I came across this article, How to Cook Hostas. Has anyone tried this?
Guess that explains why I've never seen them.While hostas are a pretty common backyard plant, especially in the Northeast, I’d never heard of them living out west.
Theyre almost impossible to kill. My friend was redoing his backyard, dug them all up, tossed them in a pile. In the pile they sat over the winter, unprotected until the next spring. At that point, I noticed the pile when I was at his house and saw they still had life in them. So when he told me he was just throwing them out, I took as many as I could and planted them in my yard. They come back bigger, fuller and thicker year after year. Ive split them several times to place more around my yard and give to others. I should have plenty to give it a go in the kitchen. Even time Im working with them in the garden I alway look at the leaves and think what a nice salad they would make ( not realizing that they were edible).
All the hostas my mother-in-law gave me managed to die. I have a tiny yard. Most parts don't get direct sun for the whole day. No parts are shaded the whole day. I may try planting some in the common are behind my yard. It has trees.
Nope. They can kill you....I wonder if hellebores are edible.
I guess I should say in my zone, they do best in at least some shade. The hot afternoons scorch the leaves if they're in full sun.I have several hostas that do very well in the sun. A couple that I will move to a sunnier place this year - if they survived the winter.
Thanks for the warning. Yikes