Hellebore cultivation has a long tradition in Europe. Their flowers decorate the garden in the winter months, sometimes as early as January and often last until spring. In English, they are also called "lenten roses" because their flowers resemble roses and also because they bloom in spring, during the Christian Lent season. In German, they are also called Christrosen or Schneerosen ..read more

This spring (from May 30 to June 1) we again organized our Hosta Day. The meeting of the hosta-lovers and hosta-enthusiasts. In our flower shop in Žiar nad Hronom we placed around 1000 hostas in pots in total number of more than 200 cultivars ..read more

Recently we got several requests for advice on how to grow hostas in pots. Here we summarize some of our experiences with planting hostas in pots and give you some advice on how to grow hostas in containers. Hostas are among those perennials, which do very well in containers! So do not worry and lets go plant them in pots!        ..read more

Hosta Days 2020 were held under strict sanitary conditions on June 12 and 13, 2020 in our city flower shop in Žiar nad Hronom on Jánskeho street. That space is not big enough to show you all our hostas, so we selected 200-250 cultivars, offering a few of each for sale ..read more

We have been planting hostas for over 20 years. During that time, we have collected a fairly large collection of these perennials. To date, there are about 1,200 cultivars in our garden. However, we are not classic collectors. About 700-900 cultivars are propagated for sale and only the rest serve as collection plants ..read more

Although we are not focused on hosta breeding and it is not our main activity, we already have registered 6 of our own cultivars (AHS). Moreover, we plan to continue registering new hosta cultivars… For practical reasons, we give them English names that begin with the prefix Buffalo - which is the English translation of our surname ..read more

ecently, we have received from our customers and enthusiastic hosta growers, several requests for information how to grow hostas from seeds. Growing hostas from seed, you will have a lot of fun with this activity, but it has certain rules that must be followed ..read more