaves and they will still grow plus if the leaves are gone they will be easier for you to move. They will probably loose the leaves when you dig them up or they will not look good anyway if you dig when they are fully sprouted. But they will grow back just as pretty and big next year.
I use the green hostas even in my sunny areas as ground cover to hide lily leaves, and other flowering plants that look so bad after the blooms are gone.
This is the bulb garden that I use the green hosta as a ground cover to hide the leaves when the plants are done blooming. I plant a lot of spring bulbs, summer bulbs and mini roses in between the hostas. The bed looks full all seasons.
