Viewing post #960689 by DavidLMO

Cinta said:No coleus tolerate shade. Just like hostas. Give them sun and lots of water they are fine and will lose their mind and grow like crazy

Interesting. In my experience, the only Hosta I have found that does well in Sun is Patriot. ** It is part of the patriotic names series Hostas that can handle sun fairly well. Paul's Glory does less well for me and Minuteman even less so. Of many other varieties, I have not found any that like sun. And I refuse to stand over plants 24/7 with a watering can.

** Couple years ago I got a ton of Hostas at end of season clearance at HD. $ 2 for six 2 gal pots. So I did an experiment with the Patriots planting them in full shade, full sun and everything in between. They all did quite well and those in Full Sun were among the best. All together, I got 36 hostas gallon size for $12.